Mikhail Golubev

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Mikhail Golubev
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Full nameМихаил Голубев
Country Ukraine
Born (1970-05-30) May 30, 1970 (age 51)
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2461 (August 2021)
Peak rating2570 (January 1995)

Mikhail Golubev (born 30 May 1970, Odessa) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster (1996), journalist and author.

Chess career[]

Golubev began playing chess at the age of six and played his first tournament a year later in 1977.[1] He played several times in Ukrainian Chess Championship, and shared first place (with Valery Neverov) at Yalta 1996 (declared winner on better tie-breaks). In 2008, he won the Odessa Region Open Championship.[2]

Other successful performances include first place at Karviná 1992-93, first at Bucharest 2002, and first at Béthune 2002.[3]

Chess strength[]

According to the website Chessmetrics, at his peak in January 1995 Golubev's play was equivalent to a rating of 2598, and he was ranked number 151 in the world. His best single performance was at Biel open, 1995, where he scored 4 of 6 possible points (67%) against 2605-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2643.[4]

According to the database Mega Database 2009, his best performances were Bethune 2002 (6,5 points on 7 possible and a 2768 performance), Karvina 1992–93 (8 points on 9 possible and a 2691 performance), Yalta 1996 (8,5 points on 11 possible and a 2663 performance) and Berlin 1993 (7 points on 9 possible and a 2662 performance).

In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2492, making him Ukraine's number 71.

Notable games[]

Photos[]

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Books[]

  • Golubev, Mikhail (1999). Easy Guide to the Dragon. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857442755.
  • Golubev, Mikhail (2001). The Sicilian Sozin. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1901983388.
  • Golubev, Mikhail (2006). Understanding the King's Indian. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-31-X.
  • Golubev, Mikhail (2017). Understanding the Sicilian. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1911465102.

Journalism[]

Golubev is as much a chess journalist as an author.[5] In addition to being chess observer for the Ukrainian newspaper Komanda and making contributions to ChessBase.com, Chesspro and Chess-News.ru, he has contributed to over a 1000 editions of the online daily chess newspaper Chess Today.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "GM Mikhail Golubev vs Mircea Parligras - How to be a Chess Grandmaster". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. ^ Crowther, Mark (2008-04-28). "TWIC 703: Odessa Region Open Championship". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. ^ Шахова Україна (in Russian). ChessPage.Kiev.ua. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  4. ^ Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: Biel op, 1995". ChessMetrics. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ^ . Golubev/Wikipedia. 2017-06-12.
  6. ^ Golubev, Mikhail. "Mikhail Golubev's Website". mikhailgolubev.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  7. ^ "Chess Today Editors". chesstoday.net. 2017-06-12.

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