Sam Palatnik (born Semon Alexandrovich Palatnik,[a] March 26, 1950) is a Ukrainian-American chess Grandmaster, born in Odesa.

[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.

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