GMGata Kamsky
FRA Born 1974 (Age ≈52) Male
- 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 ratings
Rapid
2639Published FIDE
Blitz
2645Published FIDE
Official classical ranks
- World rank
- #184
- National rank · FRA
- #9
Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ
Rating milestones
- Highest recorded rating
- 2763 Jul 2013
- Recorded years
- 2001–2026
- Archived games
- 6030
Based on available monthly lists and saved games.
Rating history
FIDE rating history
Published rating lists through Nov 2026.
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Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Nikolay Pavlov | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 652 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Sargis A. Manukyan | Won: 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 653 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 654 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Gata Kamsky | Irina Bulmaga | Lost: 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 655 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Adam Collins | Won: 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 656 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Cristian Sanhueza | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 657 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Nikolaos Spyropoulos | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 658 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Dmitry Goltsev | Gata Kamsky | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 659 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Gata Kamsky | Renato Terry | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 660 | 2024-08-13 | Titled Tue 13th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Dmitriy Kushko | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 661 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Satria Duta Cahaya | Lost: 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 662 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Omer Faruk Ozer | Won: 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 663 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | Gata Kamsky | Lost: 1-0 | 1 | Open |
| 664 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Levon Aronian | Gata Kamsky | Lost: 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 665 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | B. Adhiban | Gata Kamsky | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 666 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Gata Kamsky | Hikaru Nakamura | Lost: 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 667 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | A.R. Saleh Salem | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 668 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Gata Kamsky | Mendes Aaron Reeve | Won: 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 669 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Seyed Kian Ghoreishi Amiri | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 70 | Open |
| 670 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Andrew Tang | Gata Kamsky | Lost: 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 671 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Gata Kamsky | Valery Skatchkov | Won: 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 672 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Gata Kamsky | Javokhir Sindarov | Won: 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 673 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Ilyass Msellek | Won: 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 674 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Andrei Ioan Trifan | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 675 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Wilson Guillermo Palencia Morales | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 676 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Gata Kamsky | Alexandr A. Smirnov | Won: 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 677 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Raphael V. P. Patricio Alonso | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 678 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Josep Romero Ruscalleda | Won: 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 679 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Vjacheslav Weetik | Won: 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 680 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Olexandr Bortnyk | Lost: 0-1 | 87 | Open |
| 681 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Tyhran Ambartsumian | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 682 | 2024-08-06 | Titled Tue 6th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Vadim Bobkov | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 82 | Open |
| 683 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Daniel Naroditsky | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 70 | Open |
| 684 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Dmitry Tatarinov | Won: 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 685 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Frederick Waldhausen Gordon | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 91 | Open |
| 686 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Gata Kamsky | Viktor Shapiro | Won: 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 687 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Qingyu Yuan | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 688 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Gata Kamsky | Harshavardhan G B | Lost: 0-1 | 66 | Open |
| 689 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Gata Kamsky | Viacheslav Slovineanu | Won: 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 690 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Saidakbar Saydaliev | Gata Kamsky | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 691 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Gata Kamsky | Fabiano Caruana | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 692 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Gata Kamsky | Dumitru-Daniel Dinu | Lost: 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 693 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Gata Kamsky | Pouria Darini | Won: 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 694 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 695 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Mate Gyenes | Won: 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 696 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Mark Smirnov | Gata Kamsky | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 77 | Open |
| 697 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Klendi Zeneli | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 698 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Gata Kamsky | Valery Skatchkov | Won: 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 699 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Galina Novikova | Gata Kamsky | Won: 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 700 | 2024-07-30 | Titled Tue 30th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Nicolas Brunner | Lost: 0-1 | 52 | Open |
- vs Nikolay PavlovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 3Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
- vs Sargis A. ManukyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-13 · Round 3Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
- vs Pedro Ramon Martinez ReyesWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 2Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
- vs Irina BulmagaLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-13 · Round 2Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
- vs Adam CollinsWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-13 · Round 1Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
- vs Cristian SanhuezaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 1Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
- vs Nikolaos SpyropoulosWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 11Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
- vs Dmitry GoltsevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 11Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
- vs Renato TerryDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-13 · Round 10Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
- vs Dmitriy KushkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-13 · Round 10Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
- vs Satria Duta CahayaLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-06 · Round 9Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Omer Faruk OzerWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 9Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 1-0Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 8Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Levon AronianLost · 1-0Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 8Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs B. AdhibanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 7Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-06 · Round 7Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs A.R. Saleh SalemWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 6Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Mendes Aaron ReeveWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 6Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Seyed Kian Ghoreishi AmiriWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 5Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Andrew TangLost · 1-0Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 5Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Valery SkatchkovWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 4Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Javokhir SindarovWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 4Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Ilyass MsellekWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 3Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Andrei Ioan TrifanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 3Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Wilson Guillermo Palencia MoralesWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 2Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Alexandr A. SmirnovWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 2Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Raphael V. P. Patricio AlonsoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 1Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Josep Romero RuscalledaWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 1Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Vjacheslav WeetikWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 11Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 0-1White · 2024-08-06 · Round 11Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Tyhran AmbartsumianWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 10Titled Tue 6th Aug Early
- vs Vadim BobkovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 10Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
- vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 9Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Dmitry TatarinovWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 9Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Frederick Waldhausen GordonWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 8Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Viktor ShapiroWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 8Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Qingyu YuanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 7Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Harshavardhan G BLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-30 · Round 7Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Viacheslav SlovineanuWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 6Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Saidakbar SaydalievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 6Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Fabiano CaruanaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-07-30 · Round 5Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Dumitru-Daniel DinuLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-30 · Round 5Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Pouria DariniWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Teodor-Cosmin NedelcuWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Mate GyenesWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Mark SmirnovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Klendi ZeneliWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
- vs Valery SkatchkovWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Galina NovikovaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jul Early
- vs Nicolas BrunnerLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Atyrau Open 2026 MASTERS | Classical | 5½ |