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	The chess games of Boris Gulko
		Boris Frantsevich Gulko was born in Erfurt, East Germany on February 9, 1947.
		After much trial and turmoil Gulko emigrated to the United States in 1986 where his achievments include winning the United States Championship in 1994 and 1999.
		Gulko is the only player to have won the chess championship of both the Soviet Union and United States.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=12141 (672 words)

	Boris Gulko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gulko was born in East Germany and is currently one of the strongest U.S. players.
		After the period of glasnost arrived, Gulko was allowed to immigrate to the United States in 1986.
		Gulko is still playing chess, although he does not participate in a large number of tournaments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boris_Gulko (289 words)

	uschess.org \| GM Boris Gulko
		Boris opposed communism and in the late 70’s and applied with his wife WGM Anna Aksharumova to immigrate.
		Boris sent a scathing letter to the president of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, “I implore you not to be the first president of FIDE to preside over the first world chess championship from which Jews are excluded.
		Gulko is known for his strong middlegame positional play and solid style- he’s not easy to beat.
	beta.uschess.org /frontend/player_32_42.php (453 words)

	The United States Chess Federation - GM Boris Gulko
		Boris opposed communism and in the late 70’s and applied with his wife WGM Anna Aksharumova to immigrate.
		Boris sent a scathing letter to the president of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, “I implore you not to be the first president of FIDE to preside over the first world chess championship from which Jews are excluded.
		Gulko is known for his strong middlegame positional play and solid style- he’s not easy to beat.
	main.uschess.org /content/view/130 (504 words)

	Ajedrez en Madrid - Torneos
		Krush, Irina - Gulko, Boris 0-1 E39 48 8.
		Gulko, Boris - Becerra, Julio 1/2 E90 29 7.
		Gulko, Boris - Bonin, Jay 1/2 E90 98 11.
	www.ajedrezenmadrid.com /torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=07051502 (1682 words)

	Boris Gulko - Gambit - Chess - New York Times Blog
		The seven who tied for first are grandmasters Alexander Shabalov, Boris Gulko, Sergey Kudrin and Michael Rohde, international masters Benjamin Finegold and Michael Mulyar, and Anton Del Mundo, a master.
		The leaders are grandmasters Alexander Shabalov, Boris Gulko, Sergey Kudrin and Michael Rohde, and Benjamin Finegold, an international master.
		Alexander Onischuk, last year’s champion, had a chance to tie for first, but he was held to a draw in the last round by Boris Gulko.
	gambit.blogs.nytimes.com /tag/boris-gulko (738 words)

	Jewish Standard Chessidim
		Boris Gulko of Fair Lawn holds the title of grandmaster from the international chess federation.
		Gulko, who is Orthodox, said it was because Jews could apply the same skills they used to study Talmud and Torah to chess.
		Like Gulko, Rabbi John Krug, dean of student life at the Frisch School in Paramus, said that the "logic and inferential comprehension" skills used in chess are very similar to the tools used in Talmud study.
	www.jstandard.com /articles/4498/1/Chessidim (1662 words)

	MindZine - Chess News - MSO
		Boris Gulko, Jonny Hector, and Lars Hansen won the Politiken Cup with 8.5/11.
		Gulko advanced his kingside pawns with a rook on the seventh, threatening mate.
		Gulko ran his king to the queenside while Hansen's monarch was caught in the middle.
	www.msoworld.com /mindzine/news/chess/politiken2000.html (1038 words)

	The
		Gulko is the only player to have ever held both the American and Soviet championship titles.
		Gulko is known for his strong middle game positional play and solid style- he’s not easy to beat.
		Gulko has managed to remain friendly and modest.
	www.dumontchessmates.com /news/GulkoWebProgram1.htm (339 words)

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		Boris Gulko won the title after defeating Gregory Serper in the first two games of the four game final.
		Gulko won the first game and Seirawan the second in their match whilst Serper and Yermolinsky drew all their games.
		The playoffs saw Gulko win through after two g/25 games and two g/15 games (he won the last with fl).
	www.grandmastercorner.com /ChessGames/intplay99 (143 words)

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		In the 1970s, Gulko and his wife, Anna Akhsharumova-Gulko, tried to emigrate from Russia several times, resulting in professional persecution at the hands of the Russian government.
		The Gulkos were able to successfully emigrate to America in 1986.
		Gulko was the only player to win both the U.S. and the USSR championships.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=chess&ID=31 (114 words)

	Igowalker
		At 56, Gulko was the oldest of the top players in the tournament; at 14, Nakamura was the youngest.
		Gulko has been a grandmaster half his life; Nakamura has two legs up on that title, but needs a third to finalize his quest.
		Gulko adopted his favorite English Opening, for which Nakamura had surely prepared.
	www.igowalker.com /index.php?id=66 (363 words)

