Yuliya Levitan


Yuliya Levitan is a Belarus born an American Woman International master .

Biography

In 1989, Levitan won the USSR Girl's Chess Championship in the U16 age group. She represented the Soviet Union in 1990 in the U18 Girls World Championship in Singapore where shared 4th-6th place. In 1991, Levitan moved to the United States. In 1992, she shared the 3rd-4th place in U.S. Women's Chess Championship and shared first place with Irina Levitina at the International Women's Chess tournament in New York. In 1993, Levitan participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta where ranked 25th place.
Levitan played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiad:
In 1992, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master title. In 2014, Levitan became an Association of Chess Professionals Board Member.
Levitan holds a degree in finance and international business in New York University and a J.D. degree in Brooklyn Law School and admission to the New York bar in 2006. She works as federal litigation attorney for US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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