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Gata Kamsky
Number of games in database: 1,053
Years covered: 1986 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2695
Highest rating achieved in database: 2745
Overall record: +339 -216 =420 (56.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      78 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (125)      B97 B33 B47 B90 B32  Ruy Lopez (66)      C91 C80 C78 C65 C84  Queen's Pawn Game (58)      A46 D02 A40 A45 A41  French Defense (37)      C11 C18 C10 C16 C02  Ruy Lopez, Closed (35)      C91 C84 C92 C89 C85  Sicilian Najdorf (28)      B97 B90 B96 B91 B92	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (81)      C95 C89 C84 C60 C78  Slav (76)      D15 D10 D11 D12 D14  Sicilian (70)      B42 B40 B43 B90 B41  Grunfeld (62)      D85 D86 D97 D91 D94  Ruy Lopez, Closed (53)      C95 C89 C84 C92 C88  Sicilian Kan (33)      B42 B43 B41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994 1-0
   Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994 0-1
   Kamsky vs Short, 1994 1-0
   Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007 1-0
   Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996 1-0
   Kamsky vs Anand, 2006 1-0
   Kamsky vs Lautier, 1993 1-0
   Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009 1-0
   Kamsky vs Kiril Georgiev, 2007 1-0
   Kamsky vs Svidler, 2006 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Karpov-Kamsky FIDE World Championship (1996)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Match Kamsky! by amadeus
   Kamsky! by larrewl
   1.d4 London System Games by fredthebear
   Tilburg Interpolis 1991 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1990 by suenteus po 147
   Linares 1994 by suenteus po 147
   WCC Index [Anand-Kamsky 1994] by suenteus po 147
   Dortmund 1992 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1994 by suenteus po 147
   Dos Hermanas 1995 by suenteus po 147

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GATA KAMSKY (born Jun-02-1974) Russia (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Gata Kamsky was born June 2nd, 1974 in Siberia. After beginning his chess career in Russia, winning two USSR Junior Championships, Kamsky relocated to the United States in 1989. In July 1990 he became the youngest player ever to be rated in FIDE's world top ten. After a short while spent adjusting to this level of opposition, Kamsky scored some major tournament triumphs, including the U.S. Championship of 1991, clear first at Las Palmas 1994, and shared first in 1995 at Dos Hermanas. Kamsky reached the finals of the 1994-1995 PCA World Championship Candidates' matches, eliminating Vladimir Kramnik and Nigel Short before losing to Viswanathan Anand. In the simultaneous FIDE Candidates he met with even greater success, defeating Paul Van der Sterren, Anand and Valery Salov and qualifying for a match with Anatoli Karpov. After losing the match, Kamsky announced his retirement from professional chess in order to study medicine. In 2004 he returned to active competition at the U.S. Championship in San Diego, California, scoring 5.5 points from nine games. The following year he placed ninth at the FIDE World Cup (2005), and qualified once more for the Candidates' matches. Additional successes in 2006, including second place at the MTel Masters (2006) behind Veselin Topalov, and a bronze medal with the U.S. team at the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006), helped reestablish his position as one of the world's leading players. In the 2007 Candidates, he eliminated Etienne Bacrot in the preliminary round but lost the final to Boris Gelfand. He rebounded in the next World Championship cycle by winning the World Chess Cup (2007). Undefeated throughout the seven-round event, he beat Alexey Shirov in the final to qualify for a match with Veselin Topalov in 2008. Topalov emerged victorious by a 4.5-2.5 margin and thereby gained the right to play Viswanathan Anand in a match for the title.

