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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Boris Gulko</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:BorisGulko0201_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/BorisGulko0201_003.jpg/220px-BorisGulko0201_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/BorisGulko0201_003.jpg/330px-BorisGulko0201_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/BorisGulko0201_003.jpg/440px-BorisGulko0201_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="1172" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">2002 U.S. Chess Championships</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Boris Franzevich Gulko</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (until 1986)<br /><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> (1986)<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (since 1987)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-02-09</span>) </span>February 9, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation zone">Soviet occupation zone of Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (1976)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2000040">2542</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">Peak rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2644 (January 2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 14 (January 1989)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Boris Franzevich Gulko</b> (Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Борис Францевич Гулько</span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[bɐˈrʲiz<span class="wrap"> </span>ɡʊlʲˈko]</a></span>; born February 9, 1947) is a <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">Soviet</a>-<a href="/wiki/Russian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian American">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>. Notably, he is the only person to win both the <a href="/wiki/USSR_Chess_Championship" title="USSR Chess Championship">Soviet Chess Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a>, and one of the few players with a plus score against <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Gulko&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boris Gulko was born in 1947 to a Jewish family. His father was a soldier of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> and was stationed in Soviet-occupied Germany. His family returned to the Soviet Union after a few years. Gulko became an <a href="/wiki/International_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="International Master">International Master</a> in 1975, and a Grandmaster in 1976. He won the <a href="/wiki/USSR_Chess_Championship" title="USSR Chess Championship">USSR Chess Championship</a> at Leningrad in 1977 along with <a href="/wiki/Iosif_Dorfman" class="mw-redirect" title="Iosif Dorfman">Iosif Dorfman</a>. 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, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Akhsharumova" title="Anna Akhsharumova">Anna Akhsharumova</a>, who is a <a href="/wiki/Woman_Grandmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Woman Grandmaster">Woman Grandmaster</a> of chess, became prominent <a href="/wiki/Refusenik_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Refusenik (Soviet Union)">Soviet Refuseniks</a>. As a vehement <a href="/wiki/Anti-Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Communist">anti-Communist</a>, he was once arrested and beaten by <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a> agents.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They weren't allowed in top-level chess competition until the period of <a href="/wiki/Glasnost" title="Glasnost">glasnost</a> arrived, and Gulko was finally allowed to emigrate to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in 1986. "Thirty-nine is too old to start playing and training to reach the highest achievement in chess," said Gulko, "those seven years were a serious blow for my chess career, but I don't regret them."<sup id="cite_ref-profile_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After moving to the U.S. he won the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a> in 1994 and 1999. He is the only chess player ever to have held both the American and Soviet championship titles. Gulko also holds an amazing positive score against Garry Kasparov, with three victories, four <a href="/wiki/Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">draws</a>, and only one defeat, in games played from 1978 to 2001 (according to ChessGames.com). In 1998, Gulko won clear first place at the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Masters_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Masters Chess Championship">U.S. Masters Chess Championship</a>. </p><p>Gulko was subject to anti-semitic discrimination 20 years later. He qualified to play at the 2004 World Chess Championship in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. The president of the Libyan Organizing Committee, dictator <a href="/wiki/Muammar_al-Gaddafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muammar al-Gaddafi">Gaddafi</a>’s son, announced: "We did not and will not invite the <a href="/wiki/Zionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist">Zionist</a> enemies to this championship." Gulko and several other Jewish players withdrew from the tournament, and Gulko said in a letter<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov</a>, the president of <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>: "I implore you not to be the first president of FIDE to preside over the first world chess championship from which Jews are excluded. Our magnificent and noble game does not deserve such a disgrace."<sup id="cite_ref-profile_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gulko played for Soviet Union in the <a href="/wiki/Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a> of 1978 and for the United States in the Chess Olympiads of 1988–2004.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is still playing chess,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (September 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> although he does not participate in a large number of tournaments and he has become an accomplished journalist and political commentator. After living in <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn, New Jersey</a> for many years, the Gulkos moved to <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_games">Notable games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Gulko&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic notation</a> to describe chess moves.</div></div> </div> <div class="thumb noviewer tright"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:254px"> Kasparov vs. Gulko, Kislovodsk 1982 </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:246px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/26px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/39px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/52px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:182px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h8 black rook"><img alt="h8 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/26px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/39px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/52px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:182px;left:182px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a8 black rook"><img alt="a8 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/26px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/39px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/52px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">8</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption"> Final position </div></div></div> <p>Gulko has a plus record against <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> (+3−1=4). He even beat Kasparov with the black pieces in <a href="/wiki/RSFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="RSFSR">Russia</a> in 1982: </p><p><b>Kasparov vs. Gulko, Russia 1982</b> <br /> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 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 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Gulko&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Gulko,%20Boris%20F..html">"Gulko, Boris F."