Boris Franzevich Gulko is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess.
10 Facts About Boris Gulko
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Boris Gulko's father was a soldier of the Red Army and was stationed in East Germany.
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Boris Gulko's family returned to the Soviet Union after a few years.
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Boris Gulko became an International Master in 1975, and a Grandmaster in 1976.
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Boris Gulko won the USSR Chess Championship at Leningrad in 1977 along with Iosif Dorfman.
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Shortly after, Boris Gulko applied to leave the country, but permission was refused.
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Boris Gulko and his wife, Anna Akhsharumova, who is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, became prominent Soviet Refuseniks.
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Boris Gulko is the only chess player ever to have held both the American and Soviet championship titles.
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Boris Gulko is still playing chess, although he does not participate in a large number of tournaments.
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Boris Gulko even beat Kasparov with the black pieces in Russia in 1982:.