Top chess players in Israel

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Israel has 1,990 rated players. The highest rated is GM Boris Gelfand at 2641.

Country ranking

#18 of 184

top 10 average 2563.4

Grandmasters

42

Moved since the October list

87

OCT26·1,990 players·Updated 08:55 UTC
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1#77
ISR · 58
2641–
2#=167
ISR · 49
2592–
3#=188
ISR · 37
2582–
=4#=2501
ISR · 28
2560–
=4#=2501
ISR · 58
2560–
6#=2981
ISR · 24
2551–
7#=3121
ISR · 24
2548–
8#=3391
ISR · 20
2542–
9#=376
2534–
10#=427
ISR · 25
2524–
11#=4401
ISR · 26
2521–
12#=5091
ISR · 20
2509–
13#54733
ISR · 41FIDE 2500
2506+5.6
14#=6232
ISR · 45
2493–
15#=6413
ISR · 22
2490–
16#=6532
ISR · 52
2489–
17#=6871
ISR · 29
2485–
18#=7082
ISR · 25
2482–
19#=732
ISR · 41
2480–
20#=7492
ISR · 64
2478–
21#=7673
ISR · 55
2476–
22#=8111
ISR · 20
2470–
=23#=8254
ISR · 62
2469–
=23#=8254
2469–
25#83465
ISR · 28FIDE 2475
2469−6.1
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