Gata Kamsky

Inducted 2016 1974

United States of America

Biography

Gata Kamsky is one of the greatest chess players to represent the United States. He is a five-time U.S. Chess Champion (1991, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) and a six-time U.S. Olympiad team member (1992, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Kamsky also played board one on the only American team to win the World Team Chess Championship (Lucerne 1993). He has been ranked number three in the chess world twice (1996, 2009) and is the first American after Bobby Fischer to compete in a match for the FIDE World Chess Championship (losing to Anatoly Karpov 7 ½ – 10 ½ in 1996). Kamsky is also the only U.S. player to win the FIDE World Cup, finishing ahead of 128 players at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (2007).

Notable Games

Gata Kamsky vs. Yasser Seirawan

1-0 US Championship St Louis, MO USA 17 May 2012 Round: 9 ECO: B18

GM Gata Kamsky competes in the 1992 Manila, Philippines, Chess Olympiad (1992) | Bill Hook | Collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame, gift of the U.S. Chess Trust