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This is a list of Israeli chess title-holders (active players only), as of April 2016.


Grandmasters

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Boris Alterman Boris Alterman ( he, בוריס אלתרמן, russian: Борис Альтерман; born May 4, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer (2010), advisor of the Junior chess program. He started playing chess at the age of 7. ...
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Boris Avrukh Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( he, בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champ ...
* Tal Baron *
Sergey Erenburg Sergey Erenburg (born January 27, 1983) is an American chess player who has been a Grandmaster since 2003 and an International master since 2002. He is ranked 24th in the US, and 409th in the world. His highest rating was 2637 (in December 2012) ...
* Alexander Finkel *
Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand ( he, בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד; be, Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд, Barys Abramavich Hel'fand; russian: Борис Абрамович Гельфанд, Boris Abramovich Gel'fand; born 24 June 1968) ...
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Alik Gershon Alik Gershon (born 3 June 1980, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. On 21 October 2010 he set the Guinness World Record for simultaneous games after playing 523 opponents in Tel Aviv. After 18 hours and 30 minutes, he wo ...
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Vitali Golod Vitali Matveyevich Golod (; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996. Chess career Golod was Ukrainian champion in 1991. He then moved to Israel. In 2004, he ...
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Alon Greenfeld Alon Greenfeld ( he, אלון גרינפלד; born 17 April 1964 in New York City) is an Israeli chess grandmaster and trainer. His peak rating is 2610, achieved in the FIDE rating list of January 1994. In 1982, he finished runner-up in the Eur ...
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Yehuda Gruenfeld Yehuda Gruenfeld ( he, יהודה גרינפלד; born 28 February 1956) is an Israeli chess player, who holds the title of grandmaster. Career He was born in Dzierżoniów, Poland. In 1974, Gruenfeld won the Israeli championship for youth play ...
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Lev Gutman Lev Gutman ( lv, Ļevs Gutmans; born 26 September 1945 in Riga) is a Latvian, Israeli, and German chess grandmaster. At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first o ...
* Alexander Huzman * Boris Kantsler * Artur Kogan *
Yona Kosashvili Yona Kosashvili ( he, יונה קוסאשווילי; July 3, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and surgeon. Personal life Yona Kosashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University in Medicine, as part of the aca ...
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Yair Kraidman Yair Kraidman (born 1 November 1932, in Haifa) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He played for Israel in ten Chess Olympiads. * In 1958, he played at second reserve board at the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1 –3 =5). * In ...
* Ronen Lev * Eran Liss * Ilan Manor *
Victor Mikhalevski Victor (Viktor) Mikhalevski ( he, ויקטור מיכלבסקי; born 8 July 1972) is an Israeli chess grandmaster who lives in Beersheba. his Elo rating was 2611, making him the #7 player in Israel and the 171st-highest rated player in the ...
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Vadim Milov Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972) is a Swiss chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993. Early life Born in Ufa, following the collapse of the USSR, he moved to Israel in 1992, before finally settling in Switzerlan ...
* Jacob Murey *
Tamir Nabaty Tamir Nabaty ( he, תמיר נבאתי, born 4 May 1991) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and a two-time national chess champion (2013, 2016). Chess achievements Israeli and world championships Tamir won the Israeli Chess Championship for the firs ...
* Michael Oratovsky *
Evgeny Postny Evgeny Postny (born 3 July 1981) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. Postny was a member of the Israeli team which took the silver medal in the Chess Olympiad of 2008. He competed in the FIDE World ...
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Lev Psakhis Lev Borisovich Psakhis ( he, לב בוריסוביץ' פסחיס; ; born 29 November 1958 in Tver (then Kalinin), Russia) is a naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster, trainer and author. Born in Siberia, he is also a two-time former champion of th ...
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Gad Rechlis Gad Rechlis (born 5 February 1967) is a Moldova born Israeli chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (1992). Biography At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Gad Rechlis was one of the leading Israeli chess players. In 1988, he won th ...
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Maxim Rodshtein Maxim Rodshtein ( he, מקסים רודשטיין, russian: Максим Эдуардович Родштейн, translit=Maksim Eduardovich Rodshtein; born 19 January 1989) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 20 ...
* Michael Roiz *
Ilya Smirin Ilya (or Ilia) Smirin ( he, איליה יוליביץ' סמירין; russian: Илья Юльевич Смирин, Ilya Yulievich Smirin; born January 21, 1968) is a Byelorussian SSR-born and an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of ...
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Ram Soffer Ram Soffer (born 6 September 1965) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Ram Soffer is also a grandmaster in chess problem A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the c ...
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Emil Sutovsky Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September 1977) is an Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996. Sutovsky is the FIDE CEO since 2022. Previously he served as FIDE Director-General (2018-22). He was the ...
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Mark Tseitlin Mark Tseitlin ( he, מארק צייטלין; russian: Марк Данилович Цейтлин, translit=Mark Danilovich Tseitlin; 23 September 1943 – 25 January 2022) was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of Inte ...
* Dov Zifroni * Yaacov Zilberman * Dan Zoler


