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: 2026-11-11 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 2025-08-18 | Abu Dhabi Masters Online | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Pavel Boikov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 52 | 2025-08-18 | Abu Dhabi Masters Online | chess.com INT | 11 | Edgar Hayrapetyan | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 53 | 2025-08-18 | Abu Dhabi Masters Online | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Piotr Sabuk | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 54 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Henry Lopez | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 55 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Artem Bardyk | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 56 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Matthias Mattenberger | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 19 | Open |
| 57 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Zbigniew Pakleza | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 58 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Vidip Kona | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 59 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Anna Kantane | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 60 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Yaroslav Shevchenko | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 61 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Murad Ibrahimli | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 62 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Sergei Zhigalko | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 63 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Mukhiddin Madaminov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 14 | Open |
| 64 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Mikhail Perelygin | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 65 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Elena Verbova | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 66 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Engin Yasar Isik | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 67 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Elnaz Kaliakhmet | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 68 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Josep Romero Ruscalleda | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 69 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Paulius Juknis | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 70 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Christian Koepke | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 71 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Solomon Ruddell | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 72 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Sarveshwaran V | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 73 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Olexandr Bortnyk | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 74 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | David Paravyan | 1-0 | 112 | Open |
| 75 | 2025-08-12 | Titled Tue 12th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Hui Li | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 76 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Jung Min Seo | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 77 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Mamikon Gharibyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 78 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Ekaterini Pavlidou | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 79 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Aiaru Altynbek | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 80 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Kseniya Zeliantsova | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 81 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Dmitriy Kushko | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 82 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Mathis Sabatier | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 83 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Leon Livaic | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 84 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Ahmad Siar Wahedi | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 85 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Arsen Kukhmazov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 86 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Anish Gandhi | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 87 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Mateusz Brozyna | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 88 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Zhaoqi Liu | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 89 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 90 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Arnold Essing | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 91 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Jeffery Xiong | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 92 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Guillaume Garde | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 93 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Enzo Ferrara | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 94 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Milosz Szpar | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 95 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 96 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 97 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 98 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 99 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Dimitar Mardov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 100 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Hari Madhavan N B | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
- vs Pavel BoikovWon · 1-0Abu Dhabi Masters Online
- vs Edgar HayrapetyanWon · 0-1Abu Dhabi Masters Online
- vs Piotr SabukWon · 1-0Abu Dhabi Masters Online
- vs Henry LopezLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Artem BardykWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Matthias MattenbergerLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Zbigniew PaklezaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Vidip KonaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Anna KantaneWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Yaroslav ShevchenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Murad IbrahimliLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Mukhiddin MadaminovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Mikhail PerelyginWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Elena VerbovaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Engin Yasar IsikWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Elnaz KaliakhmetWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Josep Romero RuscalledaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Paulius JuknisLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Christian KoepkeWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Solomon RuddellLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Sarveshwaran VWon · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs David ParavyanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Late
- vs Hui LiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Aug Early
- vs Jung Min SeoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Mamikon GharibyanLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Ekaterini PavlidouWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Aiaru AltynbekWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Kseniya ZeliantsovaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Dmitriy KushkoLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Mathis SabatierWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Leon LivaicLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Ahmad Siar WahediWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Arsen KukhmazovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Anish GandhiLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Mateusz BrozynaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Zhaoqi LiuWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Maria Teresa Jimenez SalasWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Arnold EssingWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Jeffery XiongLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Guillaume GardeLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
- vs Enzo FerraraWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Milosz SzparWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Jul Late
- vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Maksim ChigaevLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Dimitar MardovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Hari Madhavan N BDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 1st Jul 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 |