Donald D. Schultz

Background

Schultz, Donald D. was born on May 13, 1936 in New York City. Son of Charles Anthony and Marie A. (Stewart) Schultz.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, 1957.

Career

He currently resides in Florida. He was elected vice-president on August 14, 2005. He was defeated by the Susan Polgar-Paul Truong slate when he ran for re-election in July, 2007.

He is a rated chess expert.

Schultz first ran for USCF President in 1966, but was defeated by Marshall Rohland. In the 1981, Schultz was appointed United States. Delegate to FIDE, the World Chess Federation.

In 1982, in Thessaloniki, Schultz was elected to the Executive Council of FIDE. In 1992, he was elected to the Policy Board of the USCF. In 1993, he organized a tour for the Israel Youth Chess Team to the United States. In 1993 and 1994 he, along with Yasser Seirawan, ran a chess school for children in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1996, Schultz was elected President of the USCF for a three-year term.

In 2003, Schultz was elected to the Executive Board of the USCF for a four-year term.

He is the author of two books, "Chessdon" and "Fischer, Kasparov and the Others". He has held numerous political positions in chess. Here is a list:

President, New York State Chess Association 1964-1965

President, North Carolina Chess Association 1966–1971

President, Georgia Chess Association 1977–1979

President, Florida Chess Association – 1987 -1993

Elected Honorary Lifetime Member Florida Chess Association Board of Directors in 1996.

Editor floridaCHESS 1994 to 1996.

FIDE Delegate: 1983 to 1989 and 1993

FIDE Zonal President: 1982, 1993 to 1994

FIDE Executive Board. 1982 to 1990

Attended 21 FIDE Congresses (1972, 1974, 1978 to 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2005).

1963 New York State Championship – Poughkeepsie, New York

1962 United States. 30/30 Championship, Poughkeepsie, New York

1967 United States. Junior Open, Raleigh, North Carolina

1969 North Carolina Invitational, Raleigh, North Carolina

1990 World Youth Chess Championships, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

1991 United States. Women's Championship, Highland Beach, Florida

1993 Amateur Team Finals, Baltimore, Doctor of Medicine

1994 United States Championship, Key West, Florida

1996 New York Invitational, New York City (one of the strongest round robins ever held in United States)

2005 United States. Senior Open in Boca Raton, Florida

1981 FIDE Congress in Atlanta: (only FIDE Congress ever held in the United States)

FIDE Executive Council 1982 to 1990

Company-Chair FIDE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Commission- 1981, 82

USCF Executive Board Member: 1992 to 1995

USCF President: 1996 to 1999

USCF Secretary: 2004, 05

USCF Vice President: 2005 –

Chess for Peace Advisory Board: 2005 -.

Achievements

• Donald D. Schultz has been listed as a noteworthy Society administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Fischer, Kasparov, and the Others

    (Memoirs of Chess Official, organizer and members of the F...)

• Chessdon

  • Chessdon

Interests

• Avocations: chess, photography, writing, traveling.

Connections

Father:

Charles Anthony Schultz