Vladimir Okhotnik Explained

Vladimir Okhotnik
Birthname:	Volodymyr Illich Okhotnyk
Country:	Soviet Union→Ukraine France
Birth Date:	28 February 1950
Birth Place:	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Grandmaster (2011)
Peakrating:	2510 (July 2000)
Fideid:	14101289

Vladimir Okhotnik (Ukrainian: Володимир Ілліч Охотник|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:

• 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 nationality.

Together with Bogdan Lalić, he wrote two chess 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.

External links

• • Vladimir Okhotnik chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Senior Championship won by IM Vladimir Okhotnik. Capece. Adolivio. 2011-12-04. ChessBase.com. 4 December 2011.
2. Web site: The winners of 25th World Senior Chess Championship 2015 . FIDE. 25 December 2015. 2015-11-23.
3. Web site: Nikola Sedlak winner of Villach Open. 2012-02-18. Chessdom. 19 February 2012.