List of Israeli chess players

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Boris Gulko won both the Soviet championship and the US championship.

The list of Israeli chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the Israeli Chess Association (or before the establishment of the State of Israel for the Association of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine ) and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

  • Winner of one of the following FIDE titles: Grand Master , Honorary Grand Master , International Master , Grand Master of Women , Honorary Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
  • Holder of one of the following ICCF titles: Grand Master, Honored International Master, International Master, Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
  • Winning a national individual championship (including the championships of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine);
  • Winning a Chess Olympiad;
  • a historical Elo rating of at least 2500 (before the Elo rating was introduced in July 1971).

General

In local chess, 44 grandmasters, 59 international masters (including three women with Angela Borsuk , Masha Klinova and Yuliya Naiditsch ), 5 women grandmasters and 10 international women champions are eligible to play for the Israeli Chess Federation. Ten grandmasters, seven international masters (including the only woman Jelena Dembo ) and two women grandmasters are no longer eligible to play for the Israeli Chess Federation, three grandmasters, three international masters and two women grandmasters have already passed away. An international master is only allowed to play in correspondence chess for the Israeli federation. In the women's competition of the 1976 Chess Olympiad , the Israeli selection won with Alla Kuschnir , Luba Kristol , Olga Podrazhanskaya and Lea Nudelman . Israel Zilber achieved an historic Elo rating of 2564 in December 1963.

In correspondence chess, eight Israeli players have earned the title of Grand Master, nine that of Merited International Master, ten that of International Master and one that of Women's Grand Master. Of these, two Grand Masters, one Honored International Master and two International Masters have already passed away. Luba Kristol won the third and fifth correspondence chess world championships for women, Michail Gowbinder won the sixth European correspondence chess championship.

The Israeli individual championship (including the six championships of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine) was played 38 times, the Israeli women's championship 30 times. The record champion is Josef Porath with six titles, Luba Kristol won the women's competition most often with five titles.

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The following table contains this information:

  • Name : gives the name of the player.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
  • FIDE : Names the player's highest FIDE title (GM = Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = FIDE Women's Master)
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • ICCF : Names the highest ICCF title of the player (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master, LGM = Grand Master of Women).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded.
  • Title : states the number of individual Israeli championships won (including the championships of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine).
  • Title (Women) : Indicates the number of Israeli individual championships won by women.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).

The list is current as of May 7, 2020.

