Boris Gulko

Boris Gulko
2002 U.S. Chess Championships
Personal information
BornBoris Franzevich Gulko
(1947-02-09) February 9, 1947
Chess career
CountrySoviet Union (until 1986)
Israel (1986)
United States (since 1987)
TitleGrandmaster (1976)
FIDE rating2542 (March 2026)
Peak rating2644 (January 2000)
Peak rankingNo. 14 (January 1989)

Boris Franzevich Gulko (Russian: Борис Францевич Гулько, IPA: [bɐˈrʲiz ɡʊlʲˈko]; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess. Notably, he is the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship and the U.S. Chess Championship, and one of the few players with a plus score against Garry Kasparov.