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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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Bykhovsky,An ISR vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 A80
Paichadze,L vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 C45
Drygalov,Andrey vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 C50
Kamsky,G vs Ahmad,Khagan
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Kushko,Dmitriy
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 B13
Weishaeutel,Moritz vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 B21
Borgaonkar,Akshay vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 D02
Jaskolka,T vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 B41
Kamsky,G vs Korchmar,V
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 B73
Kamsky,G vs Barp,Alberto
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 D00
Woodward,Andy vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 D10
Aliakbarov,A vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 A80
Ehlvest,J vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 C67
Kamsky,G vs Dumanuly,Sultanbeibarys
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 C89
Kamsky,G vs Slovineanu,V
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 A45
Barria Zuniga,D vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 A83
Kamsky,G vs Abrahams,Daniel
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Bobkov,Vadim
1-0
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early 2024 B07
Kamsky,G vs Goryachkina,A
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late 2024 D00
Slugin,S vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 C67
Kamsky,G vs Liu,Casper
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 C67
Musial,Igor vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 C67
Kamsky,G vs Arslanov,S
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 C40
Parpiev,Isaak vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 E15
Kamsky,G vs Germanovs,Georgijs
0-1
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 C11
Vasquez Schroeder,R vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 B42
Kamsky,G vs Sargsyan,Anna M.
1-0
Titled Tue 17th Dec Early 2024 A45
Zhang,Eric vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 A00
Kamsky,G vs Theodorou,Nikolas
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 A40
Perez Gormaz,M vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 B40
Kamsky,G vs Gubajdullin,A
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Urbina Perez,J
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 D00
Kamsky,G vs Kollars,Dmitrij
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Claverie,C
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 B38
Kamsky,G vs Hamidov,Allahverdi
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 C70
Kamsky,G vs Pershin,Denis
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 B10
Kamsky,G vs Barria Zuniga,D
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 C42
Sahakyan,Aleks vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 B40
Toman,Ondrej vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 D15
Kamsky,G vs Fernandez Estremera,Fernando
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 B73
Harshavardhan,G B vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 B40
Yeganegi,Barad vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 E46
Kamsky,G vs Korchynskyi,Mykola
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 D00
Souleidis,G vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 B20
Golding,Alex vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 A86
Machidon,Cristi vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Dec Late 2024 A81
Sydykov,Bayastan vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 B42
Kamsky,G vs Rosh,Jain
1-0
Titled Tue 10th Dec Early 2024 B12
Kamsky,G vs Reprintsev,A
1-0
Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early 2024 D00
Fromm,Marius vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late 2024 B42
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