Yury Shulman
| Yury Shulman | |
|---|---|
 GM Yury Shulman | |
| Country |  Belarus United States |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2632 (April 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2639 (January 2009) |
Yury Shulman (born April 29, 1975, in Minsk, Belarus, former USSR) is an American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of "Yuri Shulman."
Chess Career
Shulman started formal chess lessons with coach Tamara Golovey when he was six years old. He went on to study under International Master Albert Kapengut at age 12, and subsequently under the guidance of GM Boris Gelfand. He achieved his grandmaster title in 1995. Shulman moved to the United States in 1999 to attend University of Texas at Dallas, a three-time national championship college team.
Shulman completed undergraduate studies from the State Academy of Sports, Belarus, and has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an M.B.A. specializing in Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Shulman has remained among the top U.S. chess players since moving to the country. He tied for first in the 2001 World Open, was runner up in the 2006 U.S. Chess Championship, and winner of the 2006 U.S. Open Chess Championship. Shulman recently tied for third place in the 2007 US Chess Championship and qualified for the 2007 FIDE world championship. On May 21, 2008, Shulman won the 2008 US Chess Championship.
Chess career highlights
- 1994 - National Belarus champion, Top Sportsman Award, Republic of Belarus and member of the Belarusian Chess Olympic team from 1994-1998
- 1998 - National Belarus champion co-champion
- 1995 - European Junior Champion
- 1995 - Achieved International Grandmaster norm,
- 2000 - Co-Winner of US National Open, Texas State Champion, and winner of the Koltanowski Memorial
- 2001 - Ranked in top 100 chess players in the world, and Co-Winner of World Open
- 2002 - Co-Winner of American Open
- 2004 - Tied for 3rd place in the US Chess Championship
- 2005 - Illinois State Champion, co-winner of Millennium chess festival, and qualified to 1/16 in the World Cup (Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia)
- 2006 - Winner of 107th US Open Chess Championship (Chicago, IL, USA), U.S. Chess Championship runner-up (San Diego, CA, USA), and U.S. Women Olympic team coach (4th place) (Torino, Italy)
- 2006 - Co-Winner of the University of Texas at Dallas GM Invitational Tournament
- 2007 - Tied for 3rd place in the US Chess Championship and qualified for the 2007 FIDE world championship (Stillwater, OK, USA)
- 2007 - Tied for 1st place in the 2007 Chicago Open (Chicago, IL, USA). Vadim Milov won the blitz playoff game and the official title.
- 2008 - Won US Chess Championship
Yury Shulman International Chess School
Shulman is the founder of the Yury Shulman International Chess School. Shulman and his volunteer community use chess as a medium for philanthropic causes. In 2006 and 2007, this included community service visits to, and book drives for, Chicago public schools, and contributions of a portion of the proceeds from camps and tournaments to non-profit entities the world over. He now teaches chess in Barrington IL at all of the schools and at his house.
GM Shulman Chess Without Borders Volunteer Organization
In May 2007, Shulman formally founded the GM Shulman Chess Without Borders non-profit organization through which to continue his volunteer efforts. He now lives in Barrington IL teaching chess.[1]
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