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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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Kamsky, Gata vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1991 C11
Damljanovic, Branko vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0
Belgrade Invest 1991 A09
Petursson, Margeir vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
New York op 1991 A25
Kamsky, Gata vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Belgrade Invest 1991 C18
Kamsky, Gata vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
New York op 1991 C11
Browne, Walter S vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0
Philadelphia World op 1991 D55
Kamsky, Gata vs Rao, Vivek
1-0
Philadelphia World op 1991 B73
Lautier, Joel vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
Belgrade Invest 1991 D87
Kamsky, Gata vs Benjamin, Joel
0-1
USA-ch m 1991 A48
Kamsky, Gata vs De Firmian, Nick E
1/2-1/2
New York op 1991 E21
Kamsky, Gata vs Benjamin, Joel
1/2-1/2
USA-ch m 1991 E94
Kamsky, Gata vs Gurevich, Ilya
1-0
USA-ch m 1991 B97
Kamsky, Gata vs Garber, Stanislav
1-0
New York op 1991 E97
Gurevich, Ilya vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
USA-ch m 1991 C30
Benjamin, Joel vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
USA-ch m 1991 C89
Kamsky, Gata vs Ivanov, Alexander
1/2-1/2
USA-ch m 1991 A42
Silman, Jeremy D vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
New York op 1991 D03
Dreev, Alexey vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1990 D87
Kamsky, Gata vs Dorfman, Josif D
1/2-1/2
Paris-ch 1990 D78
Kamsky, Gata vs Pinter, Jozsef
1/2-1/2
Paris-ch 1990 D02
Kamsky, Gata vs Praud, Jean Luc
1-0
Paris-ch 1990 C00
Kamsky, Gata vs De Firmian, Nick E
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1990 A46
Todorcevic, Miodrag vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Paris-ch 1990 C26
Giffard, Nicolas vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
Paris-ch 1990 D12
Gausel, Einar vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1990 A34
Muir, Andrew J vs Kamsky, Gata
1-0
Bern op 1990 D44
Fejzullahu, Afrim vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
Bern op 1990 B17
Krasenkow, Michal vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Paris-ch 1990 D94
Andruet, Gilles vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
Paris-ch 1990 D91
Kamsky, Gata vs Held, T.
1-0
Bern op 1990 C11
Kamsky, Gata vs Fedorowicz, John P
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 A24
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 A35
Olafsson, Helgi vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 D45
Kamsky, Gata vs Petursson, Margeir
1-0
Reykjavik op 1990 E91
De Firmian, Nick E vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
New York op 1990 C60
Kamsky, Gata vs Kengis, Edvins
0-1
Bern op 1990 B90
Kamsky, Gata vs Mohr, Stefan
1-0
New York op 1990 E94
Kamsky, Gata vs Friedman, Aviv
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 B33
Kamsky, Gata vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1-0
Reykjavik op 1990 B22
Kamsky, Gata vs Vidarsson, Jon G
1-0
Reykjavik op 1990 E01
Sokolov, Andrei vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1990 B10
Kamsky, Gata vs Olafsson, Helgi
0-1
Reykjavik op 1990 D03
Polaczek, Richard vs Kamsky, Gata
0-1
Reykjavik op 1990 B42
Kumaran, Dharshan vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
New York op 1990 E13
Thorsteinsson, Arnar vs Kamsky, Gata
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1990 B17
Kamsky, Gata vs Prie, Eric
1-0
Paris-ch 1990 D05
Kamsky, Gata vs Razuvaev, Yuri S
1/2-1/2
Paris-ch 1990 D85
Kamsky, Gata vs McCambridge, Vincent
1-0
USA op 1990 E11
Kamsky, Gata vs Lerner, Konstantin Z
1-0
New York op 1990 D02
Kamsky, Gata vs Vaganian, Rafael A
0-1
Reykjavik op 1990 D03
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