Denys Shmelov, 38, from Boston, MA. FIDE 2365, USCF 2441, IM since 2014, 1 GM norm

Semi-retired from serious chess and working as a life insurance actuary. If you work in risk management, insurance, or quantitative finance, please feel free to add me on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/denys-shmelov-181b8b3a

My name is a tribute to a short-story writer and poet Raymond Carver, one of the best minimalists of American literature.

"My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and constant distraction necessitate the short story form"

RaymondCarver