Vladimir Okhotnik
Encyclopedia
Vladimir Ilyich Okhotnik (born 1950) is a French
International Master of chess
of Ukrainian
origin.
In 1979 he won the 44th Ukrainian Championship
at Dnipropetrovsk
. In 2011 he became World Senior Chess-Champion.
Tournament results include the following:
In the 1990s he moved to France, taking up French citizenship.
Together with Bogdan Lalić
, he wrote two books:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
International Master of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
of Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
origin.
In 1979 he won the 44th Ukrainian Championship
Ukrainian Chess Championship
This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those held when Ukraine was a Soviet republic and those held after Ukraine became independent. Players' names listed in parentheses indicate that the player won the tournament but did not receive the title since he...
at Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
. In 2011 he became World Senior Chess-Champion.
Tournament results include the following:
- 1984 : first at MezőhegyesMezohegyesMezőhegyes is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is home to the Hungarian State Stud , founded in 1784 and famous for its Nonius, Furioso-North Star and Gidran breeds of horse.-Geography:...
- 1986 : equal 2nd at Satu Mare
- 1987 : first at SamosSamošSamoš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,247 people .-See also:...
; 4th at HalleHalle, Saxony-AnhaltHalle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia... - 1988 : first at the Cappelle-la-Grande OpenCappelle-la-Grande OpenThe Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985.It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open of Moscow...
In the 1990s he moved to France, taking up French citizenship.
Together with Bogdan Lalić
Bogdan Lalic
Bogdan Lalic is a Croatian-English Grandmaster of chess. He was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1988. He finished equal first at the Pleven 1987 and Sarajevo 1988 tournaments. Although registered with the Croatian Federation, he...
, he wrote two books:
- Carpathian Warrior book one. Secrets of a Master, Pandora Press, 2005 (370 pp.), covering the PircPirc DefenceThe Pirc Defence |grandmasters]]), sometimes known as the Ufimtsev Defence or Yugoslav Defence, is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7, while allowing White to establish an impressive-looking centre with pawns on d4 and e4...
, the Modern DefenseModern DefenseThe Modern Defense is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it himself...
, the Czech and the PhilidorPhilidor DefenceThe Philidor Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:It is named after the famous 18th-century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative to the common 2...Nc6... - 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 repertoire and games at 365Chess.com