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)
Search & Filter All Games →Kamsky, Gata vs Short, Nigel D★
1-0PCA-Wch Candidats sf1 1994 B92
Polgar, Judit vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 B00
Kamsky, Gata vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0PCA-Wch Candidats m4 1994 D44
Anand, Viswanathan vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1994 B90
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 E81
Short, Nigel D vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0PCA-Wch Candidats sf1 1994 C64
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2PCA-Wch Candidats m4 1994 A35
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1994 B54
Anand, Viswanathan vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 C89
Kamsky, Gata vs Short, Nigel D★
1-0PCA-Wch Candidats sf1 1994 E48
Kamsky, Gata vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2Linares 1994 A34
Short, Nigel D vs Kamsky, Gata★
0-1PCA-Wch Candidats sf1 1994 B35
Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Amber-blind 3rd 1994 D15
Kamsky, Gata vs Short, Nigel D★
1-0PCA-Wch Candidats sf1 1994 D20
Kamsky, Gata vs Beliavsky, Alexander G★
1-0Linares 1994 E48
Kamsky, Gata vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1/2-1/2Linares 1994 D49
Kamsky, Gata vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1/2-1/2PCA-Wch Candidats m4 1994 D43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Linares 1994 C43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata★
0-1Amber-blind 3rd 1994 B79
Kamsky, Gata vs Polgar, Zsuzsa★
1-0Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 A21
Kamsky, Gata vs Polgar, Judit★
1-0Amber-blind 3rd 1994 A45
Kamsky, Gata vs Polgar, Judit★
1/2-1/2Linares 1994 C89
Kamsky, Gata vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1-0Amber-rapid 3rd 1994 E54
Kasparov, Gary vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1993 B80
Kamsky, Gata vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0Linares 1993 E12
Jussupow, Artur vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1993 E56
Adams, Michael vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1993 C88
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1993 D87
Kamsky, Gata vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Wch Team 1993 B93
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1993 D52
Kamsky, Gata vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0Wch Team 1993 D43
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Dortmund 1993 D85
Kamsky, Gata vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1/2-1/2Linares 1993 E91
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1993 E13
Jussupow, Artur vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Tilburg rapid20 1993 E56
Portisch, Lajos vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1993 E08
Kamsky, Gata vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1Wch Team 1993 D44
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Linares 1993 E89
Kamsky, Gata vs Nogueiras, Jesus★
1/2-1/2Wch Team 1993 B08
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1993 E97
Kamsky, Gata vs Jussupow, Artur★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1993 C42
Olafsson, Helgi vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Wch Team 1993 D85
Kamsky, Gata vs Karpov, Anatoly★
0-1Dortmund 1993 B17
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Kamsky, Gata★
0-1Linares 1993 D20
Kamsky, Gata vs Anand, Viswanathan★
0-1Linares 1993 B65
Kamsky, Gata vs Gelfand, Boris★
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1993 B53
Kamsky, Gata vs Gelfand, Boris★
0-1Linares 1993 B96
Kamsky, Gata vs Jussupow, Artur★
0-1Tilburg rapid20 1993 C24
Kamsky, Gata vs Jussupow, Artur★
1-0Linares 1993 C18
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Kamsky, Gata★
1/2-1/2Tilburg rapid15 1992 A25