Surname Life dates FIDE year ICCF year title Title (women) other associations
Yochanan Afek 1952 IN THE 1993 0 0
Alexander Alyonkin 1963 IN THE 1999 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1998, since 2000)
Izak Aloni 1905-1985 3 0 Poland (until 1945)
Boris Alterman 1970 GM 1992 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Vladimir Alterman 1942 IN THE 1994 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1985)
Bela Atnilov 1989 0 1
Boris Awruch 1978 GM 1997 2 0 Kazakhstan (until 1995)
Pinchas Azar 1946 SIM 2002 0 0
Oleksandr Bagrationi 1990 GM 2014 0 0 Ukraine (until 2020)
Roman Bar 1982 IN THE 2002 0 0
Tal Baron 1992 GM 2011 0 0
Valery At 1950 GM 1994 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990), Austria (since 2011)
Ido Ben Artzi 1994 IN THE 2015 0 0
Mark Berkowitsch 1952 IN THE 1991 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990)
Vladimir Birarov 1970 IN THE 2002 0 0
Nathan Birnboim 1950 IN THE 1978 3 0
Igor Bitensky 1981 IN THE 2003 0 0
Abram pale 1896-1971 1 0 Poland (until 1931)
Uri Blass 1967 GM 2011 0 0
Yaacov Bleiman 1947-2004 IN THE 1971 0 0
Inon Boim 1971 IN THE 2001 0 0
Angela Borsuk 1967 IN THE 2008 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1999)
Avital Boruchovsky 1997 GM 2014 0 0
Ilya Botvinnik 1960 IN THE 2000 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Belarus (1993–1997)
Irina Botvinnik 1961 WFM 1998 0 1 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Belarus (1993–1999)
Or Bronstein 2001 IN THE 2019 0 0
Ofer Bruk 1968 IN THE 1990 0 0
Anatoly Bykhovsky 1988 GM 2010 0 0
Israel Caspi 1989 IN THE 2008 0 0
Oleksandr Chusman 1962 GM 1991 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1994)
Moshe Czerniak 1910-1984 IN THE 1952 3 0 Poland (until 1934)
Ilana David Glaz 1961 WIM 1982 0 1
Nigel Davies 1960 GM 1993 0 0 England (before 1991, 1993-2015), Wales (before 1991, since 2015)
Jelena Dembo 1983 IN THE 2003 0 0 Hungary (2000-2004), Greece (since 2004)
Eyal German 1973 IN THE 2013 0 0
Yoav Dothan 1955 GM 2004 0 0
Roman Dzindzichashvili 1944 GM 1977 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1976), United States (since 1980)
Marsel Efroimski 1995 WGM 2016 0 0
Michael Elent SIM 2012 0 0
Daniel Elyakim 1953 GM 2003 0 0
Sergey Erenburg 1983 GM 2003 1 0 Russia (until 1998), United States (since 2013)
Alexander Finkel 1975 GM 1995 0 0
Klara Friedman 1920 WIM 1966 0 3
Lidia Gal 0 1
Yan Galburd 1992 IN THE 2019 0 0
Boris Gelfand 1968 GM 1989 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Belarus (1992–1998)
Uzi Geller 1931 1 0
Anna Gershnik 1975 WGM 1995 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990), United States (since 2005)
Alik Gershon 1980 GM 2000 1 0
Leonid Gerzhoy 1987 IN THE 2003 0 0 Canada (since 2007)
Bella Gesser 1985 WGM 2004 0 1 Russia (until 2001)
Genia Gevenda 0 1
Asaf Givon 1994 IN THE 2013 0 0
Moshe Glazman GM 2010 0 0
Dmitri Godes 1939 IN THE 1988 GM 1984 0 0 Russia (Nahschach)
Leonid Gofshtein 1953-2015 GM 1993 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990)
Alexander Goldin 1964 GM 1989 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1998), United States (since 2001)
Vitali Golod 1971 GM 1996 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1995)
Dmitry Gooshchin 1982 GM 2011 0 0
Mikhail Gowbinder 1924-2006 IN THE 1976 0 0 Soviet Union
Michael Granski SIM 2011 0 0
Alon Greenfeld 1964 GM 1989 1 0
Eyal Grinberg 1998 IN THE 2016 0 0
Yehuda Grünfeld 1956 GM 1980 2 0
Boris Gulko 1947 GM 1976 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1986), United States (since 1987)
Andrei Gurbanov 1986 IN THE 2015 0 0 Belarus (until 2014)
Olga Gutmakher 1987 WIM 2004 0 3
Lev Gutman 1945 GM 1986 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1978), Germany (since 1990)
Valley Haimovich 1975 IN THE 2005 0 0
Abir Har-Even 1947 GM 1998 0 0
Ronen Har-Zvi 1976 GM 1995 0 0
Leonid Judassin 1959 GM 1990 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)
Irina Judassina 1964 0 1 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1994)
Shimon Kagan 1942 IN THE 1969 2 0
