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.
Rating history
FIDE rating history
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Aaron Jacobson | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 252 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Dmitry Andreikin | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 59 | Open |
| 253 | 2024-11-19 | Titled Tue 19th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Artem Odegov | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 254 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Dmitry Andreikin | 0-1 | 83 | Open |
| 255 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Krzysztof Jakubowski | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 256 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Abtin Atakhan | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 257 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Gata Kamsky | Garry Anatholy Hernandez Ojeda | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 258 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Hikaru Nakamura | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 259 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Gata Kamsky | Benjamin Bok | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 260 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Nikita Matinian | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 261 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Gata Kamsky | Jaime Rey Martinez | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 262 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Gata Kamsky | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 263 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Eelke De Boer | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 264 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Nicolas Brunner | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 80 | Open |
| 265 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Viktor Shapiro | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 266 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Vladimir Mikhalsky | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 267 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Yuri Zhizmer | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 268 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Orest Vovk | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 269 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Vitaly Teterev | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 270 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Raphael V. P. Patricio Alonso | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 271 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Enamul Hossain | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 272 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Jiner Zhu | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 273 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Jeffery Xiong | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 274 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Polina Shuvalova | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 275 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 276 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 277 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Amirreza Pourramezanali | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 278 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Andrey Esipenko | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 279 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Gata Kamsky | Volodymyr Sakun | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 280 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Sultan Al-Zaabi | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 281 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Sahib Singh | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 282 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Gata Kamsky | Bryan Enming Lin | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 283 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Shamil Arslanov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 284 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Leonid Starozhilov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 73 | Open |
| 285 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Gata Kamsky | Borgaonkar Akshay | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 286 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Gata Kamsky | Zbigniew Pakleza | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 287 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Gata Kamsky | Savitha Shri B | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 288 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Dmitriy Kushko | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 289 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Oleg Kozlov | Gata Kamsky | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 290 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Gata Kamsky | Cristian-Stefan Serban | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 291 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Gata Kamsky | Sergei Mihajlovskij | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 292 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Mohamed Ezat | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 293 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Gata Kamsky | Mohamed Anees M | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 294 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Gata Kamsky | Nikita Matinian | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 295 | 2024-11-05 | Titled Tue 5th Nov Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Markus Ragger | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 296 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexey Sarana | Gata Kamsky | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 297 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Gata Kamsky | Viacheslav Slovineanu | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 298 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Gata Kamsky | Boris Abrashkin | 1-0 | 74 | Open |
| 299 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Gata Kamsky | Alexander Katz | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 300 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | V Pranav | Gata Kamsky | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
- vs Aaron JacobsonWon · 1-0Titled Tue 19th Nov Late
- vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 19th Nov Early
- vs Artem OdegovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 19th Nov Late
- vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Krzysztof JakubowskiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Abtin AtakhanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Garry Anatholy Hernandez OjedaDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Nikita MatinianWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Jaime Rey MartinezWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs David KaufmanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Eelke De BoerWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Nicolas BrunnerDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Viktor ShapiroWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Vladimir MikhalskyWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Yuri ZhizmerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Orest VovkDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Vitaly TeterevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Raphael V. P. Patricio AlonsoWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Enamul HossainWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Jiner ZhuWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Jeffery XiongLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Polina ShuvalovaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Late
- vs Krikor Sevag MekhitarianWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Amirreza PourramezanaliDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Andrey EsipenkoLost · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Volodymyr SakunDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Sultan Al-ZaabiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Sahib SinghWon · 0-1Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Bryan Enming LinWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Shamil ArslanovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Leonid StarozhilovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Borgaonkar AkshayWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Zbigniew PaklezaDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Savitha Shri BWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Dmitriy KushkoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Oleg KozlovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Cristian-Stefan SerbanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Sergei MihajlovskijWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Mohamed EzatWon · 0-1Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Mohamed Anees MWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
- vs Markus RaggerWon · 0-1Titled Tue 5th Nov Late
- vs Alexey SaranaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Viacheslav SlovineanuWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Boris AbrashkinWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Alexander KatzWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs V PranavLost · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | Atyrau Open 2026 MASTERS | Classical | 5½ |