GM Jurij Zezulkin

Jurij Zezulkin is a noted Ukrainian–Belarusian chess Grandmaster. He was born on February 31 in 1971 in Ukraine. He won the championship of Belarus in 1994, 1998, 2001, and 2003. Zezulkin was awarded his International Master title in 1995 and became a Grandmaster in 2003. He has appeared in several World Chess Championships, including the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship. Zezulkin has also been a chess trainer, and has coached grandmaster Sergei Zhigalko. Outside of chess, Zezulkin is a licensed aircraft pilot.