Mikhail Golubev

Mikhail Golubev
Full name	Михаил Голубев
Country	Ukraine
Born	May 30, 1970 (1970-05-30) (age 41) Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2489 (March 2011)
Peak rating	2570 (January 1995)

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

Chess career

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.^[1]

Other successful performances include first place at Karviná 1992-93, first at Bucharest 2002, and first at Béthune 2002.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

• Vlatko Bogdanovski vs Mikhail Golubev, Skopje 1991, King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation (A46), 0-1
• Mikhail Golubev vs Renzo Mantovani, Biel Open 1992, Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack (B87), 1-0
• Mikhail Golubev vs Emil Sutovsky, Groningen GM open 1993, Sicilian Defense: Exchange Variation (B45), 1-0
• Mikhail Golubev vs Vladimir Podinic, Lasker Autumn GM 2001, Sicilian Defense: Paulsen (B48), 1-0

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Books

• Golubev, Mikhail (1999). Easy Guide to the Dragon. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857442755. 
• Golubev, Mikhail (2000). The Sicilian Sozin. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1901983388. 
• Golubev, Mikhail (2006). Understanding the King's Indian. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-31-X. 

References

1. ^ Crowther, Mark (2008-04-28). "TWIC 703: Odessa Region Open Championship". London Chess Centre. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic703.html#11. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Шахова Україна". ChessPage.Kiev.ua. http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/?z=visitcard.8. Retrieved 2009-06-29.  (Russian)
3. ^ Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: Biel op, 1995". ChessMetrics. http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S045306000000121101421000010610100. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 

External links

• FIDE rating card for Mikhail Golubev
• Mikhail Golubev's Chess Page
• Mikhail Golubev player profile at ChessGames.com
• Mikhail Golubev at 365Chess.com
• Chessmetrics Player Profile: Mihail Golubev
• Rating data for Mikhail Golubev
• Mikhail Golubev - Products - New In Chess
• LatestChess - Interview with GM Mikhail Golubev
• The Chess Mind Player Profile Mikhail Golubev
• Featured Chess Author - GM Mikhail Golubev

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Name	Golubev, Mikhail
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Date of birth	1970-05-30
Place of birth	Soviet Union
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