Boris Kreiman | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Born | (1976-06-07)June 7, 1976 (age 48) Moscow,USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| FIDE rating | 2481 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2515 (January 2000) |
Boris Kreiman (born June 7, 1976) is an AmericanGrandmaster of chess. Kreiman a 3rd-place winner in aU.S. Chess Championship in Seattle is also a winner of theFrank P. Samford, Jr. Chess Fellowship.[1]
Kreiman has retired from chess to help communities through chess programs and education.
Kreiman was born inMoscow,Russian SFSR,USSR on June 7, 1976. He later moved to theUnited States at the age of 13 and settled onBrighton Beach inBrooklyn,New York.
Kreiman began his chess training in Russia, at the age of 5 at theRussian School of Chess in Moscow. It was at Brighton Beach that Kreiman trained with GrandmasterGata Kamsky, a Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster who was once the third highest rated chess player in the world.[2] Later on, Kreiman also trained withAlex Yermolinsky, another Soviet-born American Chess Grandmaster.
Boris Kreiman has won more than 20 international chess tournaments, played in threeWorld Junior Championships, and in threeU.S. Championships throughout his chess career.[3] He has been an experienced chesscoach for more than a decade.
In both 1993 and 1996 he won the U.S. Junior Championships. In 2002, he won 3rd place in the U.S. Championship in Seattle and has also received the renowned and prestigious "Samford Scholarship". The Samford is given to only the best chess players in the United States and is offered by Chess-in-the-Schools based in New York City.
Kreiman founded the Kreiman Chess Academy inLos Angeles, which is dedicated to incorporating chess into educational systems and to establishing competitive chess programs along the west coast of the U.S.
Instructors at the academy are trained by Kreiman himself. The Kreiman Chess Academy has turned out two National Chess Champions; Joel Banawa and Joaquin “Jake” Banawa in 2005. Both students received $50,000 scholarships toThe University of Texas at Dallas.[4]