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V Malakhov 
 
Vladimir Malakhov
Number of games in database: 751
Years covered: 1992 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2689
Highest rating achieved in database: 2700
Overall record: +334 -110 =286 (65.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      21 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (141) 
    B40 B30 B54 B50 B42
 English (36) 
    A15 A13 A14 A17 A11
 Slav (24) 
    D12 D15 D11 D10 D14
 French Defense (23) 
    C05 C03 C08 C00 C07
 French Tarrasch (19) 
    C05 C03 C08 C07 C06
 Four Knights (15) 
    C47
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (151) 
    B27 B35 B36 B22 B66
 Slav (51) 
    D15 D11 D10 D12 D14
 Sicilian Dragon (49) 
    B35 B36 B74 B38 B70
 Queen's Gambit Declined (48) 
    D30 D31 D37
 Old Benoni (22) 
    A43 A44
 Queen's Pawn Game (20) 
    A50 D02 D00 E10 E00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Malakhov vs Areshchenko, 2005 1-0
   D Bubalovic vs V Malakhov, 1996 0-1
   A Minasian vs V Malakhov, 2006 0-1
   V Malakhov vs Vallejo-Pons, 2005 1-0
   V Malakhov vs P H Nielsen, 2003 1-0
   V Malakhov vs E Shaposhnikov, 2001 1-0
   J Rowson vs V Malakhov, 2003 0-1
   A Vouldis vs V Malakhov, 1995 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Stonewall by Mislav
   accelerated dragon by sergionm

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VLADIMIR MALAKHOV
(born Nov-27-1980) Russia

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Vladimir Malakhov, born November 27, 1980, first made a name for himself by winning the World Under-14 Championship in 1993. Since then he has steadily improved his Elo rating, reaching the coveted 2700 mark in April of 2004. He placed second in the 2003 European Championship, and took part in the FIDE World Championships of 2000 and 2004, reaching the second round in both cases. He was more successful in the next FIDE cycle: his eleventh place at the FIDE World Cup (2005) earned him a berth in the 2006 Candidates when top rating seeds Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik declined to enter. He was eliminated from the cycle after he lost his first Candidates' match to Alexander Grischuk.

 page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 751  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Malakhov vs A Gershon  ½-½54 1992 Wch U12B83 Sicilian
2. D Mitev vs V Malakhov  0-127 1992 Wch U12B01 Scandinavian
3. V Malakhov vs Berescu Alin  1-052 1992 Wch U12A45 Queen's Pawn Game
4. V Malakhov vs B Asanov  1-0102 1992 Wch U12B07 Pirc
5. V Malakhov vs M Ab Rahman  1-029 1992 Wch U12A05 Reti Opening
6. V Malakhov vs Soponyai Tamas  1-031 1992 Wch U12B06 Robatsch
7. F Felecan vs V Malakhov 1-024 1992 Wch U12A20 English
8. G Bakhtadze vs V Malakhov  0-142 1992 Wch U12B32 Sicilian
9. S Halkias vs V Malakhov  0-140 1992 Wch U12A61 Benoni
10. V Malakhov vs M Labollita  1-037 1992 Wch U12A48 King's Indian
11. A Gershon vs V Malakhov  0-151 1993 Wch U14B27 Sicilian
12. Van Den Doel vs V Malakhov  0-159 1993 Wch U14B27 Sicilian
13. V Malakhov vs Niko Praznik  1-019 1993 Wch U14C01 French, Exchange
14. Leitao vs V Malakhov  0-140 1993 Wch U14A50 Queen's Pawn Game
15. R Svicevic vs V Malakhov  0-142 1993 Wch U14B27 Sicilian
16. G Bakhtadze vs V Malakhov  0-156 1993 Wch U14A04 Reti Opening
17. V Malakhov vs P Simacek  1-064 1993 Wch U14B01 Scandinavian
18. V Malakhov vs R Bates  ½-½48 1993 Wch U14B54 Sicilian
19. V Malakhov vs A Graf  ½-½47 1994 Groningen opC47 Four Knights
20. V Malakhov vs Adrien Leroy  1-052 1994 Wch U14B54 Sicilian
21. A Shchekachev vs V Malakhov  0-166 1994 St Petersburg opB27 Sicilian
22. A Sorin vs V Malakhov  0-164 1994 Groningen opA50 Queen's Pawn Game
23. P Blehm vs V Malakhov  1-044 1994 Wch U14B27 Sicilian
24. V Malakhov vs Geller  ½-½24 1994 St PetersburgC46 Three Knights
25. V Malakhov vs A Lukin  0-167 1994 St Petersburg opB40 Sicilian
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Feb-28-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: Malakhov's rise has been a steady incline on the ratings charts, rather than the vertical ascent of a new star. He is great in technical positions, as in this recent game in Aeroflot. V Malakhov vs T Markowski, 2004
Jun-05-04   Phoenix: He's about to go over 2700 again. The only reason we don't hear much about him, is got to be because he hasn't played in any well-known tournaments. Hopefully he'll get a few big invites soon.
Jan-31-05   ConLaMismaMano: Why is there all of a sudden so much more Malakhov games? Is someone submiting games of his or is it him doing the job?

