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Boris Gulko

Soviet-American chess player
Person human Q893658

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
February 9, 1947, 1947[5]
Place of birth
Erfurt
Country of citizenship
United States, Soviet Union[6][7]
Occupation
chess player, coach
Field of work
chess, Jewish history, history of Judaism[8][9][10]
Educated at
MSU Faculty of Psychology[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Russian, English
Country for sport
United States, Soviet Union, Israel
Elo rating
2.5k (2.4k–2.6k, n=211)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Family name
Gulko[14]
Given name
Boris[15]
Participant in
23rd Chess Olympiad, 28th Chess Olympiad, 29th Chess Olympiad, 30th Chess Olympiad, 31st Chess Olympiad, 32nd Chess Olympiad, 33rd Chess Olympiad, 34th Chess Olympiad, 35th Chess Olympiad, 36th Chess Olympiad
Sport
chess[13]
Title of chess person
Grandmaster, International Master, FIDE Senior Trainer
🏷️ Also known as
en Boris Franzevich Gulko en Boris Gulko cs Boris Gul‘ko cs Boris Francevič Gulko de Gulko de Boris Franzewitsch Gulko de Boris Gulko fr Boris Goulko he בוריס גולקו it Boris Goulko it Boris Francevič Gul'ko it Boris Gulko pl Boris Gulko pl Borys Gulko ru Борис Гулько ru Борис Францевич Гулько ru Гулько, Борис ru Гулько Борис Францевич ru Гулько, Борис Францевич uk Гулько Борис Францович
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000078928491
VIAF cluster ID
107209891
Library of Congress authority ID
no2010062081
GND ID
140521607
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
BorisGulko0201 003.jpg ↗
365Chess.com player ID
Boris_Gulko
Chess.com member ID
Gulko-NJ
Chess.com player ID
boris-gulko
ChessTempo.com player ID
80060
Chessgames.com player ID
12141
DDB person (GND) ID
140521607
FAST ID
1966136
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FIDE player ID
2000040
Freebase ID
/m/04qpp_
Geni.com profile ID
6000000182000858824
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3954880
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
140521607
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20221140040
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007307417205171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5602821
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
323377793
OlimpBase Chess Olympiad player ID
lpll3rtc
Prabook ID
2474143
SNAC ARK ID
w6sp476z
USCF player ID
12473035
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxmDTkfrg9mKc7tdHfcyd
Yale LUX ID
person/024a7821-e314-4a4d-ba03-860e38f64b6a

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🔗 Connections
Participant in 10
32nd Chess Olympiad, 34th Chess Olympiad, 35th Chess Olympiad, 36th Chess Olympiad, 30th Chess Olympiad, 23rd Chess Olympiad, 28th Chess Olympiad, 31st Chess Olympiad +2 more
Country for sport 3
United States, Israel, Soviet Union
Field of work 3
chess, Jewish history, history of Judaism
Title of chess person 3
Grandmaster, International Master, FIDE Senior Trainer
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Soviet Union
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Russian
Occupation 2
coach, chess player
Given name 1
Boris
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Erfurt
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
chess
← FactGrid item ID 1
Anichkov Palace
← Winner 1
1977 USSR Chess Championship
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Summary

Boris Gulko was born on February 9, 1947[1], in Erfurt[2]. He has worked as a chess player[3] and coach[4].

FAQs

Where was Boris Gulko born?

Boris Gulko's place of birth was Erfurt[2].

What did Boris Gulko do for work?

Boris Gulko worked as a chess player[3] and coach[4].

Where did Boris Gulko go to school?

Boris Gulko was educated at MSU Faculty of Psychology[11].

Related Entities

Israel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → chess, Jewish history, history of Judaism
    Place of birth → Erfurt
    Educated at → MSU Faculty of Psychology
    Family name → Gulko
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