ISR · 75 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1943 (Jan 2007)
Best performance: 2068 at 13th European Senior Chess Championship(Best of 2013)
Classical rating
1711
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since Oct 2006 · Inactive on FIDE’s list
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Classical
Classical rating unchanged at 1711 over the last 12 months; peak 1943 in January 2007.
Official rating by month
Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.
| List | Classical | Rapid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1711, 0, 0 games | 1713, 0, 0 games |
Form · Classical
From 747 classical games on record, the latest on Apr 23, 2024.
No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Last played | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Rishon LeZion Spring 2024 Under 1900Mar 19, 2024 – May 16, 2024TPR 1710 | 3/6 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
Best wins · Classical
From 644 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2007–2024
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | Reinhard Jaenig, Nov 2007 · 11.Offene Internat.Bayerische Meisterschaft | , 2189 |
| 2, | FM Iosif P. Grinberg, Mar 2013 · 13th European Senior Chess Championship | , 2165 |
| 3, | FM Patrick Van Hoolandt, Nov 2015 · World Senior Championship 2015 - over 50 | , 2148 |
| 4, | Petko Dimitrov, Sep 2017 · 16th Memorial Kesarovski-Stanchev D seniors | , 2138 |
| 5, | Vladimir Golovkin, Jul 2012 · Israel Seniors 2012 Championship | , 2122 |
| 6, | Ido Mizrahi, 2 wins, Jun 2019 · Netanya International Chess Festival 2019 - Open Section | , 2100 |
| 7, | IM Or Bronstein, Oct 2015 · National Championship Quarterfinal 2015 Rishon Lezion B | , 2098 |
| 8, | Cornel Dumitrascu, Mar 2013 · 13th European Senior Chess Championship | , 2095 |
| 9, | Adi Akman, May 2009 · Spring 2009 Mark Centre | , 2092 |
| 10, | Mordehay Shamis, 4 wins, Jul 2011 · ISR Seniors Champ. 2011 | , 2090 |
Openings · Classical
From the moves of 37 of 747 classical games on record.
As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 9 of 17 games, 1.e4 in 7.
As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...e6.
All openings (2 as White, 2 as Black)
| Openings in White games | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| King's Indian Defense | 3 | 17% |
| Sicilian Defense | 3 | 17% |
11 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.
Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 in 10.
Against 1.e4: 1...e6 in 4.
| Openings in Black games | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense | 4 | 38% |
| English Opening | 3 | 83% |
13 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 1618 | 1618 |
| 2023 | 15 | 2½ | 1613 | 1340 |
| 2022 | 41 | 18 | 1712 | 1669 |
| 2021 | 24 | 11½ | 1668 | 1654 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4½ | 1481 | 1445 |
| 2019 | 62 | 31½ | 1731 | 1738 |
| 2018 | 58 | 28 | 1761 | 1747 |
| 2017 | 76 | 35 | 1768 | 1739 |
| 2016 | 75 | 35½ | 1779 | 1758 |
| 2015 | 55 | 24 | 1852 | 1809 |
| 2014 | 55 | 20 | 1935 | 1833 |
| 2013 | 43 | 15 | 1910 | 1800 |
| 2012 | 34 | 9 | 1948 | 1764 |
| 2011 | 31 | 8 | 2016 | 1832 |
| 2010 | 14 | 5 | 1916 | 1814 |
| 2009 | 28 | 6 | 2066 | 1836 |
| 2007 | 13 | 2½ | 2138 | 1887 |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Mar – May 2024Swissfederation sourceBest of 2024Score 3/6Opp avg 1638Start 1728
- Jul 2023Swissfederation sourceScore 2½/5Opp avg 1231Start 1562
- May 2023Teamfederation sourceScore 0/2Opp avg 1615Start 1580
- Apr 2023Teamfederation sourceScore 0/1Opp avg 1935Start 1582
- Mar 2023Teamfederation sourceScore 0/1Opp avg 1644Start 1643
- Jan – Mar 2023Swissfederation sourceScore 0/5Opp avg 1684Start 1657
- Feb 2023Teamfederation sourceScore ½/2Opp avg 1683Start 1652
- Rishon LeZion Spring 2024 Under 1900 · Mar – May 2024 · 3/6
- Bet Rishon Lezion 2024 4 · Mar 2024 · 0/1
- Rishon Lezion classic tournament week · Jul 2023 · 2½/5
