Vladimir Elikovich Skulener (; born January 24, 1958, in Bălți) is a German (formerly Soviet) chess player who won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 1981. FIDE Master.
Trained by Lazar Begelman (1937–2006) in Bălți (Moldova),Lazar Yefimovich BegelmanLazar Begelman in Igor Berdichevsky, Chess Jewish Encyclopedia (Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2016) Skulener participated in ten Moldovan Chess Championships and was awarded the title of Master of Sports of the USSR in chess in 1984. He also participated in two USSR Team Chess Championships (1981, 1985).17th Soviet Team Chess Championship: Volgograd 1985Igor Berdichevsky. Chess Jewish Encyclopedia. Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2016.
He later emigrated to Israel (and played for Madatech Haifa Chess ClubWladimir Skulener) and then to Germany, where he plays for Makkabi Aachen. He lives in Eschweiler. In 2016 he became silver medalist in the German Maccabiah Games in blitz and fast chess.Makkabi Deutschland
Literature Игорь Бердичевский. Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия. Russian Chess House, 2016.
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