Sam Palatnik (born Semon Alexandrovich Palatnik,[a] March 26, 1950) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster, born in Odesa.[1]
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 International Master (IM) title in 1977 and the GM title in 1978.[1] He won the tournaments in Philadelphia (World Open) in 1991, Calcutta and Hradec Kralove in 1988. In the 2000s, Palatnik served as a coach for the American and Ukrainian youth teams. In the 2010s, he coached several national teams, including the Indian team.