Yury Shulman
Number of games in database: 927
Years covered: 1989 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2632
Highest rating achieved in database: 2639
Overall record: +429 -135 =357 (66.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (72)      E92 E94 E91 E70 E90  Nimzo Indian (54)      E42 E46 E44 E41 E40  Slav (47)      D15 D17 D18 D19 D16  Queen's Gambit Declined (35)      D37 D30 D38 D31 D39  Semi-Slav (34)      D43 D44 D45 D46 D47  Queen's Indian (27)      E15 E17 E16 E12	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (141)      C18 C03 C19 C00 C01  King's Indian (111)      E92 E97 E94 E61 E60  Sicilian (63)      B40 B47 B44 B22 B23  French Winawer (60)      C18 C19 C15 C17  French Tarrasch (43)      C03 C09 C07 C05  Queen's Gambit Declined (27)      D31 D30 D37 D38

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Shulman vs D Marciano, 1997 1-0
   Y Shulman vs S Ansell, 2002 1-0
   Y Shulman vs I Schneider, 2006 1-0
   Y Shulman vs Van Wely, 2009 1-0
   Y Shulman vs A Savage, 2002 1-0
   Y Shulman vs R Hess, 2008 1-0
   L Ptacnikova vs Y Shulman, 2008 0-1
   Y Shulman vs Grischuk, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Y Shulman vs I Krush, 2007 1-0
   Y Shulman vs S Sulskis, 1996 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Queen's Indians Mr. Shulman has Won by viennalover
   Yury Shulman on the Queens indian by deepthinker
   KID'S by deepthinker
   Yurys student's favorite games by Yurys student

Search Sacrifice Explorer for Yury Shulman
Search Google^® for Yury Shulman

YURY SHULMAN (born Apr-29-1975) Belarus (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Yury (Yuri) Shulman was born in Minsk, Belarus (USSR) in 1975. In his youth, he studied under the guidance of Tamara O Golovey, Albert Z Kapengut, and Boris Gelfand. He achieved the grandmaster title in 1995. After moving to the USA in 1999, he has consistently remained among the top American players. He tied for first in the 2001 World Open. In 2006, Shulman was the winner of the US Open Chess Championship. In 2008, he earned the highest honor in American chess, by winning the US Championship (2008). He is the founder of the Yury Shulman International Chess School (see www.shulmanchess.com). 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. He has a Bachelor's degree in computer science as well as an MBA.

