Alexei Kulashko
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| Alexei Kulashko, Auckland 2002 |
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 Russia New Zealand
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| Born | July 3, 1972 Leningrad , Soviet Union |
| title | FIDE Masters (1998) |
| Current Elo rating | 2348 (August 2019) |
| Best Elo rating | 2400 (July 2000 to October 2002) |
| Tab at the FIDE (English) | |
Alexei Kulashko ( Russian Алексей Кулашко ; born July 3, 1972 in Leningrad ) is a New Zealand chess player .
Life
Kulashko learned the rules of chess from his father when he was four. At the age of six he went to the chess section of the Leningrad Pioneer Palace , where he was trained under the direction of Vyacheslav Schischmarjow. After finishing school, he studied economics at the St. Petersburg State University . In autumn 1995 he took part in the Chigorin memorial tournament in Saint Petersburg and achieved 4.5 points from 9 games. At the end of 1995 he emigrated to New Zealand for family reasons, since January 1997 he has been registered for the New Zealand Chess Federation.
In January 1997 he won the National Championship of New Zealand in North Shore . In the final table he was second behind the out of competition Australian Ian Rogers . The next year Kulashko won ahead of Anthony Ker in Hamilton . This time no foreign players were invited. In 2000 he finished third in Auckland behind Ian Rogers and Dražen Sermek from Slovenia and was thus New Zealand champion for the third time.
In the oceanic zone tournaments (zone 3.2b) he shared the 5th-8th Place in Gold Coast 1999 and the 8th – 10th Place in Auckland 2000. For his adopted country he took part in three Chess Olympiads : 1998 in Elista , 2002 in Bled and 2016 in Baku . In Elista he came in 9th place on the first board with 7.5 points from 11 games.
Kulashko holds the title of FIDE Master . After a long break, he played tournament chess again in 2015. With a tied eighth place at the open national championship of New Zealand, he won the championship title (together with Michael Steadman ) for the fourth time in early 2016 and was also oceanic champion.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Alexei Kulashko on 365Chess.com (English)
- Biography of Alexei Kulashko ( memento from April 19, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elo history up to 2001 at olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Alexei Kulashko's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Kulashko, Alexei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Кулашко, Алексей (Russian); Kulaschko, Alexej; Kulaschko, Aleksei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |