| Jurij Zezulkin | |
|---|---|
 Zezulkin in Barlinek, 2007 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Born | 16 August 1971 Minsk, Belarus |
| Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
| FIDE rating | 2401 (December 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2558 (July 2004) |
Jurij Zezulkin (born 16 August 1971) is a Belarus-born chess grandmaster (1999) who has played for Poland from 2010. [1]
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]
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