| Boris Katalymov | |
| Full Name: | Boris Nikolaevich Katalymov |
| Country: | Soviet Union → Kazakhstan |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Lunga Maidan, Mordovian ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| International Master (1996) | |
| Peakrating: | 2460 (July 1995) |
Boris Katalymov (Russian: Борис Николаевич Каталымов|translit=Boris Nikolaevich Katalymov or Katalimov; 13 June 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet (Ukrainian) and later Kazakhstani chess player. He spent in youth in Lviv playing in the same junior tournaments and for the same junior team as legendary Leonid Stein.[1] He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1996. Katalymov was multiple times champion of Kazakhstan.[2] He took the silver medal in the 1995 World Senior Chess Championship, held in Bad Liebenzell, Germany.[3] The Katalymov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is named after him.[4] . Boris Nikolaevich spent his later years teaching chess to young children and teenagers at the 'School Palace' in Almaty, Kazakhstan.