American Woman Grandmaster born in Russia. Twice women World Championship semi-finalist against Maya Chiburdanidze in 1978 and 1986. Finished first at the 1976 and 1984 Soviet Women’s Championship. After she emigrated with her husband Boris Gulko in 1986, she won the U.S. Women’s Championship in 1987 with a perfect score of 9-0, repeating this in 1992 and 1993.
A participant to the 1986-1998 Women Olympiads. In 1990, she stopped her competitive chess career to work in investment banking.