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Aleksei Kulashko

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Aleksei Kulashko
Aleksei Kulashko at the Waitakere Trust chess tournament, Auckland 2002.
CountryRussia
New Zealand
Born (1972-07-03) 3 July 1972 (age 52)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleFIDE Master
FIDE rating2354 (February 2016)
Peak rating2400 (July 2000)

Aleksei Kulashko (born 3 July 1972) is a New Zealand chess player holding the title of FIDE Master (FM).

Born in Leningrad, he moved to New Zealand after graduating from university.[1]

Kulashko has represented New Zealand in four Chess Olympiads: in Elista 1998, Bled 2002, Baku 2016 and Batumi 2018 playing board 1 in 1998, 2002 and 2016. His best result was in 1998 when he scored 7.5/11, and finished in 9th place.[2]

Kulashko won the New Zealand Chess Championship in 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000[3] and in 2015/16 (jointly with Michael V. R. Steadman). In 2016 he also became Oceania champion.[4] He also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship in 1997/1998.[citation needed]

He competed in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 1999, 2000, and 2005.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Aleksei Kulashko" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ Chess Olympiads: Aleksei Kulashko. Olimpbase.
  3. ^ The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History by Peter Stuart
  4. ^ Daulyte, Deimante (15 January 2016). "Gawain Jones is new New Zealand Champion". ChessBase. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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