- League Bet Rishon Rehovot 2023 8-9 · May 2023 · 0/2
- League Bet Rishon Rehovot 2023 7 · Apr 2023 · 0/1
- League Bet Rishon Rehovot 2023 5-6 · Mar 2023 · 0/1
- Rishon Lezion winter tour 2023 · Jan – Mar 2023 · 0/5
- League Bet Rishon Rehovot 2023 3-4 · Feb 2023 · ½/2
- League Bet Rishon Rehovot 2023 1-2 · Jan 2023 · 1/2
- Rishon Lezion classic B - up to1800 · Oct – Dec 2022 · 4/7
- Maccabiah Open 2022 · Jul 2022 · 5/9
- Liga Bet Rishon Rehovot 2022 Rounds 8 - 9 · Jun 2022 · 1/2
- open chess tournament for 1700 plus rated players · May – Jun 2022 · 3½/7
- Liga Bet Rishon Rehovot 2022 Rounds 5 - 7 · Apr – May 2022 · 0/2
- 35th Czerniak Memorial 2022 Open B · Apr 2022 · 4/5
- Liga Bet Rishon Rehovot 2022 Rounds 3-4 · Mar 2022 · ½/1
- 1\4 final championship Israel in Rishon Lezion · Jan – Mar 2022 · 3/9
- Liga Bet Rishon Rehovot 2022 Rounds 1-2 · Feb 2022 · 0/2
- Autumn tournaument Rishon Le Zion 2021 · Oct – Dec 2021 · 3½/9
- Israel Senior Championship Semi-final, Lasker Tel Aviv · Jul – Aug 2021 · 4/7
- Liga Bet Rashlaz Rehovot 2021 Rounds 7-8 · Jul 2021 · 1/1
- Liga Bet Rashlaz Rehovot 2021 Rounds 4-6 · Jun 2021 · 3/3
- Bigelman Memorial Rishon-Lezion 2021 B · Apr – Jun 2021 · 3/6
- Liga Bet Rashlaz Rehovot 2021 Round 2 - 3 · May 2021 · ½/2
- Rishon Letzion Championship 2020 B · Jan – Feb 2020 · 3/7
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2020 Round 2-3 · Feb 2020 · 1/2
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2020 Round 1 · Jan 2020 · ½/1
- World Senior Chess Championship 2019 - M65 · Nov 2019 · 4/11
- Rishon Summer 2019 B · Jul 2019 · 3/5
- Netanya International Chess Festival 2019 - Open Section · Jun – Jul 2019 · 3/9
- Moti Shapira Spring Memorial - Seniors · Apr – Jun 2019 · 3/5
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 Round 8-9 · Apr – Jun 2019 · 1/2
- First Saturday FM May 2019 · May 2019 · 6/10
- Czerniak Memorial B · Apr 2019 · 3/5
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 Round 7 · Apr 2019 · 1/1
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 Round 6 · Apr 2019 · 0/1
- Rishon LeZion Championship 2019 A · Jan – Mar 2019 · 4½/9
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 Round 5 · Mar 2019 · 1/1
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 3-4 · Feb 2019 · 1/2
- Liga Beit Rishon-Rehovot 2019 1-2 · Jan 2019 · 1/2
- 28th World Senior Chess Championship 2018 Open 65+ · Nov 2018 · 4½/11
- Rishon Fall 2018 Tuesdays · Oct – Nov 2018 · 2½/6
- 9th Kiryat Ono Summer Festival Open B · Jul 2018 · 2½/5
- Mark Center Tuesdays Spring 2018 A · May – Jun 2018 · 1/7
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion-Rehovot 2018 Round 8-9 · May 2018 · 1/1
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion-Rehovot 2018 Round 6-7 · Apr 2018 · 0/2
- 33rd Czerniak Memorial 2018 Open B · Apr 2018 · 4/5
- Rishon Lezion S60 Championship 2018 · Jan – Mar 2018 · 7½/9
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion-Rehovot 2018 Round 5 · Mar 2018 · 0/1
- Mark Center Winter 2018 A · Jan – Feb 2018 · 3/7
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion-Rehovot 2018 Round 3-4 · Feb 2018 · 2/2
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion-Rehovot 2018 Round 1-2 · Jan 2018 · 0/2
- Mark Center Autumn 2017 A · Oct – Dec 2017 · 2/7
- 2nd Zvi Bar-Shira Memorial 2017 · Oct – Dec 2017 · 3½/7
- 2nd Shlomo Smiltiner Memorial · Aug – Sep 2017 · 5/7
- 16th Memorial Kesarovski-Stanchev D seniors · Sep 2017 · 2/7
- Kfar Saba Weekend 2017 B · Jul 2017 · 1/5
- 20th Maccabia International Open · Jul 2017 · 4½/9
- Mark Center Spring 2017 A · May – Jun 2017 · 2½/7
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2017 Round 8-9 · May 2017 · 1/2
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2017 Round 7 · Apr 2017 · 0/1
- 32nd Czerniak Memorial Festival Open B · Apr 2017 · 3½/5
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2017 Round 5-6 · Mar 2017 · 0/2
- Mark Center Tuesdays Winter 2017 A · Jan – Mar 2017 · 3/7
