Vladimir Okhotnik | |
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Full name | Volodymyr Illich Okhotnyk |
Country | Soviet Union→Ukraine France |
Born | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 28 February 1950
Title | Grandmaster (2011) |
Peak rating | 2510 (July 2000) |
Vladimir Okhotnik ( Ukrainian: Володимир Ілліч Охотник, romanized: Volodymyr Illich Okhotnyk; born 28 February 1950) is a French chess player of Ukrainian origin.
In 1979 he won the 44th Ukrainian championship at Dnipropetrovsk. In 2011 he won the World Senior Championship [1] and this achievement automatically earned him the title of Grandmaster. Okhotnik won his second world senior title (in the 65+ category) in 2015. [2]
Tournament results include the following:
In the 1990s he moved to France, taking up French nationality.
Together with Bogdan Lalić, he wrote two chess books: