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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Gubajdullin,A vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A05
Munoz,Francisco Javier vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 B23
Trushelyov,V vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 A46
Maerevoet,Sim vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 B20
Kamsky,G vs Rastbod,Ali
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 D00
Kamsky,G vs Aswath,S
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 A45
Rangel,D vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A01
Andreikin,D vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 D30
Kamsky,G vs Oliinyk,Serafym
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 C63
Kamsky,G vs Dann,M
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 A48
Kamsky,G vs Abbasov,V
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 B03
Lin,Bryan Enming vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 B40
Kamsky,G vs Le Tuan Minh
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 C70
Odegov,Artem vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A80
Naroditsky,D vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A80
Kamsky,G vs Sarana,A
0-1
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Zakaryan,David
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 A40
Kamsky,G vs Hughes,T
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Late 2024 B10
Kamsky,G vs Zarnicki,P
1-0
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Bok,B
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A45
Teterev,V vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 B40
Ibarra Jerez,JC vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B40
Kamsky,G vs Zhizmer,Y
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 C00
Shapiro,V vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A25
De Boer,Eelke vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 C67
Kamsky,G vs Zhu,Jiner
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A05
Kamsky,G vs Alonso,Rap2
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B50
Kamsky,G vs Jakubowski,K
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B10
Kamsky,G vs Mikhalsky,Vladimir
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B07
Kamsky,G vs Hossain,Enam
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 B23
Atakhan,Abtin vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A25
Kamsky,G vs Rey Martinez,Jaime
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B29
Vovk,Or vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 A00
Kamsky,G vs Andreikin,D
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Akhmedov,David
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 A45
Brunner,N vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 A46
Matinian,N vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 B43
Kamsky,G vs Hernandez Ojeda,Garry Anatholy
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 C00
Kamsky,G vs Xiong,Jeffery
0-1
Titled Tue 12th Nov Late 2024 B90
Shuvalova,Polina vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 12th Nov Early 2024 D79
Kamsky,G vs Mekhitarian,K
1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024 B33
Esipenko,Andrey vs Kamsky,G
1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024 B40
Kamsky,G vs Lin,Bryan Enming
1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024 B40
Kamsky,G vs Savitha,Shri B
1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early 2024 B43
Kushko,Dmitriy vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024 A05
Arslanov,S vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024 A45
Sahib,Singh vs Kamsky,G
0-1
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early 2024 B41
Kamsky,G vs Sakun,V
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early 2024 A45
Kamsky,G vs Matinian,N
1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early 2024 A48
Starozhilov,L vs Kamsky,G
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early 2024 B40
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