Vladimir Savon | |
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![]() Savon in 1972 | |
Country | Ukraine |
Born | Chernihiv, Soviet Union | 26 September 1940
Died | 1 June 2005 Kharkiv, Ukraine | (aged 64)
Title | Grandmaster (1973) |
Peak rating | 2590 (July 1972) |
Peak ranking | No. 15 (July 1972) |
Vladimir Andreyevich Savon (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Андрійович Саво́н; 26 September 1940 – 1 June 2005) was a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973.
Savon shared the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1969 and won the USSR Championship in 1971. He competed in the 1972 Chess Olympiad.