Kamsky, Gata
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
Featured Games
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Kamsky, Gata vs Polgar, Judit
Amber-blind 3rd
1994
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Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei
Amber-rapid 5th
1996
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata
Amber-blind 3rd
1994
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Kamsky,G vs Svidler,P
38th Olympiad
2008
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Grischuk,A vs Kamsky,G
WCC
2005
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Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata
Amber-blind 5th
1996
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Gelfand,B vs Kamsky,G
54th Biel GM Blitz 2021
2021
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Kamsky, Gata vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Linares
1994
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Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Kamsky, Gata
Amber-blind 3rd
1994
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Kamsky, Gata vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
Tilburg
1992
View PrintGames (7057)
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1/2-1/2Candidats FIDE f2 1995 E81
Sokolov, Ivan vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Groningen 1995 E32
Kamsky, Gata vs Almasi, Zoltan
1-0Groningen 1995 E58
Kamsky, Gata vs Salov, Valery
1-0Candidats FIDE f2 1995 D66
Kamsky, Gata vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2Candidats FIDE f2 1995 E58
Tiviakov, Sergei vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 B17
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1Las Palmas 1994 E92
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2PCA/Intel-GP 1994 D03
Kamsky, Gata vs Epishin, Vladimir
1-0Las Palmas 1994 D42
Kamsky, Gata vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1994 A57
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1Candidats FIDE m3 1994 E97
Oll, Lembit vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0PCA-op playoff 1994 C88
Kamsky, Gata vs Ehlvest, Jaan
1-0PCA-op playoff 1994 E55
Kamsky, Gata vs Salov, Valery
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B49
Kamsky, Gata vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0PCA-op playoff 1994 E55
Salov, Valery vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 D13
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1Candidats FIDE m3 1994 E92
Kamsky, Gata vs Van der Sterren, Paul
1-0Candidats FIDE m3 1994 D36
Kamsky, Gata vs Lautier, Joel
1-0Las Palmas 1994 C72
Salov, Valery vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Sicilian 1994 B85
Kamsky, Gata vs Magem Badals, Jorge
1-0Madrid 1994 D20
Kamsky, Gata vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 B49
Kamsky, Gata vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
0-1PCA/Intel-GP 1994 A21
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Candidats FIDE m3 1994 E88
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Candidats FIDE m3 1994 D43
Smirin, Ilia vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2PCA-op playoff 1994 E70
Kamsky, Gata vs Van der Sterren, Paul
1/2-1/2Candidats FIDE m3 1994 D36
Sokolov, Ivan vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 E32
Kamsky, Gata vs Bareev, Evgeny
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 C11
Kamsky, Gata vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2PCA-op 1994 E52
San Segundo, Pablo vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Madrid 1994 D85
Kamsky, Gata vs Van der Sterren, Paul
0-1Candidats FIDE m3 1994 C95
Kamsky, Gata vs Gulko, Boris F
1-0USA-ch 1993 B66
Garcia, Gildardo vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1World op 1993 C55
Spangenberg, Hugo vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 C47
Kamsky, Gata vs Blankenau, Mike
1-0World op 1993 B19
Meyer, E. vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0Las Vegas op 1993 A16
Watson, John L vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2World op 1993 E90
Kamsky, Gata vs Gurevich, Dmitry
1/2-1/2USA-ch 1993 B51
Bareev, Evgeny vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1Groningen PCA 1993 D45
Kamsky, Gata vs Gurevich, Ilya
1-0Las Vegas op 1993 C92
Kamsky, Gata vs Campora, Daniel H
1-0Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A29
Kamsky, Gata vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2Groningen PCA 1993 A26
Kaidanov, Grigory S vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0USA-ch 1993 E75
Milos, Gilberto vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A16
Kamsky, Gata vs Yermolinsky, Alex
1/2-1/2Las Vegas op 1993 B66
Kamsky, Gata vs Wolff, Patrick G
1/2-1/2USA-ch 1993 B91
Ivanov, Alexander vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2USA-ch 1993 B70
Granda Zuniga, Julio E vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 E68
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1World op 1993 E90