- Rishon Lezion Seniors Championship 2017 · Jan – Mar 2017 · 6/9
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2017 Round 3-4 · Feb 2017 · 2/2
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2017 Round 1-2 · Jan 2017 · 2/2
- 1st Zvi Bar-Shira Memorial 2016-17 · Nov 2016 – Jan 2017 · 6/9
- Mark Centre Tuesdays Autumn 2016 A · Nov – Dec 2016 · 2/6
- World Senior Championship 2016 - Open 65 · Nov 2016 · 6½/11
- 1st Shlomo Smiltiner Memorial 2016 · Aug – Oct 2016 · 5½/9
- 34th Kfar Saba Weekend Igal Guzman Memorial C · Jul 2016 · 3/4
- Gideon Japhet Memorial ACP Open 2016 C · Jul 2016 · 4/5
- 58th Shah Kait Festival · Jun – Jul 2016 · 4½/6
- Mark Center Spring 2016 B · May – Jun 2016 · 5½/7
- Rishon Lezion Spring 2016 B · May – Jun 2016 · 3/7
- 31st Czerniak Memorial Festival Open B · Apr 2016 · 2/5
- Rishon Lezion championship Moti Shapira Memorial 2016 A · Jan – Mar 2016 · 2/9
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2016 Round 5-6 · Mar 2016 · 0/2
- Mark Centre Winter 2016 A · Jan – Mar 2016 · 2½/6
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2016 Round 3-4 · Feb 2016 · 0/2
- Liga Bet Rishon Lezion 2016 Round 1-2 · Jan 2016 · ½/2
- National Championship Quarterfinal 2015 Rishon Lezion B · Oct – Dec 2015 · 4/10
- World Senior Championship 2015 - over 50 · Nov 2015 · 3½/11
- National Championship 1-8 final 2015 Rishon Lezion Group 2 · Jul – Aug 2015 · 5½/9
- Kfar Saba Weekend 2015 B · Aug 2015 · 1/5
- Kiryat Ono Summer 2015 Open B · Jul 2015 · 3/5
- 57th Shah-Kait Festival Open B · Jun – Jul 2015 · 5/6
- Mark Centre Spring 2015 · May – Jun 2015 · 3½/7
- 30th Czerniak Memorial Open B · Apr 2015 · 2½/5
- Mark Center Winter 2015 · Jan – Feb 2015 · 2/6
- Mark Center Autumn 2014 · Oct – Dec 2014 · 3½/7
- M.Chigorin Memorial 2014 · Oct 2014 · 2/9
- Israel Seniors Championship (North) 2014 · Oct 2014 · 2½/6
- Petach Tikva Summer 2014 · Aug – Sep 2014 · 1½/6
- CZECH OPEN 2014 - B - open rating tournament · Jul 2014 · 3½/9
- Science Park Chess Tournament 2014 - groep B · Jul 2014 · 4/9
- Mark Center Spring 2014 · May – Jul 2014 · 2½/7
- 29th Czerniak Festival Open B · Apr 2014 · 1½/5
- Winter 2014 Mark Centre · Jan – Mar 2014 · 3½/7
- 23rd World Senior Chess Championship - Open · Nov 2013 · 3½/11
- Macabbiah 2013 Open · Jul 2013 · 4½/9
- FC St.Pauli Schachopen 2013 B · Jul 2013 · 4/8
- Mark Centre Pesach B 2013 · Mar 2013 · 2½/5
- 13th European Senior Chess Championship · Mar 2013 · 3½/9
- Rishon Championship 2013 · Jan 2013 · 3/9
- Stav Rishon 2012 · Sep 2012 · 2/9
- European Senior Chess Championship 2012 · Aug 2012 · 3½/9
- Israel Seniors 2012 Championship · Jul 2012 · 2/6
- Spring Rishon 2012 · Apr 2012 · 2/8
- Winter Mark Centre 2012 · Jan 2012 · 1½/7
- Stav Mark Centre 2011 · Nov 2011 · 2½/7
- Stav Rishon 2011 · Sep 2011 · 2½/8
- Czech Open 2011 - C - open rating tournament · Jul 2011 · 4/9
- ISR Seniors Champ. 2011 · Jul 2011 · 2½/8
- Spring Rishon 2011 · May 2011 · 1/6
- Aeroflot open 2011 C · Feb 2011 · 1½/8
- Winter 2011 Mark Centre · Jan 2011 · 0/3
- Stav 2010 Mark Centre · Oct 2010 · 3½/7
- Czech Open 2010 - C · Jul 2010 · 4/9
- Summer Kiryat-Uno 2010 · Jul 2010 · 1½/5
- Ashdod Festival 2009 · Dec 2009 · 3/7
- Stav 2009 Mark Centre · Oct 2009 · 2½/7
- Givataiim Kaitz 2009 · Jul 2009 · 1/7
- Maccabiah 2009 Intl Open · Jul 2009 · 4/8
- Shah Kait 2009 · Jun 2009 · 2/7
- Spring 2009 Mark Centre · May 2009 · 3/7
- Winter 2008 Mark Centre · Jan 2008 · 1/5
- 4th Ashdod Festival · Dec 2007 · 3/7
- 11.Offene Internat.Bayerische Meisterschaft · Nov 2007 · 4/9
- Club Champ. 2007 · Jan 2007 · 1½/7
World
- #=283685Timothy Zhu1711
- #=283685Jozef Zienowicz1711
- #=283685Victor Zilbershtein1711
- #=283685Petar Zlatanov1711
- #=283685Jure Zlicar1711
Israel
- #=2334Michael Roze1712
- #=2334Gal Ravid1712
- #=2341Victor Zilbershtein1711
- #=2341Djakhangir Khamidov1711
- #=2341Vyacheslav Vinarsky1711
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.