GMSergey Erenburg

Sergey Erenburg was born in Biysk in 1983 and established his early international career in Israel. FIDE awarded him the international master title in 2002 and the grandmaster title in 2003. He won the Israeli championship in 2004. With Israel, he earned team silver at the 2005 European Team Championship. He later combined chess with graduate study in applied mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Erenburg became captain of UMBC's chess team in December 2008. The team won consecutive Pan-American Intercollegiate Championships in 2008 and 2009, followed by President's Cup titles in 2009 and 2010. He began representing the United States in 2013. His later tournament successes include the 2016 Chesapeake Open, where he scored 6½/7. He shared first place at the 2018 U.S. Masters. In 2023, he won Virginia's state championship with a perfect six wins.