The chess games of Boris Gulko

Gulko

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Boris Gulko
Number of games in database: 1,756
Years covered: 1963 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2535
Highest rating achieved in database: 2643
Overall record: +567 -276 =889 (58.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      24 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Nimzo Indian (85)
    E21 E49 E20 E32 E43
English (76)
    A10 A13 A16 A15 A17
English, 1 c4 e5 (69)
    A29 A20 A27 A21 A26
Queen's Pawn Game (67)
    E00 A45 D02 A41 A40
King's Indian (63)
    E60 E90 E73 E61 E81
Queen's Gambit Declined (45)
    D35 D31 D37 D36 D30

With the Black pieces:

French Defense (135)
    C07 C09 C16 C02 C03
Sicilian (113)
    B30 B60 B57 B40 B63
Grunfeld (69)
    D86 D85 D91 D82 D97
Queen's Pawn Game (68)
    A41 E00 A46 A40 A45
French Tarrasch (65)
    C07 C09 C03 C08 C05
Queen's Indian (52)
    E12 E17 E19 E15 E14

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Gulko vs K Grigorian, 1971 1-0
   Gulko vs Chiburdanidze, 1985 1-0
   Kasparov vs Gulko, 1982 0-1
   Gulko vs Kasparov, 1990 1-0
   A Lenderman vs Gulko, 2007 0-1
   Gulko vs H Pohla, 1977 1-0
   J Friedman vs Gulko, 1993 0-1
   Gulko vs Savon, 1978 1-0
   D Barua vs Gulko, 1993 0-1
   Gulko vs Kasparov, 1981 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1977 by Phony Benoni
   USSR Championship 1985 by suenteus po 147
   USSR Championship 1975 by Phony Benoni
   Niksic 1978 by suenteus po 147
   Linares 1990 by suenteus po 147
   Riga 1995 by suenteus po 147
   Mayor's Cup Invitational 2006 by Dr.Lecter
   US Championship 1991 by suenteus po 147

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BORIS GULKO
(born Feb-09-1947) Germany (citizen of United States of America)

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FST Boris Frantsevich Gulko was born in Erfurt, East Germany on February 9, 1947. He went to The Soviet Union and became a Grandmaster in 1976, and then at the 45th USSR Championship in 1977 he was co-champion with Josif D Dorfman.

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.

page 1 of 71; games 1-25 of 1,756

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Makarov vs Gulko	1-0	16	1963	Moscow	B40 Sicilian
2. Gulko vs Chistiakov	1-0	39	1964	URS	E08 Catalan, Closed
3. Chistiakov vs Gulko	1-0	35	1964	URS	A09 Reti Opening
4. Gulko vs V Sherbakov	1-0	32	1964	URS	A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
5. Volovich vs Gulko	0-1	54	1965	Moscow	A06 Reti Opening
6. Romanov vs Gulko	½-½	33	1965	Moscow	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
7. B Nagy vs Gulko	0-1	38	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	E12 Queen's Indian
8. Gulko vs A Bykhovsky	1-0	44	1966	Moscow	C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. Gulko vs J Aijala	1-0	34	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	A44 Old Benoni Defense
10. Gulko vs V Lepeshkin	1-0	26	1966	URS	D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
11. Gulko vs W E Poutrus	1-0	31	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
12. M Schoeneberg vs Gulko	1-0	41	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	B06 Robatsch
13. Gulko vs M Despotovic	1-0	44	1966	Sukhumi	A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5
14. Gulko vs Geller	1-0	39	1966	Moscow	D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. Gulko vs L Spassov	½-½	26	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	C67 Ruy Lopez
16. Hankipohja vs Gulko	0-1	23	1966	Orebro Stud olm prelim1	B06 Robatsch
17. Gulko vs S Cvetkovic	½-½	56	1966	Sukhumi	A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
18. Gulko vs Kolbak	1-0	44	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
19. Razuvaev vs Gulko	0-1	33	1966	Moscow	C00 French Defense
20. G Israel vs Gulko	½-½	37	1966	Orebro Stud olm fA	A25 English
21. M Pavlov vs Gulko	0-1	55	1967	Bucuresti 3/212	C07 French, Tarrasch
22. Gulko vs E Pantazi	1-0	33	1967	USSR 3/290	C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
23. M Vukic vs Gulko	½-½	74	1967	Harrachov	E17 Queen's Indian
24. Gulko vs V Steinberg	½-½	55	1967	URS	B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
25. J Tomson vs Gulko	0-1	35	1967	Harrachov	E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line


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Mar-16-06		aw1988: Not really, Kasparov is much stronger.

