Yury Shulman is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on April 29, 1975 in Belarus. He is a friend and teammate of the top American chess player Hikaru Nagamura.
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.
He was a child prodigy and received high levels of support from his family.
He was the winner of the Belarusian Championships in 1994 and 1998.
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.
