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.
FIDE rating history
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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 |
Available 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-11-10 | 2nd President’s Cup of the Republic of Tajikistan 2026 | Group A | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 1.8 | Tregubenko, Nikolay | Kaufman, David | 1-0 | 1 | Open |
| 2 | 2026-10-17 | Sarajevo GM Mix Oct 2026 | Sarajevo BIH | 2.12 | Kaufman,David | Sachi Jain | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 3 | 2026-08-15 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 9.5 | Kaufman,David | Sutormin,D | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 4 | 2026-08-14 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 8.1 | Miljkovic,Mir1 | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 5 | 2026-08-13 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 7.5 | Aashman,Gupta | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 6 | 2026-08-12 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 6.2 | Kaufman,David | Aarit Kapil | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 7 | 2026-08-11 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 4.3 | Kaufman,David | Saydaliev,Saidakbar | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 8 | 2026-08-11 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 5.4 | Magai,V | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 9 | 2026-08-10 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 3.3 | Bogosavljevic,B | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 9 | Open |
| 10 | 2026-08-09 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 2.4 | Kaufman,David | Kovchan,A | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 11 | 2026-08-08 | RUDAR 36 GM 2026 | Pozarevac SRB | 1.2 | Potawad,Anirudhha | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 12 | 2026-07-22 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 9.11 | Gkavardinas,Antonios | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 86 | Open |
| 13 | 2026-07-21 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 8.7 | Kaufman,David | Enkhnar,E | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 14 | 2026-07-20 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 7.5 | Yurasov,Matfey | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 15 | 2026-07-18 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 6.1 | Kaufman,David | Mitrabha,G | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 16 | 2026-07-17 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 5.8 | Khripachenko,Alexander | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 17 | 2026-07-16 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 4.8 | Kaufman,David | Preobrazhenskaya,Diana | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 18 | 2026-07-15 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 3.8 | Daakshin,Arun | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 19 | 2026-07-14 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 2.12 | Kaufman,David | Baitleu,Syrym | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 20 | 2026-07-13 | Serbia Open 2026 | Belgrade SRB | 1.12 | Zizic,Djordje | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 21 | 2026-05-12 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 9.3 | Kaufman,David | Putrenko,Kirill | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 22 | 2026-05-11 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 8.3 | Anuj,Shrivatri | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 23 | 2026-05-11 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 7.4 | Kaufman,David | Rasulov,Vu | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 24 | 2026-05-10 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 6.2 | Ravi,TeS | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 25 | 2026-05-09 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 5.5 | Kaufman,David | Mirzoev,A | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 26 | 2026-05-09 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 4.1 | Novozhilov,Semen | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 27 | 2026-05-08 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 3.5 | Ahmad,Khagan | Kaufman,David | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 28 | 2026-05-08 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 2.2 | Kaufman,David | Valiyev,Shahin | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 29 | 2026-05-07 | Fuad Jafarov Mem GM 2026 | Baku AZE | 1.4 | Sanikidze,T | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 30 | 2026-05-06 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 9.6 | Kaufman,David | Ilamparthi,A R | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 31 | 2026-05-05 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 8.6 | Abasov,N | Kaufman,David | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 32 | 2026-05-04 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 7.11 | Kaufman,David | Shogdzhiev,Roman | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 33 | 2026-05-03 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 6.3 | Mayank,Chakraborty | Kaufman,David | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 34 | 2026-05-02 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 5.1 | Kaufman,David | Pranav,Anand | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 35 | 2026-05-01 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 4.9 | Sahib,Singh | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 36 | 2026-04-30 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 3.7 | Kaufman,David | Suleymanli,Suleyman | 1/2-1/2 | 59 | Open |
| 37 | 2026-04-29 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 2.1 | Kuderinov,K | Kaufman,David | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 38 | 2026-04-28 | Baku Open 2026 | Baku AZE | 1.17 | Kaufman,David | Bozorov,Javohir | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 39 | 2026-01-15 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 9.1 | David Kaufman | Dau Khuong Duy | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 40 | 2026-01-14 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 8.6 | Timur Yonal | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 19 | Open |
| 41 | 2026-01-14 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 7.1 | David Kaufman | Aleksa Petrovic | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 42 | 2026-01-13 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 6.1 | Yuxu Zhou | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 20 | Open |
| 43 | 2026-01-13 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 5.7 | David Kaufman | Jake Shanty | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 44 | 2026-01-12 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 4.7 | Rosh Jain | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 45 | 2026-01-11 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 3.13 | David Kaufman | Erkin Karaokcu | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 46 | 2026-01-11 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 2.24 | Shumeng Zhou | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 47 | 2026-01-10 | Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 | Senta SRB | 1.8 | David Kaufman | Kangmin Zhong | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 48 | 2025-12-28 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 9.4 | David Kaufman | Andrey Gorovets | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 49 | 2025-12-27 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 8.2 | Alexey Khruschiov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 80 | Open |
| 50 | 2025-12-26 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 7.5 | David Kaufman | Nikolay Tregubenko | 1-0 | 74 | Open |