Denys Shmelov, 34, from Boston, MA. FIDE 2430, USCF 2535, IM since 2014, 1 GM norm
Semi-retired from serious chess, and working as a life insurance actuary. If you are 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"