Woman Grandmasters

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Bella Igla Bella Gesser ( he, בלה גסר), Igla ( he, בלה איגלה; russian: Белла Игла; born June 2, 1985), is an Israeli chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). In 2004, she won the Israel Women's Chess Championship. ...
* Ela Pitam *
Tatiana Zatulovskaya Tatiana Zatulovskaya ( he, טטיאנה זטולובסקיה; russian: Татьяна Яковлевна Затуловская, ; 8 December 1935 – 2 July 2017) was an Israeli (formerly Soviet and Russian) chess player. She was three-time Sov ...
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Dina Belenkaya Dina Vadimovna Belenkaya (Russian: Дина Вадимовна Беленькая; born 22 December 1993) is a Russian-Israeli chess player, commentator, Twitch (service), Twitch streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster ...


International Masters

* Yochanan Afek * Vladimir Alterman * Roman Bar *
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* Nathan Birnboim * Igor Bitansky * Inon Boim * Angela Borsuk (also WGM) * Ilia Botvinnik * Ofer Bruk * Leonid Gerzhoy * Asaf Givon *
Shimon Kagan Shimon Kagan ( he, שמעון כגן; born 6 April 1942, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess master. He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky ...
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Alexander Kaspi Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
* Ilya Khmelniker * Masha Klinova (also WGM) * Alexander Krayz *
Alexander Kundin Alexander Kundin ( he, קונדין אלכסנדר; born 25 June 1981) is an Israeli chess International Master (2004). Biography Alexander Kundin started playing chess at the age of five. He repeatedly represented Israel at the European Youth ...
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Leon Lederman Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
* Gaby Livshitz * Boris Maryasin * Alexander Mikhalevski *
Gur Mittelman Gur or GUR may refer to: People * Gür, a Turkish given name and surname * Aliza Gur (born 1940), Israeli actress * Batya Gur (1947–2005), Israeli writer * Efraim Gur (born 1955), Israeli politician * Haviv Rettig Gur (born 1981), Israeli jou ...
* Shay Porat * Eduard Porper * Alexander Rabinovich * Nati Ribshtein * Arkady Shevelev * Eliahu Shvidler * Yaacov Stisis * Maxim Uritzky * Eli Vovsha * Alik Vydeslaver * Uriel Zak


