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

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)

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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