Boris Katalymov (russian: Борис Николаевич Каталымов, translit=Boris Nikolaevich Katalymov or ''Katalimov''; 13 June 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet (Ukrainian) and later

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player. He spent in youth in Lviv playing in the same junior tournaments and for the same junior team as legendary Leonid Stein. He was awarded the title of

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in 1996. Katalymov was multiple times champion of Kazakhstan. He took the silver medal in the 1995

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, held in

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, Germany. The Katalymov Variation of the

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is named after him.. Boris Nikolaevich spent his later years teaching chess to young children and teenagers at the 'School Palace' in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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* * * 1932 births 2013 deaths Kazakhstani chess players Soviet chess players Chess International Masters {{Kazakhstan-chess-bio-stub