Boris Gulko

Boris Gulko (b. February 9th, 1947 in Erfurt) is an International Grandmaster in chess. Gulko was born in East Germany and is currently one of the strongest U.S. players. In Russian, his name is pronounced "bah-REES gul-KO". Image File history File links Copyright John Fernandez [1]. File links The following pages link to this file: Boris Gulko ... Image File history File links Copyright John Fernandez [1]. File links The following pages link to this file: Boris Gulko ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Mariendom and the Severikirche Erfurt is a city in central Germany. ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... GDR redirects here. ...

He is a two-time U.S. champion, winning in 1994 and 1999. He had previously been the USSR champion in 1977, and is the only chess player ever to have held both titles. See also: U.S. Womens Chess Championship Winner list: 2005 Hikaru Nakamura 2004 Alexander Shabalov 2003 Alexander Shabalov 2002 Larry Christiansen 2000 Joel Benjamin / Alexander Shabalov / Yasser Seirawan 1999 Boris Gulko 1998 Nick de Firmian 1997 Joel Benjamin 1996 Alex Yermolinsky 1995 Nick de Firmian / Patrick Wolff / Alexander Ivanov... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Winner list: 1991 (58th,Moscow) Minasian, Artashes 1990 (57th,Leningrad) Beliavsky, Alexander / Yudasin, Leonid / Bareev, Evgeny / Vyzmanavin, Alexey ex aequo 1989 (56th,Odessa) Vaganian, Rafael 1988 (55th,Moscow) Karpov, Anatoly / Kasparov, Garry ex aequo 1987 (54th,Minsk) Beliavsky, Alexander 1986 (53rd,Kiev) Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 1985 (52nd,Riga) Gavrikov, Viktor / Gurevich... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

After winning the Chess Championship of the Soviet Union, 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. A vehement anti-Communist, Gulko was once arrested and beaten by KGB agents. After the period of glasnost arrived, Gulko was allowed to immigrate to the United States in 1986. Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. ... Woman Grandmaster (WGM) is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Womens World Champion. ... Refusenik (Hebrew: , transliterated: mesorav; or: אסיר ציון, transliterated: asir tzion, literally means: Prisoner of Zion) or Otkaznik (Russian: , from отказ, English equivalent: refusal, rejection) was an unofficial term for individuals, typically but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate abroad by the authorities of the former Soviet Union. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for State Security Committee, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gulko has a plus record against Garry Kasparov (+3-1=4). He even beat Kasparov with black pieces in Russia in 1982 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation): Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Ne5 12.Ncxb5 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 axb5 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Qxb5+ Qd7 16.Qb3 Bxe4 17.Nf5 Bd5 18.Nxg7+ Kf8 19.Qh3 h5 20.Qg3 Kxg7 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Rd4 Bd6 23.Qc3 Kg6 24.h3 Bc7 0-1

One of his victories was when Kasparov was world champion[1], which made it three in a row.

Gulko is still playing chess, although he does not participate in a large number of tournaments.

Photo gallery

2002 U.S. Chess Championships Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1365x1172, 333 KB) Summary en:Boris Gulko at the 2002 U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle, Washington. ...

References

• Chessgames.com - [2]

External links

• FIDE rating card for Boris Gulko
• Boris Gulko download 1033 of his games in pgn format.
• 25 Crucial Positions from His Games