| Vladimir Alterman | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Soviet Union |
| International Master (1994) | |
| Peakrating: | 2415 (January 1994) |
| Fideid: | 2800225 |
Vladimir Isaakovich Alterman (Russian: Владимир Исаакович Альтерман; born March 27, 1942) is an Israeli chess player who won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 1979 (and took a second place in 1978).[1] FIDE International Master (1994).[2]
Originally from Moldova, in the 1960-1970s he lived in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, and worked as a chess coach (he was a trainer of Lea Nudelman, among others); he then moved to Chișinău and in 1985 immigrated to Israel.[3] He plays for the Netanya Chess Club.[4]
While in the USSR, he became Odessa champion in 1964, participated in two Soviet Army Chess Championships (1965, 1967),[5] and USSR Chess Championship (1967). He was third in the Spartak Society Championship in 1972,[6] and played in the finals of the Third and Seventh Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR (1963, 1979) for Moldovan chess team.[7]
After immigration to Israel, he participated in four Israeli Chess Championships (1986, 1990, 1999, 2003), was a winner of the Kőbánya Open Tournament (1988),[8] and played in the 9th European Seniors Chess Championship (Dresden, 2007).[9]
Игорь Бердичевский. Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия. Russian Chess House, 2016; p. 18.