Gata Kamsky
| Gata Kamsky | |
|---|---|
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| Full name | Gataulla Rustemovich Kamsky |
| Country |  United States |
| Born | June 2, 1974 Novokuznetsk, USSR |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2740 (#17 in the January 2013 FIDE ranking list) |
| Peak rating | 2756 (September 2011) |
Gata Kamsky [1] (born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. Kamsky won the 2010 Grenke Open World Rapid Chess Championship.[2] He is rated #2 in the United States.
Kamsky was a prodigy who reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age of 22, and reached a ranking of fourth in the world in 1996.[3] He played almost no FIDE-rated games between 1997 and late 2004. He was studying medicine at the time.[4]
Kamsky won the Chess World Cup 2007. This earned him a match against Veselin Topalov for the right to challenge for the World Chess Championship 2010, which he lost.[5] Kamsky also played in the Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012. He advanced to the semifinals before losing to Boris Gelfand.
References
- ↑ Tatar Ğata Kamskiy, Ğataulla Rөstəm uğlı Sabirov; Гата Камский, Гатаулла Рөстәм улы Сабиров; Russian: Гатаулла Рустемович Сабиров, Гата Камский)
- ↑ Chess Classic Mainz – Kamsky wins with 10.0/11 points
- ↑ "FIDE Rankings 1970-1997". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ↑ Dylan Loeb McClain: A chess master returns older, and maybe wiser. New York Times, January 27, 2008: [1]
- ↑ "World Chess Challenge Sofia 2009 - Veselin Topalov vs Gata Kamsky". World Chess Challenge 2009