Boris Gulko
| Boris Gulko | |
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2002 U.S. Chess Championships
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| Full name | Boris Franzevich Gulko |
| Country | United States |
| Born |
February 9, 1947 Erfurt, East Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (1976) |
| FIDE rating | 2537 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2644 (2000) |
Boris Franzevich Gulko (Russian: Борис Францевич Гулько; IPA: [bɐˈrʲis ɡʊlʲˈko]; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American International Grandmaster in chess. His peak Elo rating was 2644 in 2000.
Gulko is noted to be the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship and the U.S. Chess Championship, and for having a positive score against Garry Kasparov.
Boris Gulko was born in 1947 to a Jewish family. His father was a soldier of the Red Army and was stationed in East Germany. His family returned to the Soviet Union after a few years. Gulko became an International Master in 1975, and a Grandmaster in 1976. He won the USSR Chess Championship at Leningrad in 1977 along with Iosif Dorfman. The Soviets usually would break ties for the title of Soviet Champion with a multi-game match and 1977 was no exception. However, Gulko and Dorfman were even after the six game playoff, so they shared the title and prestige of Soviet Champion. They finished half a point ahead of a field that included three former World Champions. Shortly after, Gulko applied to leave the country, but permission was refused. He and his wife, Anna Akhsharumova, who is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, became prominent Soviet Refuseniks. As a vehement anti-Communist, he was once arrested and beaten by KGB agents.
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