What is Vladimir Malakhov?
{{Infobox chess player |image=Vladimir Malakhov.jpg |image_size=240px |playername = Vladimir Malakhov ||caption= |birthname = Владимир Малахов |country = {{RUS}} |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|27}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2725 <br /><small>(#20 in the September 2010 [[FIDE]] World Rankings)</small> |peakrating = 2732 (July 2010) }}'''Vladimir Malakhov''' (born 27 November 1980) is a [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] from [[Russia]]. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship in [[Bursa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6058|title=Bursa: Russia wins Gold, USA Silver, India Bronze|last=Crawley|first=Gavin|date=2010-01-13|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> Malakhov is qualified as a [[Nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]], and he used to be an amateur chess player. Now he's a professional chess player who works part-time as a nuclear physicist.<ref>[http://www.chessintranslation.com/2010/09/vladimir-malakhov-chess-player-nuclear-physicist/ Vladimir Malakhov: chess player, nuclear physicist; interview, 2010]</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Malakhov, Vladimir}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Russian chess players]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] {{bio-stub}}