Yury Shulman
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Yury Shulman (born April 29, 1975 in Belarus, USSR) is an American chess grandmaster. Yury 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. GM Shulman has been rated as high as 2614 by the FIDE ELO rating system.
GM Shulman has consistently remained among the top American players since moving to the United States in 1999. He tied for first in the 2001 World Open and the 2006 US Chess Championship. He is the winner of the 2006 US Open Chess Championship.
Shulman completed undergraduate studies from the State Academy of Sports, Belarus and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an M.B.A. specializing in Finance.
[edit] Highlights of GM Shulman's chess career
- 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, U.S. Chess Championship runner-up, and U.S. Women Olympic team coach (4th place) (Torino, Italy)
- 2006 - Co-Winner of the University of Texas at Dallas GM Invitational Tournament
[edit] Yury Shulman International Chess School
GM Shulman is the founder of the Yury Shulman International Chess School. Yury and his volunteer community are privileged to be able to use chess as a medium for philanthropic causes. In 2006, this included 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.