	Biography of Boris Gulko
		Boris Gulko was born on February 9, 1947 in Erfurt, Germany.
		In 1977, Gulko won the Chess Championship of the Soviet Union.
		After winning the title, he applied to leave the country, but permission was denied.
	www.supreme-chess.com /famous-chess-players/boris-gulko.html (161 words)

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		Boris Gulko, a 52-year-old Fairlawn, N.J., grandmaster, won the 1999 United States Championship, held in Salt Lake City from Aug. 23 to Sept. 10.
		Gulko, a former Soviet dissident, defeated Gregory Serper, a Mayfield Heights, Ohio, grandmaster, by 2½-½ in their four-game final match.
		Gulko was awarded the first prize, $12,000, and Serper took the runner-up prize, $7,500.
	www.nytimes.com /ref/crosswords/chess/990926noframes.html (364 words)

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		Gulko - J. Benjamin 1 - 0 P.
		Gulko - J. Waitzkin 1/2 - 1/2 J.
		Gulko - P. Wolff 1/2 - 1/2 J.
	www.cis.uab.edu /info/faculty/sloan/ACF/results/USIC95 (662 words)

	Chess and Chess960 Wiki - Boris Gulko
		Gulko was born in East Germany and is currently one of the strongest US players.
		Having spent most of his life in USSR, where he was once arrested and beaten up by KGB agents, Gulko always wanted to move out, which he was allowed to do in 1986, then he emigrated to USA.
		Gulko is still playing chess, although he does not participate in a large number of tournaments.
	www.mychess.de /Boris_Gulko_ChessWiki.htm (241 words)

	I Campeonato Continental Americas 2001
		Gulko, gran favorito del certamen, superó sin problemas al colombiano Henry Contreras; Leitao al ecuatoriano Daniel Mieles; Morovic a Rafael Araque; de Colombia, Gurewich a Carlos Beltrán, de Colombia y Lima a Sergio González, también colombiano.
		Boris Gulko, el tablero numero uno del evento comenzó su ruta hacia el titulo al derrotar al colombiano Freddy Diaz en 17 movimientos.
		Gulko de 54 años de edad, quien por principios religiosos no anota su juego en la planilla los dias viernes, comentó que la partida frente a Diaz fue inusual.
	www.ajedrezencolombia.com /caliagosto.htm (2436 words)

	Gulko Free, Searchable Chess Game Database And Community. Boris Gulko. Number Of Games In Database: 1
		Eichenbaum, Kantrowitz, Leff, and Gulko specialize in consumer and commercial debt collection and collection Litigation throughout the entire State of New Jersey.
		From the New York Sun: "Boris Gulko, the only chess player ever to win both the.
		Boris Gulko vs. Top Computer programs Grandmaster Boris Gulko, two-time US Chess Champion and 1975.
	www.99hosted.com /names9499.html (388 words)

	US Chess Federation:
		Grandmaster Boris Gulko was born in Erfurt in former East Germany on February 9, 1947, but spent most of his early years in the Soviet Union.
		Boris became an international master in 1975 and a grandmaster in 1976.
		During the late 70's Boris and his wife Anna tried to emigrate but they couldn't get permission to leave the Soviet Union and had to endure persecution as "refusniks".
	www.uschess.org /news/bio/gulko.php (208 words)

	Washington Times - Gulko, locals shine at Open
		Gulko was twice U.S. national champion in the 1990s after being forced to emigrate from the Soviet Union, but he has been eclipsed in recent years by a crop of younger stars.
		Joining Gulko and del Mundo at the top were reigning U.S. Closed champ Alex Shabalov, fellow GMs Sergey Kudrin, Benjamin Finegold and Michael Rohde, and Colorado IM Michael Mulyar.
		Gulko's Round 8 pairing against New York IM Alex Lenderman was a classic clash of veteran guile and youthful exuberance.
	www.washingtontimes.com /news/2007/aug/11/gulko-locals-shine-at-open (979 words)

	Chess; Boris Gulko, at 47 the oldest entrant, pours on the combinations to win the U.S. Championship. - New York Times
		Boris Gulko, a Fair Lawn, N.J., grandmaster, won the 1994 United States Championship last week in Key West, Fla., and along with it a place in the next stage of the International Chess Federation's world championship series.
		A former Soviet champion, Gulko was a dissident who survived several hunger strikes before he was allowed to leave the Soviet Union in 1986.
		Although Gulko was, at 47, the oldest player in the tourney, he surely did not play like it.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E2D61E3FF932A35752C1A962958260 (848 words)

