In the third round of the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad, the U.S. team faces South Africa. On board 3, GM Shulman has made an official complaint about a clock situation. He made a move and pressed his clock. Unfortunately,...
One versus twenty
A chessmaster schools NU students, 20 at a timeBy Darren McRoy One man. Twenty chessboards. No sweat. U.S. chess champion and grandmaster Yury Shulman took down 20 challengers at the Kellogg Atrium on Thursday, playing all games simultaneously. Total...
Shulman wins Montreal, 3 tie for 2nd
Final round results: Nakamura, Hikaru – Maze, Sebastien ½-½Zugic, Igor – Shulman, Yuri ½-½Charbonneau, Pascal – Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas – Nataf, Igor-Alexandre ½-½Bluvshtein, Mark – Kovalyov, Anton ½-½ Final standings (unofficial based on my calculation): 1. Shulman, Yuri...
Shulman on fire in Montreal
U.S. Champion Yury Shulman defeated GM Charbonneau to assure himself of at least a tie for first going into the final round. He will face IM Zugic in the final. GMs Bluvshtein and Nakamura are still mathematically alive. Bluvshtein...
Shulman leads Montreal with 2 to go
Round 7 results: Nakamura ½ BluvshteinRoussel-Roozman ½ ShulmanAkobian 0-1 NatafCharbonneau 0-1 MazeZugic ½ Kovalyov Standings after 7 rounds: 1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2623 5 2. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2548 4½ 3. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 44....
Top 2 seeds draw in round 1
GM Shulman (2623) – GM Nakamura (2697) [E15]24.08.2008 – Montreal – Round 1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 0–0 10.Nd2 Nfd7 11.Nd3 b5 12.c5 e5 13.dxe5 Nxc5...
Yury Shulman – 2008 US Champion
Photo and game provided by MonRoi IM Friedel (2511) – GM Shulman (2664) [C01]21.05.2008 – Final round 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 c6 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Rfe1 f6 11.Bh4 Game...
Shulman year?
The ever dangerous GM Yury Shulman has quietly been doing well in the past few years. He came within a hair from eliminating Shirov in the World Cup. His FIDE rating has consistently been over 2600. This may be...
A game that’s fit for Kings and Kids
Chess is a game that’s fit for kings and kidsExperts say it builds strong mindsBy Chad Brooks Daily Herald StaffPublished: 1/27/2008 12:21 AM In this day and age, when businesses will spend millions to develop the next hot video...
Chess without borders
Grandmasters check out eager chess playersJanuary 17, 2008By TONY GONZALEZ Contributor Despite a visa complication which kept former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov from appearing at Rose Elementary School in South Barrington, nearly 60 area chess players challenged three...