</a> <i><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 9,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=FIDE&rft.atitle=Gulko%2C+Boris+F.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2FElo%2Fplayer%2FGulko%2C%2520Boris%2520F..html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The KGB Plays Chess: The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown</i>. Russell Enterprises. 2010. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-75-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-75-0"><bdi>978-1-888690-75-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+KGB+Plays+Chess%3A+The+Soviet+Secret+Police+and+the+Fight+for+the+World+Chess+Crown&rft.pub=Russell+Enterprises&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-888690-75-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-profile-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-profile_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profile_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202045448/http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/player_32_42.php">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"GM Boris Gulko", The United States Chess Federation"</a>. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 24,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22GM+Boris+Gulko%22%2C+The+United+States+Chess+Federation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbeta.uschess.org%2Ffrontend%2Fplayer_32_42.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmsquare.com/gulkoletter.html">"GrandMaster Square >>> an Open Letter from Boris Gulko to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=GrandMaster+Square+%3E%3E%3E+an+Open+Letter+from+Boris+Gulko+to+Kirsan+Ilyumzhinov&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gmsquare.com%2Fgulkoletter.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.olimpbase.org/players/lpll3rtc.html">"Men's Chess Olympiads: Boris Gulko"</a>. OlimpBase<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 25,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Men%27s+Chess+Olympiads%3A+Boris+Gulko&rft.pub=OlimpBase&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fplayers%2Flpll3rtc.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Congregation Shomrei Torah. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://images.shulcloud.com/294/uploads/Final_Bulletins/3-2-2019-Vayakhel-V-1.7.pdf">[1]</a>, Accessed June 24, 2020. </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Gulko&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGulko,_BorisSneed,_Joel_R.2011" class="citation book cs1">Gulko, Boris; Sneed, Joel R. (2011). <i>Lessons with a Grandmaster</i>. Everyman Chess. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-668-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85744-668-5"><bdi>978-1-85744-668-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lessons+with+a+Grandmaster&rft.pub=Everyman+Chess&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-85744-668-5&rft.au=Gulko%2C+Boris&rft.au=Sneed%2C+Joel+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGulkoFelshtinskyPopovKortschnoi2011" class="citation book cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gulko, Boris</a>; Felshtinsky, Yuri; Popov, Vladimir; Kortschnoi, Viktor (2011). <i>The KGB Plays Chess: The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown</i>. Russell Enterprises. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-75-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-888690-75-0"><bdi>978-1-888690-75-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+KGB+Plays+Chess%3A+The+Soviet+Secret+Police+and+the+Fight+for+the+World+Chess+Crown&rft.pub=Russell+Enterprises&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-888690-75-0&rft.aulast=Gulko&rft.aufirst=Boris&rft.au=Felshtinsky%2C+Yuri&rft.au=Popov%2C+Vladimir&rft.au=Kortschnoi%2C+Viktor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoris+Gulko" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boris_Gulko&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12141">Boris Gulko</a> player profile and games at <a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070210175848/http://www.uschess.org/news/bio/gulko.php">US Chess bio</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 2007-02-10)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmsquare.com/gulkoletter.html">"An Open Letter to the President of FIDE, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, from Grandmaster Boris Gulko,"</a> from gmsquare.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://interviews.chessdom.com/boris-gulko">Interview With GM Boris Gulko</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144135/http://interviews.chessdom.com/boris-gulko">Archived</a> 2011-07-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Alex Yermolinsky</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Patrick Wolff</a>,<br />and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Alexander Ivanov</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Joel Benjamin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Alexander Shabalov</a>,<br />and <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></div> </td></tr> 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Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dake" title="Arthur Dake">Dake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">De Firmian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Denker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy" title="Maxim Dlugy">Dlugy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaan_Ehlvest" title="Jaan Ehlvest">Ehlvest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fedorowicz" title="John Fedorowicz">Fedorowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Goldin" title="Alexander Goldin">Goldin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Henley_(chess_player)" title="Ron Henley (chess player)">Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Kaidanov" title="Gregory Kaidanov">Kaidanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kudrin" title="Sergey Kudrin">Kudrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Mednis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rohde_(chess_player)" title="Michael Rohde (chess player)">Rohde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Seirawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Soltis" title="Andrew Soltis">Soltis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilder" title="Michael Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadi_Zaichik" title="Gennadi Zaichik">Zaichik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Akopian" title="Vladimir Akopian">Akopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babakuli_Annakov" title="Babakuli Annakov">Annakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Becerra_Rivero" title="Julio Becerra Rivero">Becerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1zaro_Bruz%C3%B3n" title="Lázaro Bruzón">Bruzón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fishbein" title="Alexander Fishbein">Fishbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Gurevich" title="Ilya Gurevich">I. Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Ivanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Kamsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Novikov_(chess_player)" title="Igor Novikov (chess player)">Novikov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Onischuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadij_Sagalchik" title="Gennadij Sagalchik">Sagalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Schwartzman" title="Gabriel Schwartzman">Schwartzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Serper" title="Gregory Serper">Serper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Shabalov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Shaked" title="Tal Shaked">Shaked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miron_Sher" title="Miron Sher">Sher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sherzer" title="Alex Sherzer">Sherzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Shulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stripunsky" title="Alexander Stripunsky">Stripunsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Wolff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Yermolinsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varuzhan_Akobian" title="Varuzhan Akobian">Akobian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Aronian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ashley" title="Maurice Ashley">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Bhat" title="Vinay Bhat">Bhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Caruana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Leinier Domínguez">Domínguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Erenburg" title="Sergey Erenburg">Erenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Finegold" title="Ben Finegold">Finegold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Friedel" title="Joshua Friedel">Friedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timur_Gareyev" title="Timur Gareyev">Gareyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renier_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Renier González">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Carmenate" title="Holden Hernández Carmenate">Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)" title="Robert Hess (chess player)">Hess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zviad_Izoria" title="Zviad Izoria">Izoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez" title="Fidel Corrales Jimenez">Jimenez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kaufman" title="Larry Kaufman">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikset_Khachiyan" title="Melikset Khachiyan">Khachiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Kraai" title="Jesse Kraai">Kraai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Kreiman" title="Boris Kreiman">Kreiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elshan_Moradi" title="Elshan Moradi">Moradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Perelshteyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuniesky_Quesada" title="Yuniesky Quesada">Quesada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Ram%C3%ADrez_(chess_player)" title="Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">So</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_%C5%9Awiercz" title="Dariusz Świercz">Świercz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Zherebukh" title="Yaroslav Zherebukh">Zherebukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raset_Ziatdinov" title="Raset Ziatdinov">Ziatdinov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Antipov" title="Mikhail Antipov">Antipov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Tyler_Arnold" title="Marc Tyler Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brown_(chess_player)" title="Michael Brown (chess player)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Burke" title="John M. Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshat_Chandra" title="Akshat Chandra">Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Checa" title="Nicolas Checa">Checa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Holt" title="Conrad Holt">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hungaski" title="Robert Hungaski">Hungaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Krush" title="Irina Krush">Krush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Lenderman" title="Aleksandr Lenderman">Lenderman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruifeng_Li" title="Ruifeng Li">Li</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awonder_Liang" title="Awonder Liang">Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_Molner" title="Mackenzie Molner">Molner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky" title="Daniel Naroditsky">Naroditsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigoriy_Oparin" title="Grigoriy Oparin">Oparin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Robson" title="Ray Robson">Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sevian" title="Samuel Sevian">Sevian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Sevillano" title="Enrico Sevillano">Sevillano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Shankland" title="Sam Shankland">Shankland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Smith_(chess_player)" title="Bryan Smith (chess player)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tang" title="Andrew Tang">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayden_Troff" title="Kayden Troff">Troff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Xiong" title="Jeffery Xiong">Xiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin_Yang" title="Darwin Yang">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zierk" title="Steven Zierk">Zierk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020–2029</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Praveen_Balakrishnan" title="Praveen Balakrishnan">Balakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brodsky" title="David Brodsky">Brodsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaji_Daggupati" title="Balaji Daggupati">Daggupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fernandez_(American_chess_player)" title="Daniel Fernandez (American chess player)">Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Guo" title="Arthur Guo">Guo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hong" title="Andrew Hong">Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jacobson" title="Brandon Jacobson">Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu_Mishra" title="Abhimanyu Mishra">Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Niemann" title="Hans Niemann">Niemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Sheng" title="Joshua Sheng">Sheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Sturt" title="Raven Sturt">Sturt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Tiglon" title="Bryce Tiglon">Tiglon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Woodward_(chess_player)" title="Andy Woodward (chess player)">Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Yoo_(chess_player)" title="Christopher Yoo (chess player)">Yoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters" title="List of chess grandmasters">List of chess grandmasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_chess_players" title="Category:American chess players">Category:American chess players</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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