Aug-13-06		Albertan: Here are Gulko's game scores from the first five rounds of the Montreal Empresa International Tournament: [Event "Empresa A"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2006.08.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Eljanov,P"] [Black "Gulko,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2570"] [EventDate "2006.08.08"] [ECO "E39"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 Bb7 11. O-O-O d6 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be2 h6 14. Be3 Nhf6 15. Nd4 h5 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. f3 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Ne5 20. g5 Nfd7 21. Kb1 Nxc4 22. Bc1 a6 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Rh3 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Empresa A"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2006.08.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Gulko,B"] [Black "Charbonneau,P"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2501"] [EventDate "2006.08.08"] [ECO "A29"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 Be7 9. d4 d6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 15. b3 Rb8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Qd2 b5 18. cxb5 d5 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Qa5 Rxb5 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Ba3 23. Rc7 Ra8 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Ra5 27. Bb6 Ra3 28. Be3 d4 29. Bc1 Ra7 30. Bb2 Bc5 31. Bc6 Rc7 32. Bb5 Bb4 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Ba4 h5 35. Rc2 f6 36. f4 Bf5 37. Rc4 Bd2 38. Bc1 Bc3 39. Kf2 Re7 40. Ba3 Rb7 41. Rc5 Bb1 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Bxa2 44. Re7 Rb6 45. Bc5 Rf6+ 46. Kg2 Rf5 47. Bd6 Bd2 48. Bd7 Ra5 49. Be6+ Kh7 50. Bc4 Bb1 51. Re5 Ra1 52. Rxh5+ Kg6 53. Re5 Be3 54. Kh3 Bf5+ 55. g4 Bc8 56. Re8 Bb7 57. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Empresa A"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2006.08.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Sutovsky,E"] [Black "Gulko,B"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2570"] [EventDate "2006.08.08"] [ECO "B65"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Bh4 18. g3 Be7 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Bb3 a6 21. h3 Be6 22. Qe2 b5 23. Rf3 Qa7 24. Rhf1 Qb7 25. a3 Bd8 26. g4 Bh4 27. Qh2 Qb8 28. Ne3 g6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ng2 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Bg5 32. h4 Bd2 33. Rd3 Bf4 34. Qh1 Rd8 35. Qd1 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qb6 37. Ka2 Qf2 38. Nxf4 Qxf4 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+ Ke8 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Qa8 Ke7 46. Qa7+ Kf6 47. Qc5 Kf7 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qc6+ Ke7 50. Qxa6 Qxg4 51. Qb7+ Kf6 52. Qb8 Ke7 53. Qc7+ Kf6 54. Qd8+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qxb5 Qxe4 57. a4 Ke7 58. a5 Kd6 59. a6 Kc7 60. a7 Qa8 61. Qxe5+ Kb7 62. Qg7+ Kb6 63. Qxg6 Qd5+ 64. b3 Qa5+ 65. Kb1 Qe1+ 66. Ka2 Qa5+ 67. Kb2 Qe5+ 68. c3 Kxa7 69. Qg1+ Kb7 70. Qg2+ Kc7 71. b4 Qf4 72. Qg7+ Kc6 73. Qd4 Qf5 74. c4 e5 75. Qd5+ Kb6 76. Ka3 Qb1 77. Qb5+ Ka7 78. Qa5+ Kb7 79. Qxe5 Qc1+ 80. Ka4 Qxc4 81. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 82. Kxb5 h5 83. Kc5 Ka6 84. Kc6 Ka7 85. b5 Kb8 86. Kb6 Ka8 87. Kc7 1-0

