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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2025-04-29 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 2.2 | Aydin Suleymanli | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 202 | 2025-04-28 | Baku Open 2025 | Baku AZE | 1.17 | Eesha Karavade | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 203 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Logan C Shafer | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 204 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 205 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr Shimanov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 206 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 207 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Vasif Durarbayli | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 208 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr Kulnev | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 209 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Luca Jr Moroni | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 210 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Nuriddin Iunusov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 211 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Hongjin Ahn | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 212 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Jan Helmer | 0-1 | 19 | Open |
| 213 | 2025-04-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 214 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Alexei Belov | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 215 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Yevheniia Toroptseva | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 216 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Anton Karpenko | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 217 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Maka Purtseladze | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 218 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Frederik Svane | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 219 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Piotr Sygulski | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 220 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Rudik Makarian | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 221 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Daniel Prazak | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 222 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Boris Onoprijchuk | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 223 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Andrei Negrean | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 224 | 2025-04-15 | Titled Tue 15th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Henry Deng | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 225 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Cristian Sanhueza | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 226 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Bence Pribelszky | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 227 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 228 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Vandan Alankar Sawai | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 229 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 230 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Yoann Robert | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 231 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Daniel Dardha | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 232 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Martin Christian Huber | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 233 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Luong Phuong Hanh | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 234 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Sergei Iskusnyh | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 235 | 2025-04-08 | Titled Tue 8th Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Javohir Bozorov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 236 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Julian Estrada Nieto | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 237 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Valentin Mitev | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 238 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Alan Pichot | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 239 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Thomas Carroll | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 240 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Valery Kazakouski | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 241 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Ruzgar Odabasi | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 242 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Dawda Vihaan | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 243 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Quang Liem Le | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 244 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Talaibek Osmonbekov | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 245 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Alexei Shirov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 246 | 2025-04-01 | Titled Tue 1st Apr Early | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Milosz Szpar | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 247 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Pouya Idani | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 248 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Lovro Novosel | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 249 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 7 | David Kaufman | Alexander Rustemov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 250 | 2025-03-25 | Titled Tue 25th Mar Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Maksim Tsaruk | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
- vs Aydin SuleymanliDraw · ½–½Baku Open 2025
- vs Eesha KaravadeWon · 0-1Baku Open 2025
- vs Logan C ShaferDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Jonas Buhl BjerreWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Vasif DurarbayliWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aleksandr KulnevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Luca Jr MoroniLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Nuriddin IunusovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Hongjin AhnWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Jan HelmerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Aansh Nandan NerurkarLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
- vs Alexei BelovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Yevheniia ToroptsevaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Anton KarpenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Maka PurtseladzeLost · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Frederik SvaneLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Piotr SygulskiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Rudik MakarianLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Daniel PrazakWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Boris OnoprijchukWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Andrei NegreanDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Henry DengWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
- vs Cristian SanhuezaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Bence PribelszkyLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacLost · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Vandan Alankar SawaiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Yoann RobertWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Daniel DardhaLost · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Martin Christian HuberWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Luong Phuong HanhWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Sergei IskusnyhDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Javohir BozorovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Apr Early
- vs Julian Estrada NietoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Valentin MitevWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Alan PichotLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Thomas CarrollWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Valery KazakouskiLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Ruzgar OdabasiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Dawda VihaanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Quang Liem LeLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Talaibek OsmonbekovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Alexei ShirovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Milosz SzparWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Apr Early
- vs Pouya IdaniLost · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
- vs Lovro NovoselWon · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
- vs Alexander RustemovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
- vs Maksim TsarukLost · 1-0Titled Tue 25th Mar 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 |