Ioan Cristian Chirilă (1991-) is a Romanian chess player, coach and commentator. Since the age of 10 he won several important victories in Romania and Europe. In 2009 FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title. During the 2018 World Chess Championship he was part of Fabiano Caruana’s coaching team.
Chess Respect
As reported by FIDE, former US Chess President Don Schultz died on April 19, 2020. Although I saw Schultz at several chess events, I spent the most time with him during the 1991 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. The US Chess Federation had asked Schultz to organize the tournament when another bid for it fell through. More 🡢