page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 931  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Golod vs Y Shulman   1-0 28 1989 Bankia op A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 2. Y Shulman vs V Yemelin 0-1 46 1991 URS-ch U18 E17 Queen's Indian 3. Rublevsky vs Y Shulman   1-0 46 1991 Alma-Ata C03 French, Tarrasch 4. Istratescu vs Y Shulman   1-0 28 1992 Wch U18 C03 French, Tarrasch 5. Y Shulman vs M Al-Modiahki   ½-½ 30 1992 Wch U18 E92 King's Indian 6. Y Shulman vs A Vouldis   1-0 54 1992 Wch U18 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 7. R Liiva vs Y Shulman   0-1 43 1992 Wch U18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. V Zvjaginsev vs Y Shulman   1-0 30 1992 URS-ch U18 E91 King's Indian 9. Y Shulman vs G Agamaliev   ½-½ 42 1992 Wch U18 E92 King's Indian 10. N Merant vs Y Shulman   0-1 62 1992 Wch U18 B44 Sicilian 11. M Halac vs Y Shulman   1-0 43 1992 Wch U18 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 12. Y Shulman vs R Forster   1-0 41 1992 Wch U18 E92 King's Indian 13. H Ellers vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 43 1992 Wch U18 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. Y Shulman vs R Achoundov   1-0 45 1992 Wch U18 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 15. Y Shulman vs C Gabriel   ½-½ 63 1992 Wch U18 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 16. M Turner vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 59 1993 EU-ch U18 C00 French Defense 17. Y Shulman vs V Smirnov   1-0 30 1993 BLR-ch A56 Benoni Defense 18. Y Shulman vs V Smirnov   1-0 53 1993 Minsk-C E16 Queen's Indian 19. Fedorov vs Y Shulman   1-0 43 1993 BLR-ch B40 Sicilian 20. Vladimir Zemerov vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 36 1993 Minsk-C B23 Sicilian, Closed 21. Y Shulman vs M Kekelidze   1-0 42 1993 EU-ch U18 E92 King's Indian 22. A Aleksandrov vs Y Shulman   ½-½ 51 1993 BLR-ch A45 Queen's Pawn Game 23. M Rudnev vs Y Shulman   0-1 34 1993 Minsk-C A48 King's Indian 24. O Danielian vs Y Shulman   1-0 50 1993 EU-ch U18 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 25. Y Shulman vs E Mochalov   1-0 37 1993 BLR-ch E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 38; games 1-25 of 931    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Shulman wins | Shulman loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jul-09-07    dalbertz: Again, thanks for taking your valuable time to play with us, GM Shulman. It was a great experience. Nov-25-07    Tomlinsky: This is a rather interesting Winawer Poisoned Pawn tussle from earlier in the year... [Event "16th Chicago Open"] [Site "Oak Brook USA"] [Date "2007.05.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Sarkar, J."] [Black "Shulman, Y."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2007.05.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 Ncd4 17. Bd2 b5 18. h5 Kf8 19. h6 Rg6 20. a4 Kg8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Kd1 Qc5 23. h7+ Kh8 24. Ne2 Nxc2 25. Rc1 b4 26. Qb3 Qa7 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ba4 29. Rb3 Qf2 0-1 Nov-28-07    SickedChess: Anyone got his book "Chess Lessons from a Grandmaster"? Dec-03-07    chesstoplay: I have copies of Yury's book. The cover title is: Chess! Lessons from a Grandmaster The co-author is Rishi Sethi. Mar-28-08    mckmck: Congrats From World Team for winning Foxwood open. Apr-29-08    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Shulman! Apr-29-08    whiteshark: Many happy returns, GM Shulman! ................ .() ..........()...._||_....() ....().._||_(........)_||_....() .._||_(... ........... ... ...)_||_. (________________________) Apr-29-08    WannaBe: Happy birthday, sir! =) Apr-30-08    Hootey: Happy birthday, GM Shulman! May-21-08    mckmck: GM Shulman - US champion - Congrats from World Team. May-21-08    whiskeyrebel: Bravo! May-21-08    brankat: A well deserved victory. Congratulations! May-21-08    RandomVisitor: Congratulations, Yury. May-22-08    FHBradley: Congratulations on winning the US Championship! May-22-08    karnak64: Congratulations, Champ! You earned it. I loved the Winawer you played against Baccerra -- awesome game. May-22-08    mang00neg: Congrats, well done. I was impressed that you continued to play for wins throughout. May-22-08    unsound: <I was impressed that you continued to play for wins throughout.> Well, throughout the first 8 rounds anyway. But very impressive, yes. Aug-28-08    Ron: Hello GM Shulman: I came across this game of yours A Labuckas vs Y Shulman, 1995 and I'm impressed, you sacrificed a knight on move 23 and your opponent resigned on move 34. Sep-02-08    zoren: this guy is extremely tough and strong, considering US tournaments having the reputation of "stunting" the growth of their top players with their Swiss tournaments Nov-25-08    amadeus: Congrats for the Bronze medal Nov-25-08    whiskeyrebel: Bravo Mr. Shulman. I watched the end of the game live, the r+p ending. It was an exciting, clutch performance. Dec-02-08    timhortons: shulman wins bronze http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?i... Feb-14-09    laskersteinitz: Will Mr. Shulman be attending this year's tournament at Foxwoods? I understand he gets a free hotel room, having won the tournament in 2008. Apr-10-09    laskersteinitz: The answer is yes! Apr-30-09    Stonehenge: Better one day late than never: Happy Birthday! Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 5) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing >

NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now.

Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts. No personal attacks against other users. Nothing in violation of United States law. See something which violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform an administrator. NOTE: Keep all discussion on the topic of this page. This forum is for this specific player and nothing else. If you want to discuss chess in general, or this site, you might try the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.