Igor Khmelnitsky, Born in Kiev, Ukraine. Lives in Philadelphia, USA since 1991. International Chess Master since 1990. Winner of numerous tournaments in Europe and USA. Has victories under his belt against Lev Alburt, Boris Alterman, Viorel Bologan, Roman Dzindzikhashvili, Vasily Ivanchuk, Alexander Ivanov, Oleg Romanishin, Alexander Shabalov, Evgeniy Sveshnikov, Patrick Wolff, Alex Yermolinsky and others.

Igor Khmelnitsky is very experienced coach. His first high profile coaching experience was in 1986, when he served as a coaching assistant of the Ukrainian national junior team. He has been coaching in Philadelphia area since 1991. Since 2000, he started also coaching worldwide via his website www.IamCoach.com Amongst his students are players of all levels, ranging from novices to masters.

Igor Khmelnitsky has published his comments, annotated games, and articles in various chess publications. Among them, the most prestigious periodicals - Chess Informant, New in Chess, ChessBase, 64, Chess Life, and Chess Today. His recent book "Chess Exam and Training Guide: Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve" (@2004) received numerous positive reviews and won 2005 Best Chess Book award from CJA (Chess Journalists of America).