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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | 2021-02-28 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 9.46 | David Kaufman | Anna Gvanceladze | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 552 | 2021-02-27 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 8.4 | Eva Stepanyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 553 | 2021-02-26 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 7.57 | David Kaufman | Aleksey Lunin | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 554 | 2021-02-25 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 6.37 | Viktor Volodin | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 555 | 2021-02-24 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 5.61 | David Kaufman | Egor Zadorozhy | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 556 | 2021-02-23 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 4.71 | Alexey Silenko | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 557 | 2021-02-22 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 3.62 | David Kaufman | Nikolay Zhugin | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 558 | 2021-02-21 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 2.74 | Kirill Makarenko | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 559 | 2021-02-20 | 17th Moscow Open A 2020 | Moscow RUS | 1.2 | David Kaufman | Timofey Smirnov | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 560 | 2020-11-01 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2020 | Moscow RUS | 7.9 | David Kaufman | Konstantin Terekhov | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 561 | 2020-10-31 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2020 | Moscow RUS | 3.8 | David Kaufman | Rudik Makarian | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 562 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 8 | Ruslan Kashtanov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 563 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 7 | Carsten Hansen | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 564 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Guy Levin | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 565 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Sergii Trokhymyshyn | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 566 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 4 | Aras Vardanyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 567 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Jonathan Monteverde | 1-0 | 106 | Open |
| 568 | 2020-05-26 | Euro Online U2300 Day 2 | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Vuk Miletic | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 569 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Bulat Khalikov | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 570 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 6 | Nenad Ristic | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 70 | Open |
| 571 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Matous Eret | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 572 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Artem Kopylov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 573 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 3 | Friedbert, Prof. Dr. Pruefer | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 17 | Open |
| 574 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 2 | Andriy Prydun | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 575 | 2020-05-25 | Euro Online U2300 Day 1 | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Margarita Potapova | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 576 | 2019-10-13 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 9.98 | Aleksey G. Frolov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 577 | 2019-10-12 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 8.119 | David Kaufman | Nikita Dm. Sokolov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 578 | 2019-10-11 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 7.94 | Adel Zhafyarov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 579 | 2019-10-10 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 6.117 | David Kaufman | Felix Hefner | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 580 | 2019-10-09 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 5.153 | Alisa Koltsova | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 581 | 2019-10-08 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 4.151 | David Kaufman | Polina Kobak | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 582 | 2019-10-07 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 3.125 | Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 583 | 2019-10-06 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 2.11 | David Kaufman | Vladimir Shalagin | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 584 | 2019-10-05 | Chigorin Memorial 2019 | St Petersburg RUS | 1.93 | Bilukhadzh Saidov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 585 | 2019-04-06 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 8.24 | Dmitry Zenin | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 586 | 2019-04-05 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 7.3 | David Kaufman | Vage Zurabian | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 587 | 2019-04-04 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 6.27 | Nikita Pak | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 588 | 2019-04-03 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 5.3 | David Kaufman | Mikhail Razumovskiy | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 589 | 2019-04-02 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 4.31 | Igor Brygov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 590 | 2019-04-01 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 3.29 | David Kaufman | Aktilek Teiitbaev | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 591 | 2019-03-31 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 2.33 | Mikhail Khmelev | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 592 | 2019-03-30 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.32 | David Kaufman | Alexander A. Yakimenko | 0-1 | 50 | Open |