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ISR · 31 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2362 (Oct 2022)

Best performance: 2356 at ZMDI-Blitz zum 22.Dresdner Schachsommer 2013(Best of 2013)

World #=6955Israel #=118among all players, November list

Blitz rating

2239

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2013 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating unchanged at 2239 over the last 12 months; peak 2362 in October 2022.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262345, +1, 6 games2266, +6, 4 games2239, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262344, +4, 8 games2260, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262340, -20, 9 games2260, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262360, 0, 0 games2260, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262360, -20, 11 games2260, -38, 9 games2239, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262380, -6, 5 games2298, -3, 9 games2239, 0, 0 games
May 20262386, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262386, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262386, -11, 2 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262397, +22, 11 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262375, -9, 9 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252384, 0, 0 games2301, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2470 of 2500, live 2345composition opendetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 5 games (4 wins, 1 draw), since Jun 14, 2025.

From 186 blitz games on record, the latest on Jun 14, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool BJun 14, 2025TPR 22675/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2470, needs 2500

Composition: next norm must come from a qualifying open (Swiss with 40+ players, national championship final, or similar)

Composition: next norm must be earned with the usual foreign-opponent mix (not under a national championship or similar exemption)

Israel National League 2024Mar 20246½/9

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Blitz

From 171 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Kateryna Lagno, Dec 2021 · World Blitz Chess Championship 2021 - Women, 2592
2, GM Matthias Bluebaum, Aug 2013 · ZMDI-Blitz zum 22.Dresdner Schachsommer 2013, 2513
3, IM Michal Konopka, Aug 2013 · ZMDI-Blitz zum 22.Dresdner Schachsommer 2013, 2485

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 14 of 186 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 8 of 8 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
French Defense333%

5 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

17 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2025191320742207
2024197½21082028
2022412321212164
20212612½21042090
20181910½21202156
201711720972199
20168419841984
2013211122692283

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Marsel Efroimski · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=6955IM Igor Dmitriev2239
  2. #=6955WGM Kateryna Dolzhykova2239
  3. #=6955IM Marsel Efroimski2239
  4. #=6955FM Robert Fakhretdinov2239
  5. #=6955FM Oystein Boyum Fossum2239

Israel

  1. #117GM Avigdor Bykhovsky2240
  2. #=118IM Masha Klinova2239
  3. #=118IM Marsel Efroimski2239
  4. #=118Aleksey G. Frolov2239
  5. #121FM Mordechai Shrentzel2238

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.