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Kamsky, Gata

modern era

Gata Kamsky reached the pinnacle of chess as a teenager, challenging Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship in 1996 at age 21. After an eight-year hiatus from professional chess during which he earned two university degrees, Kamsky made one of the sport's greatest comebacks, winning the 2007 World Chess Cup and four U.S. Championships between 2010 and 2014.

Total Games

7057

Wins

3533

Draws

2261

Losses

1263

50.1% wins32.0% draws17.9% losses

Most Played Openings

A45 - Canard Opening446D02 - Queen's Pawn Game: Anti-Torre301D00 - Amazon Attack295A48 - London System257D15 - Slav Defense: Geller Gambit225B40 - Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation223A46 - Döry Defense200A80 - Dutch Defense140B42 - Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation129A05 - Zukertort Opening123

Most Faced Opponents

Nakamura,Hi57 gamesIvanchuk,V51 gamesAndreikin,D49 gamesSarana,A47 gamesGrischuk,A47 gamesXiong,Jeffery43 gamesGelfand,B39 gamesBortnyk,Olexandr39 gamesKarpov, Anatoly38 gamesAnand, Viswanathan38 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky, Gata vs Polgar, Judit

Amber-blind 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei

Amber-rapid 5th

1996

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata

Amber-blind 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky,G vs Svidler,P

38th Olympiad

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Grischuk,A vs Kamsky,G

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata

Amber-blind 5th

1996

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FCGFCG
0-1

Gelfand,B vs Kamsky,G

54th Biel GM Blitz 2021

2021

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky, Gata vs Beliavsky, Alexander G

Linares

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Kamsky, Gata

Amber-blind 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky, Gata vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Tilburg

1992

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Games (7057)

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Erigaisi,Arjun vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 16th May Early 2023 A45
Grischuk,A vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 2nd May Late 2023 B40
Kamsky,G vs Mamedyarov,S
1/2-1/2
ChessKid Cup Play-In 2023 C77
Giri,A vs Kamsky,G
1-0
ChessKid Cup Play-In 2023 C95
Kamsky,G vs Kramnik,V
1-0
Titled Tue 18th Apr Early 2023 B23
Kramnik,V vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 11th Apr Late 2023 B42
Firouzja,Alireza vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 28th Mar Late 2023 C84
Kamsky,G vs Erigaisi,Arjun
0-1
Titled Tue 28th Mar Late 2023 A41
Gukesh,D vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 21st Mar Early 2023 D15
Caruana,F vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 14th Mar Late 2023 D15
Kramnik,V vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Chessable Masters Play-In 2023 E97
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 7th Mar Early 2023 A05
Kamsky,G vs Erigaisi,Arjun
0-1
Titled Tue 7th Mar Early 2023 B10
Kamsky,G vs Carlsen,M
0-1
Titled Tue 7th Mar Late 2023 B44
Firouzja,Alireza vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 28th Feb Late 2023 C84
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 28th Feb Late 2023 A05
Kamsky,G vs Caruana,F
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 28th Feb Late 2023 A45
Kamsky,G vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 21st Feb Early 2023 A45
Kamsky,G vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late 2023 D27
Duda,J vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 31st Jan Early 2023 E12
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Jan Late 2023 A48
Kamsky,G vs Duda,J
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Jan Late 2023 D00
Carlsen,M vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 3rd Jan Late 2023 A01
Kamsky,G vs Firouzja,Alireza
1-0
Titled Tue 27th Dec Late 2022 A45
Kamsky,G vs Caruana,F
0-1
Titled Tue 20th Dec Late 2022 B33
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 20th Dec Early 2022 A00
Carlsen,M vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 29th Nov Late 2022 C95
Kamsky,G vs Firouzja,Alireza
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 22nd Nov Early 2022 B33
Kamsky,G vs Keymer,Vincent
1-0
Titled Tue 22nd Nov Early 2022 B12
Firouzja,Alireza vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 8th Nov Early 2022 C95
Kamsky,G vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 1st Nov Early 2022 D00
Keymer,Vincent vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Salamanca Uni Masters 2022 A04
Kamsky,G vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
Salamanca Uni Masters 2022 A46
Caruana,F vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 25th Oct Late 2022 A10
Kamsky,G vs Duda,J
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 11th Oct Late 2022 A45
So,W vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 27th Sep Late 2022 B40
Caruana,F vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 27th Sep Late 2022 D11
Kamsky,G vs Giri,A
0-1
Titled Tue 6th Sep Early 2022 B90
Grischuk,A vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 16th Aug Late 2022 A80
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 9th Aug Early 2022 A04
Kamsky,G vs Grischuk,A
0-1
Chess.com RCC Wk24 Swiss 2022 A46
Kamsky,G vs Grischuk,A
1-0
Chess.com RCC Wk23 Swiss 2022 C01
Kamsky,G vs Abdusattorov,Nodirbek
1-0
Chess.com RCC Wk23 Swiss 2022 C42
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 26th Jul Late 2022 A00
Grischuk,A vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 26th Jul Late 2022 B41
Nakamura,Hi vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Chess.com RCC Wk22 KO 2022 A05
Kamsky,G vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
Chess.com RCC Wk22 Swiss 2022 C67
Esipenko,Andrey vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
55th Biel GM 2022 2022 C95
Kamsky,G vs Naiditsch,A
1/2-1/2
55th Biel GM 2022 2022 A48
Salem,AR vs Kamsky,G
1-0
55th Biel GM Blitz 2022 2022 D15
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