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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 2025-12-25 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 6.1 | Evgeny Pigusov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 52 | 2025-12-24 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 5.5 | Kirill Stupak | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 53 | 2025-12-23 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 4.2 | David Kaufman | Semen Novozhilov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 54 | 2025-12-22 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 3.4 | Adar Tarhan | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 55 | 2025-12-21 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 2.3 | David Kaufman | Alparslan Isik | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 56 | 2025-12-20 | Botvinnik Cup Masters | Moscow RUS | 1.3 | Nikolay Vasilkov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 57 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Matthias Mattenberger | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 58 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 8 | Guillermo Baches Garcia | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 59 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Alexei Belov | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 60 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 6 | Rout Padmini | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 61 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 5 | Dawid Janaszak | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 62 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Hasan Atis | 0-1 | 80 | Open |
| 63 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 3 | Shakked Tifferet | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 64 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Tuan Minh Le | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 65 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Tokhir Nematov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 66 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 11 | Felix-Antonio Ilinca | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 67 | 2025-09-02 | Titled Tue 2nd Sep 2025 | chess.com INT | 10 | Kirill Klukin | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 68 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Stephan Becking | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 69 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Nataliya Buksa | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 70 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Denis Shurakov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 71 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Damir Bulgak | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 72 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Indy Southcott-Moyers | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 73 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Nitzan Steinberg | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 74 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Bence Pribelszky | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 75 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Zachary Hankun Liu | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 76 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Harry Grieve | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 77 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Wojciech Przybylski | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 78 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Maurice Peek | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 79 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Dawid Janaszak | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 94 | Open |
| 80 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Grigory Sharankov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 81 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Parham Maghsoodloo | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 82 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Hasan Atis | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 83 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Roman Shton | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 84 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Elis Denele Dicen | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 85 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Ian Ocampos | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 86 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Jude Shearsby | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 87 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Antonio Ruperez Benito | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 88 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Marton Gabor Foldes | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 89 | 2025-08-26 | Titled Tue 26th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 10 | David Zakarian | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 90 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Jack Mizzi | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 91 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Rohan Rajaram | 1-0 | 18 | Open |
| 92 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Deniz Dirikolu | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 33 | Open |
| 93 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Khagan Ahmad | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 94 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Artem S. Lebedev | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 95 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Leon Livaic | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 96 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Olexandr Bortnyk | 1-0 | 75 | Open |
| 97 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Vladimir Goncharov | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 98 | 2025-08-19 | Titled Tue 19th Aug Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Zoey Tang | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 99 | 2025-08-18 | Abu Dhabi Masters Online | chess.com INT | 9 | Richilieu III Salcedo | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 100 | 2025-08-18 | Abu Dhabi Masters Online | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Martin Petrov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |