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

[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).

[3] In recent years, Golubev has cut down on his tournament appearances to focus on chess writing and coaching.

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.

[4] Since the July 2019 FIDE list (when he retired), he has had an Elo rating of 2461, which would make him Ukraine's number 77 as of January 2025 were he still active.