Boris Gulko
Boris Franzevich Gulko (Russian: Борис Францевич Гулько, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis ɡʊlʲˈko]; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess. Notably, he is the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship and the U.S. Chess Championship, and one of the few players with a plus score against Garry Kasparov.
| Boris Gulko | |
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2002 U.S. Chess Championships | |
| Full name | Boris Franzevich Gulko |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1986) Israel (1986) United States (since 1987) |
| Born | February 9, 1947 Erfurt, Soviet occupation zone of Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (1976) |
| FIDE rating | 2542 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2644 (January 2000) |
| Peak ranking | No. 14 (January 1989) |
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