Alexander Baburin

Alexander Baburin
Full nameAleksandr Yevgen'yevich Baburin
CountryIreland
Born (1967-02-19) 19 February 1967 (age 57)
Gorky, Soviet Union
(modern Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
TitleGrandmaster (1996)
Peak rating2600 (January 1998)
Peak rankingNo. 70 (January 1998)

Alexander Evgenyevich Baburin (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Бабурин, Aleksandr Yevgen'yevich Baburin; born 19 February 1967) is a Russian-Irish grandmaster of chess. He was born in Gorky, and has been living in Dublin, Ireland since 1993.[1] He is editor-in-chief of the e-mail distributed chess newspaper Chess Today and is a coach and author.[1]

Chess career

Baburin became Irish champion in 2008, the first year in which he entered the competition. He cited past comments from fellow Irish players as the reason he had not entered previously. His participation in the Irish Olympiad team has generated some controversy, being non-native Irish. Baburin is known for giving talks about chess at many venues throughout Ireland. Baburin is currently Ireland's only chess grandmaster, a title he earned in 1996.[2] Baburin is on the Irish chess team, the highest-ranked member.[3] One of Baburin's most famous victories is against Veselin Topalov in a four on one simultaneous exhibition.[4]

In 2000, Baburin tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.

In March 2022, Baburin won the John Bolger Cup in Dublin, edging out Vladyslav Larkin and Jacob Flynn on tie-break after all scored 4/5.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alexander Baburin Ireland's only chess grand master". RUSSIANIRELAND - Русская Ирландия (in Russian). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ O'Connell, Édaein. "The Green Gambit: The Irish chess stars making waves internationally". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Alexander Baburin chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Clock simul: Topalov vs the Irish national team". Chess News. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The Week in Chess 1430". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.


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