Alexander Baburin
Number of games in database: 592
Years covered: 1986 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2542
Highest rating achieved in database: 2598
Overall record: +258 -93 =240 (64.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, blitz game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (77)      E60 E68 E62 E66 E63  Nimzo Indian (51)      E32 E38 E33 E39 E35  Queen's Pawn Game (27)      A40 A41 E00 D04 A50  Grunfeld (26)      D76 D73 D78 D74 D94  Modern Benoni (23)      A58 A61 A56 A73 A70  Queen's Gambit Declined (18)      D35 D36 D31 D30 D37	With the Black pieces:  Alekhine's Defense (102)      B03 B05 B02 B04  Queen's Gambit Accepted (50)      D27 D22 D20 D24 D21  Sicilian (28)      B90 B50 B23 B51 B22  Queen's Gambit Declined (21)      D37 D31 D35 D30  Queen's Pawn Game (19)      D02 A40 D00 A46 D05  Sicilian Najdorf (13)      B90 B92 B93 B96

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Baburin vs S Fokin, 1989 1-0
   Baburin vs J Van De Mortel, 1993 1-0
   Baburin vs N Gurieli, 1995 1-0
   T Gillani vs Baburin, 2004 0-1

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ALEXANDER BABURIN (born 1967) Russia (citizen of Ireland) [what is this?] Alexander Baburin was born in 1967 in Gorky, USSR. He learned chess from his father at the age of 7. He became an IM in 1990. Three years later, he moved to Dublin with his wife and son, and in 1996, he became the first Irish Grandmaster. His best tournament results include clear 1st with 8/9 at the Isle of Man in 1997 and third place at Torshavn 2000. He has played for Ireland in four Olympiads and is editor-in-chief of the internet newspaper Chess Today.

page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 592  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Baburin vs I Belov   ½-½ 33 1986 Tournament (team) D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 2. Baburin vs V Ruban   0-1 53 1986 Tournament (team) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. E Ragozin vs Baburin   1-0 19 1986 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. N Vekshenkov vs Baburin   0-1 34 1986 URS E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 5. V Kuksov vs Baburin 0-1 27 1986 B02 Alekhine's Defense 6. Goldin vs Baburin   ½-½ 35 1986 Tournament (tt) Andropov (RUS) D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. M Kislov vs Baburin   1-0 39 1987 Gorki B25 Sicilian, Closed 8. Baburin vs N Mukoseev   1-0 33 1987 It (open) E12 Queen's Indian 9. Yermolinsky vs Baburin   1-0 41 1987 t D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Baburin vs A Filipenko   0-1 41 1987 Tumen B10 Caro-Kann 11. Baburin vs E Pigusov   ½-½ 25 1987 Sverdlovsk tt A61 Benoni 12. I Lukianov vs Baburin   0-1 38 1988 RUS ch sf B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Baburin vs Antoshin   ½-½ 28 1988 Voronezh (Russia) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Y Yakovich vs Baburin   1-0 20 1988 Ch Russia D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Baburin vs V Zhelnin 1-0 44 1988 Gorky (Russia) E60 King's Indian Defense 16. Baburin vs Vyzmanavin   0-1 39 1988 Riga (Latvia) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 17. V Zilberstein vs Baburin   0-1 41 1988 Voronezh (Russia) E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 18. Baburin vs E Gleizerov   ½-½ 24 1988 Ch Russia D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 19. Dzuban vs Baburin   1-0 44 1988 Riga (Latvia) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. M Sorokin vs Baburin   1-0 23 1988 Voronezh (Russia) B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. Baburin vs E Pigusov   1-0 34 1988 Voronezh (Russia) A61 Benoni 22. Baburin vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 82 1988 Ch Russia D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 23. Podgaets vs Baburin   1-0 26 1988 Riga (Latvia) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Doroshkievich vs Baburin   ½-½ 33 1988 Voronezh D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Baburin vs Kholmov   ½-½ 56 1988 Voronezh (Russia) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 592

Dec-05-03    igilug: Ciao Alex , I'm Marco's friend I'd like to invite you to Castlebar for xmass and a game of chess! I maybe able to beat you! P.s I certainly was joking lol Mar-07-04    badbadLeroyBrown: I met Alexander Baburin at a tournament in Los Angeles in the late 90's. He's a tall blonde/blue eyed fellow (very nordic in appearance). He spoke excellent English and was very friendly. Alexander is a class act. Apr-23-04    acirce: He wrote the brilliant "Winning Pawn Structures". Look it up, highly recommended. Apr-24-04    Benjamin Lau: Some used to consider "Winning Pawn Structures" to be practically a requirement for playing 1. d4 well (although certainly IQPs appear in other openings as well of course). Are there any other books with a similar reputation today? Jul-06-04    ConLaMismaMano: This guy plays a lot the Alekhine's Defence with black...is he an expert on this opening? Jul-07-04    Cyphelium: It has been his main defence to 1. e4 for many years, and to survive that at GM level, I think you have to be an expert on it. Nov-05-04    cu8sfan: Alexander Baburin wrote in today's edition of his "Chess Today": <Apparently anyone can bevome FIDE President, so after a few beers in Calvia I decided to run for FIDE President in 2006>. Great! I'd vote for him. As almost everyone would make a better job than Ilyumzhinov I am sure Baburin would make a fine FIDE President. The worst thing that could happen now is that many players have the same idea and all of the votes get evenly split and Ilyumzhinov wins again... May-22-05    Joshka: What is the home country of Alex? He's originally from Russia? May-22-05    maoam: <Joshka> I believe Baburin lives in Ireland now, he was originally born in Russia as you stated. May-22-05    WMD: Isn't Kasparov the obvious unity candidate? Sep-12-05    WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Aleksandar's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/babu.html Jun-21-07    BIDMONFA: Alexander Baburin BABURIN, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/baburin_ale... _ Oct-19-07    ericlgame: He was once my teacher Dec-29-07    ketchuplover: I recommend chess today(chess newsletter) Mar-25-08    fromoort: Baburin has an amazing record playing against the King's Indian defense. Mar-25-08    fromoort: Likewise, check out his record against the Nimzo-Indian!

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