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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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Donchenko,Alexa vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
24th City of Barcelona Op 2019 A88
Kamsky,G vs Moussard,J
1/2-1/2
24th City of Barcelona Op 2019 A81
Firman,N vs Kamsky,G
0-1
24th City of Barcelona Op 2019 C65
Kamsky,G vs Bharath,Subramaniyam H
1-0
24th City of Barcelona Op 2019 B23
Jimenez Ruano,Adrian vs Kamsky,G
0-1
24th City of Barcelona Op 2019 E90
Kamsky,G vs Sichinava,Z
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 A48
Vokhidov,Shamsiddin vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 B31
Kamsky,G vs Yatzenko,A
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 C67
Chigaev,M vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 B00
Kamsky,G vs Stupak,K
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 A46
Babujian,L vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 D15
Kamsky,G vs Smirnov,Timofey
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 A00
Gitelson,Arkady vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 A46
Kamsky,G vs Arkhipov,Vladislav
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2019 C91
Zwirs,Nico vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 B06
Kamsky,G vs Romanishin,O
1-0
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 A46
Van Wely,L vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 D15
Kamsky,G vs Ikonnikov,Vy
1-0
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 B30
Werle,J vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 D11
Kamsky,G vs Hausrath,D
1-0
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 C41
Klepke,Ricardo vs Kamsky,G
0-1
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 E80
Kamsky,G vs Krause,T3
1-0
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 B08
Van t Hoff,Kees vs Kamsky,G
0-1
23rd HZ Open 2019 2019 A85
Shubin,Kirill vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 E90
Kamsky,G vs Nozdrachev,V
1-0
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 A45
Dreev,A vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 D78
Kamsky,G vs Duzhakov,I
1-0
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 B23
Paravyan,D vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 C50
Lysyj,I vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 E38
Kamsky,G vs Alekseev,Evgeny
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 B23
Khanin,S vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2019 2019 C55
Haast,M vs Kamsky,G
0-1
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 A20
Kamsky,G vs Chylewski,Patryk
1/2-1/2
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 D00
Kamsky,G vs Abel,Tho
1-0
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 D02
Mendonca,Leon Luke vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 D85
Kamsky,G vs Petkidis,A
1/2-1/2
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 B88
Parkhov,Yair vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 E00
Schmidek,Emil vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 B43
Kamsky,G vs Valkama,Eero
1-0
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 C91
Gustain,M vs Kamsky,G
0-1
GRENKE Chess Open 2019 2019 B43
Kamsky,G vs Ragger,M
1-0
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 A48
Miedema,D vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 C67
Miton,K vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 D10
Kamsky,G vs Khenkin,I
1-0
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 D02
Kamsky,G vs Vitiugov,N
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 B13
Kryvoruchko,Y vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 C42
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Bundesliga 2018-19 2019 B46
Kamsky,G vs Indjic,A
1/2-1/2
World Blitz 2018 2018 B07
Kamsky,G vs Potkin,V
1/2-1/2
World Blitz 2018 2018 B40
Kamsky,G vs Fedoseev,Vl3
0-1
World Blitz 2018 2018 B90
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