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NameGata Kamsky
First NameGata
Last NameKamsky
OccupationChess Player
BirthdayJune 2
Birth Year1974
Place of BirthNovokuznetsk
Home TownKemerovo Oblast
Birth CountryRussia
Birth SignGemini
Full/Birth Name
ParentsRustam Kamsky
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Not Available

Gata Kamsky Biography

Gata Kamsky is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on June 2, 1974 in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. He was poised to become one day He was on pace to be the next Boris Spassky when he and his father defected to the United States. when his father and he escaped into America. United States.

At age 12 he defeated veteran Grandmaster Mark Taimanov in a tournament game. He also earned his National Master title in that year. He won the Soviet under-20 championship in 1987 and 1988.

In 1989, Gata Kamsky won a tournament in New York to earn the right to challenge Garry Kasparov to a two-game match; he lost that match later that year 0–2. In 1990, while aged 16 and still untitled, he played in the 64-player Interzonal tournament in Manila, the first step towards the World Chess Championship. He finished with 5½ / 13.

His father Rostam relocated his son into the United States in 1989.

He has been at the top of the World and made it to an end of FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age 22.

Gata Kamsky (Tatar: Гата Камский ; Russian: Гата Камский ; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

Gata Kamsky Net Worth

Gata is one of the richest Chess Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gata Kamsky's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Chess genius in his home country, the Soviet Union.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeChess Player
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In 1993, the rival organisations FIDE and PCA each held Interzonal tournaments. Kamsky played in both, and in both cases qualified for the respective Candidates Tournaments. The Candidates tournaments were largely dominated by Kamsky and Viswanathan Anand.

Here Kamsky as Black crushes Kramnik en route to winning the 1994 Candidates match:

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 1990, FIDE awarded Kamsky the grandmaster title. In 1991, he won the U.S. Championship. Kamsky also did well at other prestigious chess tournaments, winning the Las Palmas tournament in 1994.

Who is Gata Kamsky Dating?

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In the September 1994 match against Short, there was a highly publicized confrontation between Kamsky’s father, Rustam Kamsky, and Short.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1989 he moved to the United States with his father Röstäm (also spelled Rustam), a former boxer who dominated Gata, made him study chess almost exclusively and acted as his coach and manager. Businessman James Cayne provided financial support to the Kamskys.

In the 1994–95 PCA Candidates matches, Kamsky beat Vladimir Kramnik in the quarter-finals in New York in June, 1994. In September, 1994 Kamsky beat Nigel Short in the semifinals in Linares, Spain. In the March 1995 final against Anand in Las Palmas, the FIDE result was reversed, with Kamsky losing (+1=7−3).

Facts & Trivia

Gata Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Gata Kamsky celebrates birthday on June 2 of every year.

In the first round of the 1994–95 FIDE Candidates matches, Kamsky beat Paul van der Sterren (+3=3−1). Kamsky’s quarter-final match against Anand, held in July and August 1994 in Sanghi Nagar, India, was more dramatic. After draws in the first two games, Anand won the next two games to take an imposing 3–1 lead. Game 5 was drawn. Kamsky then scored 2½–½ in the remaining three games to tie the match 4–4 (+2=4−2), then won the two rapid chess playoff games to win the match. In the semifinal, held in Sanghi Nagar in February 1995, Kamsky routed Valery Salov 5½–1½ (+4=3−0).

How strong is Gata Kamsky?

In 2018 Kamsky tied for third at the Chigorin Memorial out of 154 players and scored 9.5/15 in the 2018 World Rapid Championship. Still a strong grandmaster, he tied for second place in the 2019 Biel Master Open tournament, scoring 6.5/9. He also scored 8/15 at the 2019 World Rapid Championship.

Why did Kamsky quit chess?

He played a World Championship match at the age of 22, but then quit chess not of his own accord, but at the request of his father, as he explains in an interview with TVN.ru. Gata returned only 8 years later, but again rose to the top and blames favouritism of other US players for making his journey more difficult.

What happened Gata Kamsky?

Gata Kamsky
CountrySoviet Union (until 1989) United States (since 1989)
BornJune 2, 1974 Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1990)

What happened to Nigel Short?

Short was appointed to serve as one of several Vice Presidents of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in October 2018.

Who is the greatest British chess player of all time?

Michael Adams
CountryEngland
Born17 November 1971 Truro, Cornwall, England
TitleGrandmaster (1989)
FIDE rating2698 (May 2022)
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