Gulko Boris (09.02.1947)

U.S. Grandmaster (1976) born in East Germany who spent most of his life in Soviet Union, then since 1985 in the USA. Boris was U.S. Champion in 1994 and 1999 and a Candidate for the world championship title several times. He also has represented the U.S. team in seven Olympiads and was a member of the team that brought home the Gold from the World Team Championship at Lucerne in 1993.

Best results:  Moscow championship 1973, 1st; Soviet championship 1974, 2nd;  Marseilles 1986, 1st; Clichy 1986, 1st;  Biel Masters 1987, 1st; Leon 1992, 1st;  Politiken Cup 2000, 1-2nd; Sigeman and co 2001, 1st.

Boris is married to WGM Anna Akhsharumova, he is one of few players to hold a plus score against Garry Kasparov (+3, -1 and =4).
The author with J. Sneed of: Lessons with a Grandmaster (2011).

Peak rating: 2644 in 2000.

”I think that chess genius Mikhail Botvinnik created in the 1948 a great and fair system. Destruction of it was a big misfortune for chess. World Championship matches of strongest players were greatest events in the history of our game. Modern chess is different from chess of previous centuries mainly by invasion of computers. Computers brought in our game a lot of things which are excellent, but something became lost. The world is changing, culture is changing, and we can’t stop the time.”