Vladimir Okhotnik (Ukrainian: Володимир Ілліч Охотник, romanized: Volodymyr Illich Okhotnyk; born 28 February 1950) is a French chess player of Ukrainian origin.

Vladimir Okhotnik
Full name	Volodymyr Illich Okhotnyk
Country	Soviet Union→Ukraine France
Born	(1950-02-28) 28 February 1950 (age 72) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (2011)
Peak rating	2510 (July 2000)

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:

• 1984: first at Mezőhegyes
• 1986: equal 2nd at Satu Mare
• 1987: first at Samos; 4th at Halle
• 1988: first at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open
• 2012: equal first at Villach[3]

In the 1990s he moved to France, taking up French citizenship.

Together with Bogdan Lalić, he wrote two books:

• Carpathian Warrior book one. Secrets of a Master, Pandora Press, 2005 (370 pp.), covering the Pirc, the Modern Defense, the Czech and the Philidor
• Carpathian Warrior 2, Pandora Press, 2008, covering lesser known lines vs. the Pirc and the Modern, as well as other Black systems with a king's side fianchetto.

References

External links

• Vladimir Okhotnik player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Vladimir Okhotnik chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

[ru] Охотник, Владимир Ильич