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Gata Kamsky

1974 - Today

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Gata Rustemovich Kamsky (Tatar: 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Gata Kamsky is the 206th most popular chess player, the 2,263rd most popular biography from Russia and the 30th most popular Russian Chess Player.

Gata Kamsky is most famous for being a highly skilled American chess grandmaster who has competed at the highest levels, including World Championship matches. He is known for his remarkable comeback in the chess world after a hiatus and for his victories in various prestigious tournaments.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Gata Kamsky ranks 206 out of 461. Before him are Jonathan Penrose, Fenny Heemskerk, Gyula Sax, Irina Levitina, Isaac Kashdan, and Juan Corzo. After him are Arnold Denker, Alexei Shirov, Nana Ioseliani, Herman Steiner, Levente Lengyel, and Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Gata Kamsky ranks 225. Before him are Chad Kroeger, Ramón Nomar, Apl.de.ap, Kinya Takehara, Kenan Doğulu, and Gary Kelly. After him are Didier Cuche, Eteri Tutberidze, Jemaine Clement, Carsten Ramelow, Bjarke Ingels, and Dan Houser.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gata Kamsky ranks 2,263 out of 3,761. Before him are Tamara Lazakovich (1954), Arseny Golovko (1906), Yury Zaitsev (1951), Stanislav Stepashkin (1940), Oleg Tinkov (1967), and Andriy Nesmachniy (1979). After him are Tina Karol (1985), Nadezhda Ilyina (1949), Tatyana Averina (1950), Olga Kuzenkova (1970), Yury Sisikin (1937), and Grigory Mkrtychan (1925).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Gata Kamsky ranks 30. Before him are Gennadi Sosonko (1943), Ratmir Kholmov (1925), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944), Ian Nepomniachtchi (1990), Leonid Shamkovich (1923), and Irina Levitina (1954). After him are Alexandra Kosteniuk (1984), Anatoly Lein (1931), Larissa Volpert (1926), Yuri Balashov (1949), Alexander Morozevich (1977), and Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (1957).

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