Not long ago there were no more than 10-12 pages with games.

Feb-22-05   cade: Great miniture against a strong GM V Malakhov vs Areshchenko, 2005
Dec-16-05   Petrosian63: What is Malakhov's best achievement in his career so far?

His match against Vallejo playing white in the World Cup was very impressive.

Jan-02-06   atripodi: <what is his playing style?> John Donaldson wrote of him and Salov: "nothing special for their level in the opening to put it mildly, but 2800 when a lot of pieces get traded off."
Jan-07-06   BIDMONFA: Vladimir Malakhov

MALAKHOV, Vladimir
http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_...
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Jan-08-06   WTHarvey: Vladimir has been chosen to be among the 16 participants of the Candidates Matches for the World Chess Championship 2007: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=896

Here are some of his OTB winning combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/mala.html

Apr-25-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Very good results by Malakhov in the Russian Club Championships, 4 wins and 2 draws after 6 games.
Jun-12-06   BIDMONFA: Vladimir Malakhov

MALAKHOV, Vladimir
New link
http://www.bidmonfa.com/malakhov_vl...
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Nov-27-06   Brown: Why isn't Topalov on the list of candidates? Does he get seeded into the later rounds?
Nov-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessmoron: <Brown> Because he lost his title. If one of the candidate drops then Topalov can get in.
Nov-27-06   Brown: Really? Why wouldn't he be allowed in the next cycle? Since Petrosian lost to Spassky in '69, why was he allowed in the cycle in '72? Or Karpov in '90 (and '87, too, though he was gifted the finals or somesuch).
Nov-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessmoron: <Brown> Did Kramnik have the reunified title for 3 years now? It's only one month!
Nov-27-06   Brown: Sorry, I must have misunderstood. I thought this was the beginning of the Candidates cycle to choose an eventual challenger for the title. I must be mistaken.
Jan-25-07   Dr.Lecter: <brown> not exactly misunderstanding. I would guess that they are going to have a tourney again, like in San Luis 2005. Of course, I can be wrong.
Jan-27-07   Dr.Lecter: Yes, i checked at Wikipedia. They are going to have a FIDE championship in September 12th or sometime. The four candidates are going to be chosen in the two rounds knock out. They might change into a round robin, I read.
May-25-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Resignation Trap: Is there anybody who thinks Malakhov has a chance against Alexander Grischuk in his upcoming match in Elista? There seems to be less information about him than anybody else in this event.
May-25-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: He kind of looks like Alexey Shirov wearing glasses.

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/...

Jun-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: <Resignation Trap: Is there anybody who thinks Malakhov has a chance against Alexander Grischuk in his upcoming match in Elista?>

Always mindful of Sam Goldwyn's admonition regarding predictions ("Be very careful when making predictions, especially about the future ..."), I am now prepared to respond to your query:

... no chance at all.

Jun-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: A fine effort by Malakhov at 15 years of age is featured as today’s GotD:

D Bubalovic vs V Malakhov, 1996

Malakhov, who is almost exactly ten years older than Carlsen (with an extra three days thrown in), was quite the sensation as a young teenager (for example, World Under-14 Champion at the age of 12). He has become a strong GM, but never quite completely fulfilled his early promise. He was, of course, recently eliminated from the FIDE Candidates by Alexander Grischuk's solid performance in their match.

Jul-23-07   Troller: Malakhov is playing in the open Politiken Cup in Denmark now. Strangely, there is no page for the tournament on chessgames.com. Top entries are Malakhov, Sargissian, Krasenkow and Nielsen among a total of 18 GMs.

http://www.politikencup.dk/

Live relay begins at 13.00 CET.

Nov-27-07   micahtuhy: Here is the thing about Malakhov, he is the only player that was in the Candidate matches for Mexico City that ISN'T a professional player! His profession is that he is a scientist, I forget whether it was within chemisty or physics, and the vast majority of his time and effort goes into his work. For him, chess is only his hobby. So, a rating such as his when he does not cosistently work on his chess is freaking amazing.
Nov-27-07   Riverbeast: <He has become a strong GM, but never quite completely fulfilled his early promise>

I don't know how you can say that anyone who achieves a 2700+ rating 'hasn't fulfilled his promise'. Most players in the world would love to 'underachieve' like that

Dec-02-07   Petrosian63: BTW how tall is Malakhov?
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