GM Vladimir Baklan Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Full name Vladimir Baklan Born Feb 25, 1978 (age 48) Place of birth Soviet Union Federation Ukraine Profiles #208 World Ranking 2545 Classical 2621 Rapid 2610 Blitz Rating Bio Vladimir Baklan is a Ukrainian Grandmaster. Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (40 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (38 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (36 games) Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (30 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (21 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (63 games) French Defense: Classical, Burn Variation (22 games) Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line (21 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (18 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Sozin Attack (18 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Vladimir Baklan (2562) Ilia Martinovici (2447) 1-0 30 2026 Vladimir Baklan (2568) Jan Soucek (2318) 1-0 43 2026 Vladimir Baklan (2568) Jiri Kociscak (2474) 0-1 61 2026 Vladimir Baklan (2555) Jan Subelj (2539) ½-½ 23 2026 Youri Solodovnitchenko (2519) Vladimir Baklan (2568) ½-½ 20 2026 Aleksander Delchev (2426) Vladimir Baklan (2555) ½-½ 21 2026 Vladimir Baklan (2553) Stanislav Cifka (2407) 1-0 57 2025 Vladimir Baklan (2553) Arkadi Rotstein (2423) 1-0 34 2025 Vladimir Baklan (2553) Jose Antonio Sande Edreira (2214) 1-0 35 2025 Vladimir Baklan (2553) A Ra Harikhrishnan (2465) 1-0 38 2025 Show All Games