Career

Born in Leningrad, he moved to New Zealand after graduating from university. Kulashko has represented New Zealand in two Chess Olympiads: in Elista 1998 and Bled 2002, playing board 1 on both occasions. His best result was in 1998 when he scored 7.5/11, and finished in 9th place.

He competed in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 1999, 2000, and 2005.

Achievements

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