	King's Indian Defence
		For some time, GM Boris Gulko has been exploring h2-h3 systems, creating various hybrids of this move with the Averbach, Classical, or Bd3 systems.
		But when Gulko essayed the King's Indian against the creative IM John Watson in the 5th round of the 1993 World Open, Watson decided to give Gulko a taste of his own medicine, playing the very line that Gulko had used against Larry Remlinger the round before.
		Gulko was impressed with Remlinger's treatment and imitated it against Watson, getting a good game, but a careless slip allowed Watson to create dangerous complications, sacrificing the Exchange for a strong initiative.
	www.kidschess.com /kco/kid.html (4106 words)

	Susan Polgar on Chess
		In round 3, Gulko maintained his lead with a draw against Onischuk I lost to Kamsky, which was probably my worst game of the tournament.
		Kamsky caught up with Boris for a share of the lead, as he won his second game in a row.
		Boris Gulko started out very well, but he was tired at the end.
	www.chesscafe.com /polgar/polgar.htm (1780 words)

	The Hindu : Lputian holds Anand
		Evgeny Bareev and Boris Gulko took a step closer to their possible likely clash in the pre- quarterfinals.
		After some simplification, it was Gulko who gained space and also had a passed pawn on the sixth rank of `b' file.
		Boris Gelfand emerged an easy winner with Jeroen Piket resigning after losing a knight as a result of overlooking a `fork.' Second seeded Alexander Morozevich, too, was a comfortable winner over Evgeny Vladimirov.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/04/stories/07040201.htm (561 words)

	Advocate
		Grandmaster (GM) Boris Gulko makes his move against president of the National Chess Federation, Dr. David Jordan as national chess champion Delisle Warner looks on.
		The fifth grandmaster to play in a such an event in the island, Boris Gulko is the only person in the world to have won both the Soviet and US Championships and one of the very few players to have a plus score against the world’s highest ever rated player, Gary Kasparov.
		Grandmasters before Gulko that have visited the island and participated in similar displays include Jerard Hertneck in 1999, Stefan Dujrick in 1989, Raymond Keane in 1986 and the Dr. Max Euwe in the early 1950s.
	www.barbadosadvocate.com /NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=16316 (438 words)

	Chess king squares off with novices \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		SANTEE – International chess grandmaster Boris Gulko stood in front of a chessboard yesterday and asked for help on his next move.
		The answer pleased Gulko, who is in town for the U.S. Chess Championship at the NTC Promenade.
		Gulko, 59, was born in East Germany and is a two-time U.S. champion.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060302/news_2m2chess.html (415 words)

	The Daily Dirt Chess Blog: Boy Named Sue (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But Boris Gulko threatened that the officials would be forced to defend such a decision legally in court.
		Gulko's FIDE rating is 2600 and his USCF rating is over 2700, so you can see why the issue occurred.
		Gulko was higher rated on BOTH the FIDE and USCF lists at the time invitations went out.
	www.chessninja.com /dailydirt/archives/boy_named_sue.htm (3021 words)

	uschess.org \| Kamsky wins Mayor's Cup!
		Everyone played fighting chess, even without an official "30-move rule" (which prohibits agreed draws before move 30.) It seems as though the rule is catching on in players' subconscious and it may soon be superfluous to mandate fighting chess.
		Boris Gulko was the star of Day 1.
		However, Gata has the most to say about his loss against Gulko, rattling off ways to save the rook endgame or passionately wondering where he went wrong psychologically.
	beta.uschess.org /frontend/news_7_59.php (923 words)

	US Championships 2000 Seattle
		Gulko, one of the few players with a plus score against Garry Kasparov (3-1), spent most of his life in the former Soviet Union and is the only player to have won both the USSR and US championships.
		Boris and his wife Anna (who after ending a protest fast was deprived of the 1982 USSR women’s title due to a blatant official fraud) attempted to emigrate and had to endured persecution and even imprisonment as "refusniks".
		Unlike the nasty experience of the Gulkos, in 1990 Gregory and his wife visited the US for the first time as tourists that led to an invitation to teach chess for a year in Kentucky.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/event/chus2000/chusa2.html (1822 words)

	US Championships Seattle 2003. Round 3
		Gulko, who is also one of the few players with a plus score against Garry Kasparov, spent most of his life in the former Soviet Union and is the only player to have won both the USSR and US titles (though Elena Donaldson has also won both the USSR and US Women's title).
		During the late 70’s, Boris and his wife, Anna (who after ending a protest fast was deprived of the 1982 USSR women’s title due to a blatant official fraud), attempted to emigrate to the West and had to endured persecution and even imprisonment as "refusniks" in a Gulag.
		Joining Gulko in the chasing pack just a half point behind Kaidanov is another four players from the former Soviet Union: Alexander Shabalov, Eugene Perelshteyn, and Varuzhan Akobian and Yury Lapshun, who for some reason played on a US Championship record-breaking 162 move game that could have easily have been drawn at move 80!
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/event/chus2003/r3.html (732 words)

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