Aug-13-06		Albertan: [Event "Empresa A"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2006.08.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Ibragimov,I"] [Black "Gulko,B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2570"] [EventDate "2006.08.08"] [ECO "E17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. Qc2 Be4 9. Qb3 c5 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Nd4 13. Qa4 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 bxc5 15. Bf4 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Be5 d4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. b3 Re5 22. f4 Rd5 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Nd2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd6 27. Re5 Re6 28. Nc4 f6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. f5 Qd5 31. f3 Bd6 32. Kf2 Bc7 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 g6 35. h3 Kg7 36. Nd2 Kf7 37. g4 Bf4 38. Nc4 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. h4 Ke6 42. Kd3 f5 43. gxf5+ gxf5 44. a4 Kf6 45. a5 a6 46. Nb6 fxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Bd2 48. Nd7+ Kg6 49. Nxc5 Bxa5 50. Kxd4 Kh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Empresa A"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2006.08.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Gulko,B"] [Black "Timofeev,Arty"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2657"] [EventDate "2006.08.08"] [ECO "D35"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 1/2-1/2

Jan-31-07		Dr.Lecter: <Luviasean><aw1988> But Gulko has a plus score against kasparov. He deserves more credit.

Feb-09-07		duchamp64: Happy Birthday Boris!

Feb-09-07		who: Also, Teimour Radjabov has a plus score against Kasparov in classical games.

May-20-07		vesivialvy93: i am looking for a game Gulko played in 2002 vs deep shredder , i know deep shredder won with whites but i can't find the game ?! thx !

May-20-07		Chessdreamer: <Deep Shredder vs.Gulko, 2002> NICBase: [Event "Internet"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "COMP Deep Shredder, "] [Black "Gulko, Boris Frantsevich"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2601"] [NIC "FR 14.1.6"] [ECO "C03"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O c4 7.Be2 dxe4 8.Ng5 Bb7 9.Nxc4 Be7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Bc4 Bd5 12.Be2 h6 13.Ngxf7 Rxf7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.c3 Nc6 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qd7 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Bh5 g6 21.Bg4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Kg7 23.Bxh6 Kxh6 24.Qh3 Kg7 25.Rf7 1-0

May-20-07		vesivialvy93: <chessdreamer>THANKS ! that's the game ! ... i can't sleep this night and i took my anthology of chess combinations and the combination start at 23.Bxh6+... now i can go to bed ! thx again !

Aug-06-07		talisman: congratulations Boris! 3-time usa champion! remember right around your birthday crawfish come into season...come check us out!

Mar-13-08		spasskey69: Gulko is one of the heroes of chess. His life and games deserve a great biography and games collection. Does anyone know if someone is working on this?

Dec-06-08		gogulko: I believe Gulko himself is working such a book.

Feb-09-09		brankat: The only player to have become the Champion of both the USA and the USSR! Which proves that the two ideologies and systems were not so incompatible? :-)

Feb-09-09		brankat: Happy Birthday Boris!

Feb-09-09		fich: Such talent. Back in the USSR, he wasn't much given a chance by the government and nurtured Karpov more. All the same, Happy Birthday Mr. Gulko!

Feb-09-09		Granny O Doul: Well, I guess jail isn't the MOST nurturing environment. But there is usually some chess activity.

Feb-09-09		fich: Funny. I meant chance to compete outside USSR, exposure.

Feb-09-09		WhiteRook48: think I've heard of him before

Jul-05-09		returnoftheking: About the quote of "searching for bobby fischer". If Averbakh is the first contact, who is the 2nd...? And what's more, what player is the informant?

Jul-05-09		kurtrichards: The only player to be both US and USSR Champion. Cool. :)

Jul-06-09		HeMateMe: Related topic--Lev Alburt has won the championship of Ukraine one or more times, and has won the US Championship 3 times. Are those two the only people to have won a championship in the USA and another country? Good trivia question.

Jul-06-09		whiteshark: <HeMate: <Good trivia question.>> You just have to work through the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._C... :D

Jul-06-09		whiteshark: How about Lubomir Kavalek <He's been Czech Champion in 1962 and 1968, was joint US Champion in 1973 and West German Champion in 1981.> !!! * And according to the wiki-page also sole US champion in 1978.

Jul-06-09		Phony Benoni: Walter Browne, Australian Champion in 1969 as well as being Mr. Six-Time.

Jul-06-09		HeMateMe: so kavalek has ruled 4 countries? He's a regular dictator, he is. Thanks for the info. The USA is lucky to have him, I think he has played for the US in Olympiad play.

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