GMGata Kamsky
- FIDE ID
- 2000024
About Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky was born in Novokuznetsk into a Tatar family. His grandfather's theatrical name provided the surname by which the chess player became known. As a youngster he defeated Mark Taimanov and won consecutive Soviet under-20 championships in 1987 and 1988. Show more
Gata Kamsky was born in Novokuznetsk into a Tatar family. His grandfather's theatrical name provided the surname by which the chess player became known. As a youngster he defeated Mark Taimanov and won consecutive Soviet under-20 championships in 1987 and 1988. He moved to the United States with his father in 1989 and became a grandmaster the following year. His first U.S. championship followed in 1991. Kamsky reached the 1996 FIDE world championship match against Anatoly Karpov. After a long break from top-level competition, he returned and won the 2007 World Cup. That victory earned a qualifying match against Veselin Topalov for a chance to challenge Viswanathan Anand. He later returned to the Candidates in 2011. Across his career he won the U.S. championship five times.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Atyrau Open 2026 MASTERS | Classical | 5½ |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | 2017-10-04 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 8.1 | Gata Kamsky | Dmitry Jakovenko | 1/2-1/2 | 72 | Open |
| 652 | 2017-10-04 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 7.2 | Kirill Alekseenko | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 653 | 2017-10-04 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 6.1 | Gata Kamsky | Alexander Motylev | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 654 | 2017-10-03 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 5.3 | Aleksandr Rakhmanov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 26 | Open |
| 655 | 2017-10-03 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 4.4 | Gata Kamsky | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 656 | 2017-10-03 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 3.1 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 657 | 2017-10-03 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 2.6 | Gata Kamsky | Dmitry Kryakvin | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 658 | 2017-10-03 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2017 | Sochi RUS | 1.6 | Dmitry Tsoi | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 89 | Open |
| 659 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 9.4 | Gata Kamsky | Alexey Sarana | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 660 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 8.4 | Sergei Yudin | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 661 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 7.2 | Gata Kamsky | Aleksandr Shimanov | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 662 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 6.2 | Daniil Lintchevski | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 663 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 11.2 | Pavel Ponkratov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 664 | 2017-08-27 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 10.1 | Gata Kamsky | Evgeny Alekseev | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 665 | 2017-08-26 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 5.3 | Gata Kamsky | Cristobal Henriquez Villagra | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 666 | 2017-08-26 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 4.11 | Maxim Novik | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 667 | 2017-08-26 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 2.1 | Mikhail Pashinsky | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 668 | 2017-08-26 | St.Petersburg Rapid 2017 | St Petersburg RUS | 1.1 | Gata Kamsky | Nina Fedorchuk | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 669 | 2017-08-24 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 9.2 | Gata Kamsky | Ilia Iljiushenok | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 670 | 2017-08-23 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 8.1 | Maksim Samusenko | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 671 | 2017-08-22 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 7.2 | Gata Kamsky | Roman Golubev | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 672 | 2017-08-21 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 6.2 | Sergei Lobanov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 673 | 2017-08-20 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 5.4 | Gata Kamsky | Semen Elistratov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 674 | 2017-08-19 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 4.8 | Tran Minh Thang | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 675 | 2017-08-18 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 3.22 | Gata Kamsky | Anatoly Kuprijanov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 676 | 2017-08-17 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 2.1 | Timur Khakimov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 677 | 2017-08-16 | St.Petersburg Summer Open | St Petersburg RUS | 1.1 | Gata Kamsky | Vincent Heinis | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 678 | 2017-05-10 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 7.1 | Gata Kamsky | Daniil Dubov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 679 | 2017-05-08 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 6.1 | Anton Shomoev | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 680 | 2017-05-07 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 5.1 | Gata Kamsky | Nikita Vitiugov | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 681 | 2017-05-05 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 4.1 | Evgeny Alekseev | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 682 | 2017-05-04 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 3.1 | Gata Kamsky | Alexander Riazantsev | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 683 | 2017-05-02 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 2.1 | Jakov Geller | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 684 | 2017-05-01 | TCh-RUS Men 2017 | Sochi RUS | 1.1 | Gata Kamsky | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1/2-1/2 | 106 | Open |
| 685 | 2017-04-27 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 10.5 | Gata Kamsky | Emre Can | 1-0 | 121 | Open |
| 686 | 2017-04-26 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 9.5 | Eugene Perelshteyn | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 687 | 2017-04-25 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 8.5 | Gata Kamsky | Joshua Friedel | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 688 | 2017-04-24 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 7.1 | Anish Giri | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 689 | 2017-04-23 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 6.3 | Gata Kamsky | Zoltan Almasi | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Open |
| 690 | 2017-04-22 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 5.7 | Robert Ris | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 691 | 2017-04-21 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 4.12 | Gata Kamsky | Kidambi Sundararajan | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 692 | 2017-04-20 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 3.8 | Ogulcan Kanmazalp | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 693 | 2017-04-20 | Reykjavik Open 2017 | Reykjavik ISL | 2.9 | Gata Kamsky | Nino Maisuradze | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 694 | 2017-04-17 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 9.9 | Gata Kamsky | Nikolas Lubbe | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 695 | 2017-04-17 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 8.8 | Alexander Donchenko | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 696 | 2017-04-16 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 7.16 | Gata Kamsky | Mhamal Anurag | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 697 | 2017-04-16 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 6.11 | Noel Studer | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 698 | 2017-04-15 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 5.25 | Gata Kamsky | Stefan Loeffler | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 699 | 2017-04-15 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 4.21 | Swayangsu Satyapragyan | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 700 | 2017-04-14 | GRENKE Chess Open 2017 | Karlsruhe GER | 2.7 | Fabian Baenziger | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |