Sam Palatnik
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| Country |  Ukrainian SSR |
| Title | Grandmaster (1978) |
| FIDE rating | 2455 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2520 (July 1992) |
Semon (Sam) Alexandrovich Palatnik (Russian: Семён Александрович Палатник, Ukrainian: Семен Олександрович Палатнік, born March 26, 1950) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster, born in Odesa.[1]
Career
He won four team and individual gold medals at the 20th World Student Team Chess Championship at Teesside 1974,[2] and 21st World Student Team Championship at Caracas 1976.[3]
Some of his tournament results include 2nd= at Kiev 1978, 3rd at Hradec Kralove 1981, 2nd= at Trnava 1987, 1st at Hradec Kralove 1988 and 1st= at Calicut 1988. He currently resides in Tennessee, USA and plays for the U.S. Chess Federation.[4]
Palatnik was awarded the
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