Woman International Masters

* Marsel Efroimski * Maya Porat * Ludmila Tsifanskaya * Olga Vasiliev


Notable inactive players


Men

* Yoel Aloni (M) * Amikam Balshan (M) * Yaacov Bernstein (M) * Zadok Domnitz (M) *
Roman Dzindzichashvili Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili ( ka, რომან იაკობის-ძე ჯინჯიხაშვილი; pronounced ''jin-jee-khash-VEE-lee''; born May 5, 1944) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American chess player. He was awarded th ...
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Uzi Geller Uzi Geller ( he, עוזי גלר; born 27 January 1931, in kibbutz Givat Chaim, Mandatory Palestine) is an Israeli chess master. He was Israeli Champion in 1971/72. He tied for 7–10th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9–10th at ...
(IM) * Emanuel Guthi (M) *
Izaak Grynfeld Izaak Grynfeld (born 12 February 1912, date of death unknown), later known as Ignacy Branicki , was a Polish-born Israeli chess master. Biography Grynfeld was born in Łódź, Poland in February 1912. Before the late 1950s, Grynfeld lived in The Ne ...
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Ronen Har-Zvi Ronen Har-Zvi (born 13 October 1976) is an Israeli chess player and writer. Har-Zvi won the under-16 title at the World Youth Chess Champion in 1992. He has held the title of Grandmaster of chess since 1995. Biography Growing up in Israel, Ha ...
(GM) * Gedali Szapiro (M) *
Leonid Yudasin Leonid Yudasin ( he, ליאוניד גריגורייביץ' יודסין; russian: Леонид Григорьевич Юдасин, translit=Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin; born August 8, 1959) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player and trainer. He ...
(GM)


Women

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Ljuba Kristol Ljuba Danielovna Kristol ( he, לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול; russian: Любовь Даниэловна Кристол; born May 26, 1944, in Leningrad) is a Russian-born Israeli chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandma ...
(WIM)


Notable deceased players


Men

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Izak Aloni Izak (Izhak, Itzchak) Aloni (Schächter) ( he, יצחק אלוני; born 5 April 1905 – died 2 June 1985) was an Israeli chess master. Biography Aloni, born Schächter in Buchach, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), was twice Lvov (Lemberg, Lw ...
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Abram Blass Moshe Aba Blass (born 1896, Łomża, Poland - 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli chess master. Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the US, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw. In 1924/2 ...
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Yaacov Bleiman Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman ( he, יעקב בליימן; September 8, 1947, Vilnius – June, 2004) was a Lithuanian–Israeli chess master. Bleiman spent a decade designing a smart bomb that was procured by the Israeli Air Force for its F-16 Fighting ...
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Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; he, משה צ'רניאק; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952. Biog ...
(IM) * Yosef Dobkin (M) * Boruch Israel Dyner (M) * David Enoch (M) * Zvulon Gofshtein (GM) * Zelman Kleinstein (M) * Vladimir Liberzon (GM) * Aleksandras Machtas (M) * Ariah Mohiliver (M) * Menachem Oren (M) * Raaphi Persitz (M) * Yosef Porat (IM) *
Meir Rauch Meir Rauch (15 October 1909 – 1 August 1983) chess master, born in Zolynia, Poland. In August–September 1939, he played for the Palestinian team in the 8th Chess Olympiad on the first reserve board (won 4, lost 2 and drew 7) in Buenos Aires. ...
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Leonid Shamkovich Leonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Шамко́вич; June 1, 1923 – April 22, 2005) was a chess Grandmaster and chess writer. He was born in a Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don in Russia. Che ...
(GM) * Shlomo Smiltiner (M) *
Isakas Vistaneckis Isakas Vistaneckis (Isaak, Itzhak Vistinietzki) (29 September 1910 in Marijampolė – 30 December 2000 in Tel Aviv) was a Lithuanian Jewish chess player who held the chess title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM). Biography In 1930 ...
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Victor Winz Viktor (Víctor) Winz (31 August 1906 – date of death unknown) was a Palestine/Israeli–Argentine chess master. Born in Germany, he began his chess career in Berlin. He emigrated to Palestine (then under the British Mandate) in the early 1930s. ...
(M)


Women

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Alla Kushnir Alla Shulimovna Kushnir ( he, אלה שולימובנה קושניר; russian: Алла Шулимовна Кушнир; 11 August 1941 – 2 August 2013) was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Intern ...
(WGM)


See also

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List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ...
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List of chess players This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. A * Jacob Aagaard (Denmark, Scotland, born 1973) * Manuel Aaron (India, born 1935) * Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan, bor ...


External links


Elo rating list of top 100 Israeli chess players
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