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Top Chess Players in Israel
See the top 100 active chess players representing Israel, ranked by current FIDE classical rating, with federation statistics and player profiles.
FIDE rating-list snapshot: July 2026. Federation does not necessarily indicate citizenship.
1,911
Active rated players
2,641
Top rating
2,567
FIDE top 10 average
42
Grandmasters
113
Women players
661
Under 20
Boris Gelfand is the highest-rated player representing Israel on this classical list with a rating of 2641. FIDE's federation ranking uses the top 10 active-player average: 2567.
Player status
#PlayerRatingList
- 1GMBoris Gelfand2641classicalISRFIDE 2805677Born 1968
- 2GMMaxim Rodshtein2600classicalISRFIDE 2806851Born 1989
- 3GMEmil Sutovsky2592classicalISRFIDE 2802007Born 1977
- 4GMIlia Smirin2568classicalISRFIDE 2801990Born 1968
- 5GMNitzan Steinberg2560classicalISRFIDE 2801795Born 1998
- 6GMYahli Sokolovsky2558classicalISRFIDE 2820242Born 2006
- 7GMSemyon Lomasov2551classicalISRFIDE 24164879Born 2002
- 8GMIdo Gorshtein2546classicalISRFIDE 2815532Born 2002
- 9GMEvgeny Postny2528classicalISRFIDE 2804344Born 1981
- 10GMAvital Boruchovsky2523classicalISRFIDE 2800055Born 1997
- 11GMEvgeny Alekseev2500classicalISRFIDE 4138147Born 1985
- 12IMDavid Gorodetzky2498classicalISRFIDE 2813416Born 2000
- 13IMEytan Rozen2498classicalISRFIDE 2816750Born 2006
- 14GMVictor Mikhalevski2494classicalISRFIDE 2801914Born 1972
- 15GMYeshaayahu Tzidkiya2492classicalISRFIDE 2824493Born 2003
- 16GMDan Zoler2487classicalISRFIDE 2800705Born 1974
- 17IMShay Porat2486classicalISRFIDE 2806258Born 1985
- 18IMOr Bronstein2484classicalISRFIDE 2815770Born 2001
- 19GMEvgeny Zanan2484classicalISRFIDE 24101940Born 1998
- 20IMAriel Erenberg2482classicalISRFIDE 2811634Born 2001
- 21GMOri Kobo2479classicalISRFIDE 2812320Born 1997
- 22GMAlexander Huzman2478classicalISRFIDE 2803828Born 1962
- 23GMArthur Kogan2477classicalISRFIDE 2800802Born 1974
- 24GMVitali Golod2476classicalISRFIDE 2804140Born 1971
- 25IMBenny Aizenberg2476classicalISRFIDE 2821125Born 2006
- 26IMGuy Levin2471classicalISRFIDE 2824213Born 2006
- 27IMYannay Ben Ari2470classicalISRFIDE 2815222Born 2004
- 28GMAlon Greenfeld2469classicalISRFIDE 2800039Born 1964
- 29GMIlan Manor2462classicalISRFIDE 2800110Born 1969
- 30IMAlon Mindlin2461classicalISRFIDE 2800071Born 1996
- 31IMEyal Grinberg2457classicalISRFIDE 2806070Born 1998
- 32GMIsrael Caspi2457classicalISRFIDE 2807394Born 1989
- 33IMYuval Yaniv2454classicalISRFIDE 2823900Born 2005
- 34IMOmer Reshef2452classicalISRFIDE 2804336Born 1997
- 35GMDov Zifroni2450classicalISRFIDE 2800659Born 1976
- 36GMGad Rechlis2448classicalISRFIDE 2800047Born 1967
- 37IMRoman Bar2448classicalISRFIDE 2803879Born 1982
- 38GMAlexander Bagrationi2446classicalISRFIDE 14104954Born 1990
- 39IMGaby Livshits2442classicalISRFIDE 2804271Born 1985
- 40GMIlya Khmelniker2441classicalISRFIDE 2805340Born 1985
- 41GMYair Parkhov2439classicalISRFIDE 2813408Born 2002
- 42GMDanny Raznikov2437classicalISRFIDE 2811154Born 1993
- 43GMRam Soffer2426classicalISRFIDE 2800101Born 1965
- 44IMPinchas Kantarji2425classicalISRFIDE 2803712Born 1977
- 45GMAlik Gershon2424classicalISRFIDE 2802430Born 1980
- 46IMOr Globus2424classicalISRFIDE 2816776Born 2003
- 47IMJohnatan Bakalchuk2422classicalISRFIDE 2810301Born 1998
- 48IMYan Galburd2419classicalISRFIDE 2808528Born 1992
- 49IMFeliks Tulchynskyi2417classicalISRFIDE 34127895Born 2009
- 50IMAsaf Givon2416classicalISRFIDE 2801841Born 1994
