Mikhail Golubev

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]

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.

• 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

• 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.

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]

• Mikhail Golubev's Chess Page
• Mikhail Golubev player profile and games 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