Career
Burmakin played a great number of tournaments in Europe, winning or being equal first in the following:
1993 – Szeged – Balatonberény – Werfen (repeated in 1996)
1994 – Moscow – Graz (repeated in 1997 and 2001)
1995 – Chigorin Memorial in Saint St. Petersburg
1997 – Cappelle-la-Grande open (repeated in 2003)
1999 – Pula
2000 – Seefeld
2002 – Geneva – Pardubice – Zurich
2003 – Porto San Giorgio (repeated in 2006)
2004 – Schwäbisch Gmünd (repeated in 2005, 2006, and 2007) – Bad Wörishofen (repeated in 2006 and 2008) – Benasque
2005 – Schwarzach – Dordrecht, "Daniel Noteboom Memorial"
2006 – Le Touquet – Béthune (repeated in 2007) – Dos Hermanas
2007 – Bratto (repeated in 2008) – Albacete – Salou – Sitges
2008 – Benidorm – "BDO International Premier" in Haarlem
Burmakin is an expert of the Caro-Kann defence, playing it almost invariably in his games against 1. e4. Against 1. d4 he usually adopts the Chebanenko Variation of the Slav defence. His Elo rating at 1 January 2010 is 2590.
He reached his peak rating in July 2009, with 2627 points.