page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,053  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kamsky vs K Aseev 1-0 31 1986 Viliandi A46 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Akopian vs Kamsky   1-0 34 1986 USSR B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 3. Shirov vs Kamsky 1-0 39 1986 Sochi (Russia) C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 4. Dreev vs Kamsky 1-0 56 1987 Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) C44 King's Pawn Game 5. G Zaitshik vs Kamsky   0-1 56 1987 Pavlodar D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 6. Kamsky vs Y Dokhoian 0-1 61 1987 Pavlodar C02 French, Advance 7. V Osnos vs Kamsky   ½-½ 24 1987 Leningrad-ch D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 8. A Graf vs Kamsky   ½-½ 33 1987 Pavlodar A25 English 9. Kamsky vs Chekhov   1-0 62 1987 Pavlodar B03 Alekhine's Defense 10. Kamsky vs P Fossan 1-0 18 1987 Innsbruck B12 Caro-Kann Defense 11. Shirov vs Kamsky 1-0 29 1987 Kapsukas D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. V Nasibullin vs Kamsky 0-1 40 1987 Pavlodar A48 King's Indian 13. Kamsky vs I Novikov 0-1 29 1987 Pavlodar D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 14. Kamsky vs S Ivanov   0-1 45 1987 USSR D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 15. Kamsky vs Yermolinsky   0-1 31 1987 Pavlodar A48 King's Indian 16. Kamsky vs K Agapov 0-1 41 1987 Leningrad A43 Old Benoni 17. D Komarov vs Kamsky   1-0 40 1987 USSR D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Kamsky vs F Sideif-Sade   1-0 46 1987 Pavlodar B44 Sicilian 19. Kamsky vs B Asanov   1-0 42 1988 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 20. H Odeev vs Kamsky   ½-½ 41 1988 Ivano_Frankovsk C46 Three Knights 21. Y Yakovich vs Kamsky   1-0 53 1988 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted 22. K Aseev vs Kamsky 1-0 83 1988 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 23. Shirov vs Kamsky   ½-½ 47 1988 Ch URS (juniors) D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 24. Kamsky vs R Schneider   ½-½ 52 1988 Barnaul B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. T Tabatadze vs Kamsky   1-0 82 1988 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) D94 Grunfeld  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,053    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Kamsky wins | Kamsky loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 97 OF 97 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jun-22-09    kurtrichards: Gata continues to lose at Bazna Tournament. He is tired. Jul-07-09    frogbert: anyone who knows which schedule kamsky played at the world open? i need to know in order to rate his games... Jul-07-09    Bob726: 5 day, positive Jul-07-09    frogbert: in other words, he played all his games in classical time control? 100% sure? any source with confirmation? Jul-07-09    Phoenix: Yes, all of Kamsky's games were at 40/2, SD 1. 100% sure. Jul-08-09    frogbert: great, thanks to both of you. :o) Aug-18-09    HeMateMe: Whats happened to the Great Gatasky? Maybe he's studying for the New York Bar. Sep-02-09    vanytchouck: out of the + 2700 club? Wake up Gata !!! Sep-15-09    Thuellin: GM Kamsky will be playing in the Baku Open starting on the 20th. I can't seem to find a full list of the participants for the event but I do know that GM Mamedyarov and GM Guseinov are playing as well. Prize fund is $60.000. Sep-15-09    ketchuplover: If by studying you mean drinking then I agree. Sep-18-09    cbpatzer: Kamsky again in action http://previews.chessdom.com/baku-o... Sep-21-09    percyblakeney: The first round of Baku Open (with Kamsky and Mamedyarov) should be going on at the moment but the official home page http://www.azerichess.az/ isn't working and the results should turn up here later: http://chess-results.com/tnr25499.a... Sep-21-09    justinbel: Kamsky opens up with a win with the black pieces. Games can be seen here: http://livegames.chess.az/tfd.htm Sep-29-09    albayanon: Kamsky wins Baku 2009,winning his last two to clinch the title,scoring on 6 wins 3 draws. Sep-29-09    justinbel: Kamksy tied for first and was actually second. He had less wins, which was the tie breaker even though he beat the winner with the black pieces. Oct-09-09    matepawn: Kamsky rejoined 2700 club.His live rating is exactly 2700. Nov-21-09    M.D. Wilson: I understand that after his match with Karpov, Kamsky abandoned professional chess in order to study medicine. Does anyone know more about this and his reasons? I've never read anything about Kamsky being a qualified doctor. Did he graduate? Nov-22-09    HeMateMe: He is not a doctor (M.D.), but i believe he received a law degree (j.d.) from Touro Law School in New York City. I have a hunch he speaks more than two languages, and would be a natural at international law, being a go-between between corporate america and russia, or Europe. Unless he tried practicing law for a year, and just didn't like it. A lot of jobs for lawyers are mediocre pay and big time boring. Will, divorces, parking tickets and tax returns, personal injury (ambulance chasers), he may have found being a world class chess player to be more stimulating, and he will probably use the law degree down the road, when he no longer gets invited to the big tournaments. Its hard to read his skill level at this point, he hasn't been real active. I hope he does well in the FIDE event. As the loser of the challange match last year, he is auto-seeded into the Candidates tourney, but if he isn't razor sharp, I don't think he has much chance of winning it. Nov-23-09    M.D. Wilson: Hmm, I'm not sure of his chances either, although he can play outstanding individual games, of which he has many. Thanks for the additional info. Nov-26-09    frdalupang: Gata Kamsky will play the 16 years old youngster Wesley So (2640)of the Philippines today in the 3rd round of the WCC. So has just eliminated the legendary Vasily Ivanchuk (1.5-0.5) in the 2nd round. So's true mettle will be tested here since Kamsky has always been a top-level player known for his defensive acumen, and very tough at matches. Whatever be the result, it'll be a learning experience for the very young Wesley So. Nov-26-09    spawn2: <frdalupang> A battle royale indeed! whatever the result maybe, this match will provide GM Wesley So the experience on what it is like to play against world class opposition. I have always supported GM Gata Kamsky but in this case blood is thicker than water! Nov-27-09    M.D. Wilson: I like Kamsky's style. Nov-27-09    genericsx: sorry kamsky next time resign earlier Nov-27-09    spawn2: It was a good fight GM Gata.. Nov-28-09    ketchuplover: sigh* Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 97) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 97 OF 97 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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