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Yury Shulman Biography
A Belarusian-born chess player who has had success playing for both Belarus and the United States. He notably won the Winner 107th US Open Chess Championship in 2006.
He began receiving formal chess training at the age of six.
He won the Belarusian Championship in 1994 and 1998.
As a child prodigy, he received a high level of support from his family.
He is a teammate and friend of top American chess player Hikaru Nakamura.
Yuri Shulman (Belarusian: Юрый Маркавіч Шульман , Russian: Ю́рий Ма́ркович Шу́льман ; born April 29, 1975 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of “Yury Shulman.” He’s married to the player Viktorija Ni.
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.
In May 2007, Shulman formally cofounded non-profit organization Chess Without Borders with Rishi Sethi through which to continue his volunteer efforts. He now lives in Barrington, Illinois teaching chess to the kids who go to school in district 220 and at his house.
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 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. On May 25, 2010, he tied for first in the U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis, losing in a rapid tie-break with GM Gata Kamsky, who became the US champion. He formerly played in the now defunct U.S. Chess League, for the strong St. Louis Archbishops, whose roster included Hikaru Nakamura.
Shulman is the co-founder of the Yury Shulman International Chess School: https://web.archive.org/web/20120226200552/http://shulmanchess.com/ Shulman and his co-founder Rishi Sethi 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.
What's Yury Shulman Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Yury Shulman Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
