Gata Kamsky
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| Full name | Gataulla Rustemovich Kamsky |
| Country | Soviet Union United States |
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June 2, 1974 Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2659 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2763 (July 2013) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (July 1995) |
Gata Kamsky (Tatar: Ğata Kamski; Гата Камский; Russian: Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is an American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.
Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age of 22, and reached a ranking of fourth in the world rankings in 1995. He played almost no FIDE-rated games between 1997 and late 2004.
Kamsky won the Chess World Cup 2007. This earned him a match against Veselin Topalov as a Candidates Match which he lost. Kamsky also competed at the Candidates Tournament in 2011 losing to Boris Gelfand.
Kamsky was born in Novokuznetsk in Russia, in a Tatar family. Gata's last name, Kamsky, is derived from the stage nickname of his grandfather Gataullah "Kamsky" Sabirov, the founder of the Tatar Drama Theater in Kazan.
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 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 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.
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