IMDavid Kaufman
- FIDE ID
- 34220194
About David Kaufman
David Kaufman trained at Moscow’s Botvinnik chess school with grandmasters Alexander Kalinin and Yakov Geller. He became an International Master in 2025, the year he also defeated Magnus Carlsen in an online tournament. Show more
David Kaufman trained at Moscow’s Botvinnik chess school with grandmasters Alexander Kalinin and Yakov Geller. He became an International Master in 2025, the year he also defeated Magnus Carlsen in an online tournament. His progress toward the grandmaster title took him to events in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In August 2026 he won in Kostolac, Serbia, scoring seven points from nine games without a loss and completing his third grandmaster norm. Earlier that year he had collected a gold and a bronze medal at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships. FIDE’s November 2026 record still listed him as an International Master, with his grandmaster application awaiting a decision.
Rating history
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Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Darius Viskelis | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 102 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Minh Tu Le | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 103 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Benjamin Bok | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 104 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 105 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Yinn Long Wong | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 106 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Efe Yalcinkaya | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 107 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Nitzan Steinberg | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 108 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Iyan Gonzalez Guedes | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 109 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 110 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 111 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Deniz Anakok | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 112 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Mrudul Dehankar | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 113 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Nagare Kaivalya Sandip | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 114 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | 7819994 | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 115 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Lorena Beatriz Montejo Bello | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 116 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Matthias Mattenberger | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 117 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Vrashank Chouhan | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 118 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Luis Alvarez Leon | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 119 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Bojan Todorovic | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 120 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Logan C Shafer | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 121 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 122 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr Shimanov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 123 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 124 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Vasif Durarbayli | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 125 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr Kulnev | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 126 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Luca Jr Moroni | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 127 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Nuriddin Iunusov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 128 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Hongjin Ahn | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 129 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Jan Helmer | 0-1 | 19 | Open |
| 130 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 131 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Alexei Belov | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 132 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Yevheniia Toroptseva | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 133 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Anton Karpenko | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 134 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Maka Purtseladze | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 135 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Frederik Svane | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 136 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Piotr Sygulski | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 137 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Rudik Makarian | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 138 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Daniel Prazak | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 139 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Boris Onoprijchuk | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 140 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Andrei Negrean | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 141 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Henry Deng | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 142 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Cristian Sanhueza | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 143 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Bence Pribelszky | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 144 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 145 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Vandan Alankar Sawai | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 146 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 147 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Yoann Robert | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 148 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Daniel Dardha | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 149 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Martin Christian Huber | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 150 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Luong Phuong Hanh | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
- vs Darius ViskelisWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Minh Tu LeWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Benjamin BokLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Diego Zilleruelo IrizarryWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Yinn Long WongLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Efe YalcinkayaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Nitzan SteinbergLost · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Iyan Gonzalez GuedesWon · 1-0Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Maria Teresa Jimenez SalasWon · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Deniz AnakokWon · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Mrudul DehankarLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Nagare Kaivalya SandipLost · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs 7819994Won · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Lorena Beatriz Montejo BelloWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Matthias MattenbergerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Vrashank ChouhanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Luis Alvarez LeonLost · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Bojan TodorovicWon · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Logan C ShaferDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Jonas Buhl BjerreWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Vasif DurarbayliWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aleksandr KulnevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Luca Jr MoroniLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Nuriddin IunusovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Hongjin AhnWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Jan HelmerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aansh Nandan NerurkarLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Alexei BelovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Yevheniia ToroptsevaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Anton KarpenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Maka PurtseladzeLost · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Frederik SvaneLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Piotr SygulskiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Rudik MakarianLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Daniel PrazakWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Boris OnoprijchukWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Andrei NegreanDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Henry DengWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Cristian SanhuezaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Bence PribelszkyLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacLost · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Vandan Alankar SawaiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Yoann RobertWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Daniel DardhaLost · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Martin Christian HuberWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Luong Phuong HanhWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | GM MIX SWISS 16-21 October BIH Chess Legend Zlatko Basagic | Classical | 6 |
| 2026-09-30 | Trofej Novog Sada 2026. | Rapid | 7 |