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: 2026-11-11 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Michal Bartel | 0-1 | 11 | Open |
| 352 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Vladimir Bychkov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 353 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Jakub Chyzy | 1-0 | 79 | Open |
| 354 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Kadhi Hameed | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 13 | Open |
| 355 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | David Kaufman | Guillermo Baches Garcia | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 356 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Viacheslav Rozhkov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 357 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Antonio Carlos Bambino Filho | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 358 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Martin Holten Fiskaaen | 1/2-1/2 | 83 | Open |
| 359 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Sultan Al-Zaabi | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 360 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | David Kaufman | Wiktor Golis | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 361 | 2024-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.14 | Alexandr Triapishko | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 362 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 2.8 | Ramil Faizrakhmanov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 363 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 11.19 | David Kaufman | Artur Gabrielian | 1/2-1/2 | 100 | Open |
| 364 | 2024-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 2.12 | Dmitriy Khegay | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 365 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.11 | Mikhail Demidov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 366 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 2.11 | David Kaufman | Daniil Lintchevski | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 367 | 2024-10-12 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 10.6 | Marat I Gilfanov | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 76 | Open |
| 368 | 2024-10-11 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 9.1 | David Kaufman | Erzhan Zhakshylykov | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 369 | 2024-10-10 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 8.12 | Kirill Stupak | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 370 | 2024-10-09 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 7.1 | David Kaufman | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 371 | 2024-10-08 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 6.11 | Alexey Khruschiov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 372 | 2024-10-07 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 5.15 | David Kaufman | Arman Erzhanov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 373 | 2024-10-06 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 4.15 | Dmitry Kononenko | David Kaufman | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 374 | 2024-10-06 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 3.16 | David Kaufman | Sargis Sargissyan | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 375 | 2024-10-05 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 2.17 | David Kaufman | Nikolay Averin | 1/2-1/2 | 110 | Open |
| 376 | 2024-10-05 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 1.16 | Steven Rojas Salas | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 377 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Sergei Iskusnyh | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 378 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Tuna Ozates | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 379 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Matthew Herman | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 380 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Konstantin Popov | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 381 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | David Kaufman | Mate Gyenes | 1-0 | 67 | Open |
| 382 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Vicente Cano Gimenez | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 16 | Open |
| 383 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Aleksandr Shimanov | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 384 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | David Kaufman | Attila Turzo | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 385 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Huseyin Said Deveci | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 386 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Harsh Suresh | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 387 | 2024-10-01 | Titled Tue 1st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Nikolay Pavlov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 388 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Nikita Fedotov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 389 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 8 | David Kaufman | Matyas Palczert | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 390 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Vache Hovakimyan | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 391 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 6 | David Kaufman | Daniil Dubov | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 392 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Alejandro Domingo Nunez | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 393 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Elbek Jumanov | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 394 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 3 | David Kaufman | Kanan Hajiyev | 1-0 | 20 | Open |
| 395 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Evan Ai | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 396 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 1 | David Kaufman | Setumadhav Yellumahanthi | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 397 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 11 | David Kaufman | Igor Vershinin | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 398 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Sobhan Zahmati | David Kaufman | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 399 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 9 | David Kaufman | Bakhtiyar Nugumanov | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 400 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Franciszek Sernecki | David Kaufman | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
- vs Michal BartelLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Vladimir BychkovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Jakub ChyzyWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Kadhi HameedLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Guillermo Baches GarciaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Viacheslav RozhkovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Antonio Carlos Bambino FilhoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Martin Holten FiskaaenDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Sultan Al-ZaabiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Wiktor GolisWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Alexandr TriapishkoLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
- vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
- vs Artur GabrielianDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Rapid 2024
- vs Dmitriy KhegayLost · 1-0ch-RUS Rapid 2024
- vs Mikhail DemidovLost · 1-0ch-RUS Blitz 2024
- vs Daniil LintchevskiDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Blitz 2024
- vs Marat I GilfanovLost · 1-0Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Erzhan ZhakshylykovWon · 1-0Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Kirill StupakWon · 0-1Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Aleksandr E. UsovLost · 0-1Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Alexey KhruschiovWon · 0-1Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Arman ErzhanovWon · 1-0Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Dmitry KononenkoDraw · ½–½Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Sargis SargissyanDraw · ½–½Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Nikolay AverinDraw · ½–½Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Steven Rojas SalasLost · 1-0Ivi GP Chess 2024
- vs Sergei IskusnyhWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Tuna OzatesWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Matthew HermanLost · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Konstantin PopovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Mate GyenesWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Vicente Cano GimenezWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Attila TurzoWon · 1-0Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Huseyin Said DeveciWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Harsh SureshLost · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Nikolay PavlovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 1st Oct Early
- vs Nikita FedotovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Matyas PalczertWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Vache HovakimyanLost · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Daniil DubovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Alejandro Domingo NunezWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Elbek JumanovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Kanan HajiyevWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Evan AiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Setumadhav YellumahanthiLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Igor VershininLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Sobhan ZahmatiLost · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Bakhtiyar NugumanovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
- vs Franciszek SerneckiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Sep 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 |