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Aleksei Kulashko | |
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 Aleksei Kulashko at the Waitakere Trust chess tournament, Auckland 2002. | |
| Country | Russia New Zealand |
| Born | 3 July 1972 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| FIDE rating | 2354 (February 2016) |
| Peak rating | 2400 (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][3]
Kulashko won the New Zealand Chess Championship in 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000[4] and in 2015/16 (jointly with Michael V. R. Steadman). In 2016 he also became Oceania champion.[5] He also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship in 1997/1998.[6]
Alexei Kulashko was the joint NZ champion, with Felix Xie, in the 2024 NZ Fischer-Random Chess Championship.[7]
He competed in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 1999, 2000, and 2005. [8] [9] [10]
- ^ "Aleksei Kulashko" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Chess Olympiads: Aleksei Kulashko. Olimpbase.
- ^ NZCF Representative Honours Board NZCF
- ^ The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History by Peter Stuart
- ^ Daulyte, Deimante (15 January 2016). "Gawain Jones is new New Zealand Champion". ChessBase. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ New Zealand Rapid Champions NZCF
- ^ 2024 NZ Fischer-Random Championship NZCF
- ^ Oceanic Zonal 1999 TWIC 233
- ^ Oceania Zone 3.2b 2000 TWIC 290
- ^ Oceania Zonal April 2005 Tournament Report FIDE