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: 2026-11-10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Mamikon Gharibyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 152 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Ekaterini Pavlidou | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 153 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Aiaru Altynbek | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 154 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Kseniya Zeliantsova | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 155 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Dmitriy Kushko | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 156 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Mathis Sabatier | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 157 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Leon Livaic | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 158 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Ahmad Siar Wahedi | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 159 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Arsen Kukhmazov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 160 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Anish Gandhi | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 161 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Mateusz Brozyna | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 162 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Zhaoqi Liu | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 163 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 164 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Arnold Essing | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 165 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Jeffery Xiong | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 166 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Guillaume Garde | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 167 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Enzo Ferrara | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 168 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Milosz Szpar | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 169 | 2025-07-08 | Titled Tue 8th Jul Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 170 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 171 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 172 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 173 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Dimitar Mardov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 174 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Hari Madhavan N B | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
| 175 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Darius Viskelis | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 176 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Minh Tu Le | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 177 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Benjamin Bok | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 178 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 179 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Yinn Long Wong | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 180 | 2025-07-01 | Titled Tue 1st Jul Early | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Efe Yalcinkaya | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 181 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Nitzan Steinberg | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 182 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Iyan Gonzalez Guedes | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 183 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 184 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 185 | 2025-06-24 | Titled Tue 24th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Deniz Anakok | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 186 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Mrudul Dehankar | 0-1 | 20 | Open |
| 187 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Nagare Kaivalya Sandip | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 188 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | 7819994 | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 189 | 2025-06-17 | Titled Tue 17th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Lorena Beatriz Montejo Bello | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 190 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Matthias Mattenberger | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 191 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Vrashank Chouhan | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 192 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Luis Alvarez Leon | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 193 | 2025-05-13 | Titled Tue 13th May Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Bojan Todorovic | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 194 | 2025-05-06 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 9.12 | Allahverdi Hamidov | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 195 | 2025-05-05 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 8.11 | David Kaufman | Mohamed Anees M | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 196 | 2025-05-04 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 7.13 | Farid Orujov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 197 | 2025-05-03 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 6.9 | David Kaufman | Nijat Abasov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 198 | 2025-05-02 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 5.14 | David Kaufman | Rustam Rustamov | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 199 | 2025-05-01 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 4.16 | Bhagat Kush | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 200 | 2025-04-30 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 3.5 | David Kaufman | Aleksandar Indjic | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
- 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
- vs Darius ViskelisWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Minh Tu LeWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Benjamin BokLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Diego Zilleruelo IrizarryWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Yinn Long WongLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Efe YalcinkayaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Jul Early
- vs Nitzan SteinbergLost · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Iyan Gonzalez GuedesWon · 1-0Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Maria Teresa Jimenez SalasWon · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Deniz AnakokWon · 0-1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
- vs Mrudul DehankarLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Nagare Kaivalya SandipLost · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs 7819994Won · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Lorena Beatriz Montejo BelloWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
- vs Matthias MattenbergerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Vrashank ChouhanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Luis Alvarez LeonLost · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Bojan TodorovicWon · 0-1Titled Tue 13th May Early
- vs Allahverdi HamidovDraw · ½–½Baku Open 2025
- vs Mohamed Anees MDraw · ½–½Baku Open 2025
- vs Farid OrujovWon · 0-1Baku Open 2025
- vs Nijat AbasovLost · 0-1Baku Open 2025
- vs Rustam RustamovWon · 1-0Baku Open 2025
- vs Bhagat KushDraw · ½–½Baku Open 2025
- vs Aleksandar IndjicLost · 0-1Baku Open 2025
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 |