| Aleksei Kulashko | |
| Country: | Russia New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| FIDE Master | |
| Rating: | 2354 (February 2016) |
| Peakrating: | 2400 (July 2000) |
| Fideid: | 4300599 |
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.
He competed in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship in 1999, 2000, and 2005.