Jurij Zezulkin (born 16 August 1971) is a Belarus-born chess grandmaster (1999) who has played for Poland from 2010.[1]

Jurij Zezulkin
Zezulkin in Barlinek, 2007
CountryBelarus (until 2010)
Poland (since 2010)
Born (1971-08-16) 16 August 1971 (age 52)
Minsk, Belarus
TitleGrandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating2402 (May 2024)
Peak rating2558 (July 2004)

Chess career edit

In 1989 won Belarus Junior Chess Championship (U18). Jurij Zezulkin is multiple international tournaments winner or 1st place shared: Kraków (1990), Malmö (1992), Gothenburg (1992), Częstochowa (1996), Litomyšl (1997), Mielno (2002), Łeba (2002), Kołobrzeg (2003), Krynica-Zdrój (2009). In the years 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 five times won chess tournament Äskulap in Görlitz.[2] In 2004 won tournament Porzellan Cup in Dresden.[3]

Zezulkin now lives in Poland where he is an organizer of the chess festival Caissa Pol Tour.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ FIDE Transfers in 2010
  2. ^ "Ehrentafel aller Äskulap-Turniere". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  3. ^ Yuri Zezulkin gewinnt Porzellan Cup 2004
  4. ^ Chess Firm Caissa

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