Boris Gulko, the Glossary
Boris Franzevich Gulko (p; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess.[1]
Table of Contents
36 relations: Alex Yermolinsky, Alexander Ivanov (chess player), Alexander Shabalov, Anna Akhsharumova, Anti-communism, Chess, Chess Olympiad, Draw (chess), Erfurt, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, FIDE, FIDE titles, Garry Kasparov, Glasnost, Grandmaster (chess), Israel, Jerusalem, Joel Benjamin, Josif Dorfman, KGB, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Nick de Firmian, Patrick Wolff, Red Army, Refusenik, Russian Americans, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet Union, United States, US Chess Championship, USSR Chess Championship, Yasser Seirawan, Zionism.
- Refuseniks
Alex Yermolinsky
Alex Yermolinsky (translit; born April 11, 1958) is an American chess player. Boris Gulko and Alex Yermolinsky are American chess players, chess Grandmasters and Soviet emigrants to the United States.
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Alexander Ivanov (chess player)
Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov (born May 1, 1956) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Boris Gulko and Alexander Ivanov (chess player) are American chess players, chess Grandmasters and Soviet chess players.
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Alexander Shabalov
Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov (Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Шаба́лов; Aleksandrs Šabalovs; born September 12, 1967) is an American chess grandmaster and a four-time winner of the United States Chess Championship (1993, 2000, 2003, 2007). Boris Gulko and Alexander Shabalov are American chess players and chess Grandmasters.
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Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova (Анна Марковна Ахшарумова; born 9 January 1957, Moscow) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. Boris Gulko and Anna Akhsharumova are American chess players, Refuseniks and Soviet chess players.
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Anti-communism
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete.
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Draw (chess)
In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning.
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Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia.
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a bedroom suburb located northwest of New York City.
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FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
FIDE titles
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance.
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Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. Boris Gulko and Garry Kasparov are chess Grandmasters, Russian anti-communists and Soviet chess players.
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Glasnost
Glasnost (гласность) is a concept relating to openness and transparency.
Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Boris Gulko and Grandmaster (chess) are chess Grandmasters.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Joel Benjamin
Joel Lawrence Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). Boris Gulko and Joel Benjamin are American chess players, chess Grandmasters and Jewish chess players.
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Josif Dorfman
Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman (born 1 May 1952, Zhytomyr) is a Soviet-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer. Boris Gulko and Josif Dorfman are chess Grandmasters and Soviet chess players.
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KGB
The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов,; Kalmyk: Үлмҗин Кирсән, Ülmcin Kirsən,; born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician.
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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.
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Nick de Firmian
Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. Boris Gulko and Nick de Firmian are American chess players and chess Grandmasters.
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Patrick Wolff
Patrick Gideon Wolff (born February 15, 1968) is an American chess Grandmaster. Boris Gulko and Patrick Wolff are American chess players, chess Grandmasters and Jewish chess players.
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Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Refusenik
Refusenik (otkaznik,; alternatively spelled refusnik) was an unofficial term for individuals—typically, but not exclusively, Soviet Jews—who were denied permission to emigrate, primarily to Israel, by the authorities of the Soviet Union and other countries of the Soviet Bloc. Boris Gulko and Refusenik are Refuseniks.
Russian Americans
Russian Americans (p) are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry.
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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people, article I. was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, the last two years of the existence of the USSR..
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Soviet occupation zone in Germany
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (or label) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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US Chess Championship
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion.
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USSR Chess Championship
The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991.
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Yasser Seirawan
Yasser Seirawan (ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. Boris Gulko and Yasser Seirawan are American chess players and chess Grandmasters.
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Zionism
Zionism is an ethno-cultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe.
See also
Refuseniks
- Alexander Lerner
- Alexander Smukler
- Anna Akhsharumova
- Benjamin Fain
- Boris Gulko
- David Shrayer-Petrov
- Dov Schperling
- Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair
- Eliyahu Essas
- Ephraim Kholmyansky
- Eugene Levich
- Felix Kandel
- Gali-Dana Singer
- Herman Branover
- Ida Nudel
- Inna Meiman-Kitrossky
- Iosif Begun
- Lynn Singer
- Maria Weizmann
- Mark Azbel
- Natan Sharansky
- Naum Meiman
- Pamela Cohen
- Pinchas Polonsky
- Refusenik
- Valery Panov
- Victor Brailovsky
- Vladimir Slepak
- Yakov Alpert
- Yosef Mendelevitch
- Yuli Edelstein
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gulko
Also known as Boris F Gulko.