- 51IMAlexander Mikhalevski2411classicalISRFIDE 2801728Born 1958
- 52GMTal Baron2410classicalISRFIDE 2809958Born 1992
- 53IMNadav Zemach2406classicalISRFIDE 2820927Born 2005
- 54GMEran Liss2403classicalISRFIDE 2800721Born 1975
- 55GMDimitri Tyomkin2397classicalISRFIDE 2803089Born 1977
- 56IMNimrod Veinberg2395classicalISRFIDE 2810280Born 1996
- 57IMYotam Shohat2390classicalISRFIDE 2813955Born 2002
- 58IMElie Milikow2390classicalISRFIDE 371281868Born 2007
- 59GMYehuda Gruenfeld2379classicalISRFIDE 2800020Born 1956
- 60IMIdo Ben Artzi2379classicalISRFIDE 2810913Born 1994
- 61FMNisim Iliaguev2379classicalISRFIDE 2817276Born 2001
- 62FMNoam Sason2379classicalISRFIDE 371282346Born 2013
- 63GMAlexander Finkel2378classicalISRFIDE 2801957Born 1975
- 64GMGil Popilski2375classicalISRFIDE 2809060Born 1993
- 65IMYoav Milikow2375classicalISRFIDE 2822237Born 2004
- 66IMRoy Vagman2374classicalISRFIDE 2828995Born 2008
- 67IMIlya Karp2373classicalISRFIDE 2807769Born 1988
- 68FMIlay Zakin2371classicalISRFIDE 2848279Born 2011
- 69IMAlik Vydeslaver2364classicalISRFIDE 2801876Born 1975
- 70FMYair Hoffmann2361classicalISRFIDE 2822776Born 2005
- 71IMMichael Klenburg2361classicalISRFIDE 14102072Born 1977
- 72FMIgor Sorkin2360classicalISRFIDE 2803283Born 1979
- 73IMMarsel Efroimski2360classicalISRFIDE 2810964Born 1995
- 74IMOri Kochavi2357classicalISRFIDE 2816873Born 2004
- 75FMOri Taichman2354classicalISRFIDE 2804069Born 1995
- 76FMShakked Tifferet2353classicalISRFIDE 2811529Born 2000
- 77Mikhail Botvinnik2352classicalISRFIDE 2805650Born 1983
- 78GMMichael Oratovsky2350classicalISRFIDE 2802090Born 1974
- 79IMIgor Bitensky2349classicalISRFIDE 2804085Born 1981
- 80IMMichael Pasman2347classicalISRFIDE 2800500Born 1960
- 81IMAlexander Kaspi2346classicalISRFIDE 2802910Born 1964
- 82FMAri Guz2344classicalISRFIDE 2825759Born 2005
- 83GMRonen Lev2335classicalISRFIDE 2800063Born 1968
- 84GMBoris Kantsler2333classicalISRFIDE 2805359Born 1962
- 85IMEduard Grinshpun2329classicalISRFIDE 4167554Born 1965
- 86FMYehonatan Azoulay2328classicalISRFIDE 2839415Born 2010
- 87FMItamar Aharonovich2326classicalISRFIDE 2814501Born 1998
- 88FMLior Musyuk2324classicalISRFIDE 2816784Born 2005
- 89FMAdi Menahem2323classicalISRFIDE 2847027Born 2008
- 90IMIlia Botvinnik2322classicalISRFIDE 2804832Born 1960
- 91IMYuliya Shvayger2320classicalISRFIDE 14100126Born 1994
- 92IMAlexander Sotsky2317classicalISRFIDE 4130715Born 1967
- 93FMYonathan Uritsky2316classicalISRFIDE 2825651Born 2008
- 94FMEyal Noy2314classicalISRFIDE 2821117Born 2003
- 95FMAlexey Streltsov2313classicalISRFIDE 24104434Born 1991
- 96FMEliran Shilon Rahav2312classicalISRFIDE 2844958Born 2012
- 97IMTal Haimovich2310classicalISRFIDE 2801698Born 1975
- 98FMMichael Kreizberg2309classicalISRFIDE 2803372Born 1975
- 99FMHanan Mordechai2306classicalISRFIDE 2804166Born 1992
- 100IMIdo Porat2305classicalISRFIDE 2806584Born 1987
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About this ranking
Who is the highest-rated chess player representing Israel?
Boris Gelfand leads the classical list at 2641.
How many active rated chess players represent Israel?
1,911 active players representing Israel have a current FIDE classical rating in this ChessEver snapshot.
How are the Israel chess rankings ordered?
Players are ordered by FIDE classical rating, highest first. The default ranking excludes players marked inactive by FIDE. Equal ratings are ordered consistently by FIDE ID. Federation represents the player's FIDE federation, not necessarily citizenship.