Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov (5 March, 1946-) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster, who earned the International Grandmaster title in 1972.

From 1966 to 1972 he contributed to the consecutive successes of the Soviet Union at World Student Team Championship, winning nine gold medals in these years.

In the 1970s and 1980s he won two gold medals as a member of the senior Soviet team. He participated in the 1984 Chess Olympiad, winning a team gold medal. In 1973, 1983 and 1989 he played at the European Team Chess Championship, collecting five gold medals: three team and two individuals.

Considering to his performance in the international tournaments, in 1970, he finished second in Buenos Aires (behind Fischer); he took second place at Madrid 1973 (Karpov won); tied for first with Jansa and Ivkov at Amsterdam 1974. In 1977, in Decin he triumphed again, then, he finished equal first with Sax at Las Palmas 1978; in the same year and in 1980, he won at Vilnius and Malta. At Jerevan 1982 and Tilburg 1984, he finished second place (in the first case Yusupov, in the second Miles won).

In 1987/1988 he won the Reggio Emilia tournament; at Amsterdam 1990, he tied for first place with Judit Polgár.

In 1989 and 1994 he won the Canadian Chess Championship.

In 1988, in Gijon, he showed his knowledge in rapid chess, winning the tournament with Anaroly Karpov.

He made many attempts to become a Soviet champion and was very close to this on three occasions: at Riga 1970, Baku 1972 and Moscow 1983, where he finished second behind Korchnoi, Tal and Karpov. However, he won the championship of Ukraine in 1970.

At the notable Soviet Union vs Rest of the World match, held in London 1984, he played an important part in the Soviet victory. First he started in the reserve then he substituted for Smyslov twice on Board 4 and once for Polugaevsky on Board 3. Finally, he scored a useful net plus point against Ljubojević (one win and one draw) and Korchnoi (draw).

Nowadays, he is a less active player, but achieves convincing tournament results. At the 2007 Odessa rapid Tournament he began excellently: playing a draw with Korchnoi and beating the highly rated Smirin and Bacrot. Following this, probably due to his tiredness, he lost his remaining games and sad goodbye to the tournament.

He was the captain of the Ukraine team, which won the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià, in 2004. In the same year, he was awarded the FIDE Senior Trainer title.

During his career, his highes tscore is 2711, according to Chessmetrics historical rating.