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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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Potkin,V vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 A15
Bocharov,D vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 A05
Kamsky,G vs Kryakvin,D
1-0
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 D02
Grachev,B vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 D00
Kamsky,G vs Shkurkin,Andrey
1-0
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 B23
Kamsky,G vs Alekseev,Evgeny
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 B40
Rozum,I vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 A28
Vastrukhin,O vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 A05
Kamsky,G vs Savchenko,B
1-0
TCh-RUS Rapid 2018 2018 A46
Kamsky,G vs Alekseenko,K
0-1
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 D00
Mchedlishvili,M vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 D11
Kamsky,G vs Iljiushenok,I
1/2-1/2
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 A48
Kamsky,G vs Fedorov,Alex
1-0
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 A48
Alekseev,Evgeny vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 B00
Shinkevich,V vs Kamsky,G
0-1
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 D15
Kamsky,G vs Nakhodkin,Gennadiy
1/2-1/2
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 C60
Kamsky,G vs Goganov,A
1-0
St.Petersburg Rapid 2018 2018 D00
Kamsky,G vs Khanin,S
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 A00
Vavulin,M vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 B15
Vokhidov,Shamsiddin vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 E47
Kamsky,G vs Burmakin,V
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 B01
Kamsky,G vs Ovchinnikov,Vsevolod
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 A45
Usmanov,V vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 E60
Kamsky,G vs Ioffe,Ilya
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 C89
Evdokimov,Alexey vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 A05
Kamsky,G vs Lagashin,P
1-0
Korchnoi Memorial Open 2018 B00
Kamsky,G vs Paravyan,D
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 B22
Inarkiev,E vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 E16
Palachev,P vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 A90
Vitiugov,N vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 B90
Kamsky,G vs Lobanov,Sergei
1-0
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 A07
Bezgodov,A vs Kamsky,G
0-1
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 B32
Kamsky,G vs Bocharov,D
1-0
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 D02
Esipenko,Andrey vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
TCh-RUS Premier 2018 2018 E15
Kamsky,G vs Bick,Gabriel
1-0
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 A45
Kamsky,G vs Stefansson,H
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 C67
Nihal,Sarin vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 E73
Kamsky,G vs Bartholomew,J
1-0
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 B01
Friedel,J vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 D78
Kamsky,G vs Loiseau,Q
1-0
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 B30
Kjartansson,G vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 B07
Kamsky,G vs Doluhanova,E
1-0
Reykjavik Open 2018 2018 B50
Kamsky,G vs Antipov,M2
1-0
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 C01
Xu,Yi vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 B00
Kamsky,G vs Predke,A
1/2-1/2
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 A46
Tari,A vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 C60
Esipenko,Andrey vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 D15
Kamsky,G vs Sychev,K
1-0
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 A48
Shevchenko,Kirill vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Aeroflot Open A 2018 2018 E06
Kamsky,G vs Dreev,A
0-1
Corsican Circuit Final 2017 A03
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