Avraham Kaldor 1947 IN THE 1975 0 0
Pinchas Kantarji 1977 IN THE 2015 0 0
Boris Chancellor 1962 GM 1999 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Kyrgyzstan (1993–1998)
Sasha Kaplan 1987 IN THE 2007 0 0
Alexander Kaspi 1964 IN THE 1993 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)
Avi Keter IN THE 1998 0 0
Igor Khenkin 1968 GM 1992 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993, 1998), Germany (since 1999)
Ilya Khmelniker 1985 GM 2011 0 0
Michael Klenburg 1977 IN THE 2003 0 0 Ukraine (until 2014)
Masha Klinova 1968 IN THE 2002 0 2 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Ori Kobo 1997 GM 2017 0 0
Arthur Kogan 1974 GM 1998 0 0
Yona Kosashvili 1970 GM 1994 0 0
Mikhail Kostromin 1987 IN THE 2008 0 0
Yair Kraidman 1932 GM 1976 0 0
Alexander Krayz 1973 IN THE 1995 0 0
Luba Kristol 1944 WIM 1989 LGM 1990 0 5 Soviet Union (until 1976)
Alexander customer 1981 IN THE 2004 0 0
Baruch Kuperman SIM 2001 0 0
Alla Kuschnir 1941-2013 WGM 1976 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1973)
Michal Lahav 1999 WIM 2019 0 0
Leon Lederman 1947 IN THE 1976 0 0
Ronen Lev 1968 GM 1994 0 0
Vladimir Liberson 1937-1996 GM 1965 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1974)
Rivka Lichtenfeld 1928 0 1
Eran Liss 1975 GM 1995 1 0
Gaby Livshits 1985 IN THE 2003 0 0
Ilan Manor 1969 GM 1996 0 0
Boris Marjasin 1950 IN THE 1999 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Yaacov Mashian 1938 0 0 Iran (until 1971), Switzerland (1972–1975)
Alexander Michalewski 1958 IN THE 1993 0 0
Viktor Michalewski 1972 GM 1996 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Vadim Milov 1972 GM 1993 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Switzerland (since 1996)
Alon Mindlin 1996 IN THE 2016 0 0
Gur Mittelman 1973 IN THE 1997 0 0
Jacob Murey 1941 GM 1987 IN THE 1970 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1977), France (1987–1994)
Tamir Nabaty 1991 GM 2011 1 0
Yuliya Naiditsch 1994 IN THE 2017 0 0 Ukraine (until 2012)
Eylon Nakar 1993 IN THE 2012 0 0
Vitaly Neimer 1988 IN THE 2010 0 0
Jakow Neistadt 1923 SIM 2003 0 0 Soviet Union
Lea Nudelman 0 0
Michael Oratovsky 1974 GM 2002 0 0
Itamar Oren IN THE 2002 0 0
Menachem Oren 1903-1962 1 0 Poland (until 1949)
Alfred Orlyansky IN THE 1998 0 0
Yair Parkhov 2002 IN THE 2020 0 0
Michael Pasman 1960 IN THE 2013 0 0
Giora Peli 1936 SIM 2002 0 0
Ella Pitam 1977 WGM 1997 0 1
Olga Podrashanskaya 1948 WIM 1982 0 3 Soviet Union (before 1974, at least until 1968), United States (1985–1988)
Gil Popilski 1993 GM 2013 0 0
Ido Porat 1987 IN THE 2009 0 0
Maya Porat 1991 WIM 2011 0 0
Shay Porat 1985 IN THE 2004 0 0
Josef Porath 1909-1996 IN THE 1952 6th 0 German Empire (until 1934)
Edward Porper 1963 IN THE 1991 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990), Canada (since 2008)
Evgeny Postny 1981 GM 2002 0 0
Lev Psachis 1958 GM 1982 1 0 Soviet Union (until 1989)
Alexander Rabinovich 1978 IN THE 1998 0 0 Canada (since 2012)
Sima Rabinovitz Forman 0 1
Frida Rabinovitz Shahar 0 1
Itchak Radashkovich 1947 IN THE 1976 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1993)
George Rajna 1947 IN THE 1977 0 0 Hungary (until 1990)
Danny Raznikov 1993 GM 2015 0 0
Gad Rechlis 1967 GM 1990 1 0
Mordechai Rechtman 1926 IN THE 2002 0 0
Omer Reshef 1997 IN THE 2015 0 0
Nati Ribshtein 1979 IN THE 2005 0 0
Maxim Rodshtein 1989 GM 2007 1 0
Michael Roiz 1983 GM 2003 0 0
Nadejda Roizen 1969 WIM 1993 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Moldova (1992–1997)
Julis Rosenstein IN THE 1995 0 0
Dov Rozenberg SIM 2002 0 0
Tatiana Satulovskaya 1935-2017 WGM 1976 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2002)
Leonid Shamkowitsch 1922-2005 GM 1965 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1974), United States (from 1979)
Arkady Shevelev 1951 IN THE 1998 0 0
Yuri Schismer 1981 IN THE 2003 0 0 Ukraine (until 2019)
Eitan Schreiber SIM 2002 0 0
Israel Shrentzel 1961 IN THE 1988 0 0
Eliahu Shvidler 1959 IN THE 1985 0 0
Ilya Sidorenko 1988 IN THE 2010 0 0
Yaacov Sivan 1973 IN THE 1995 0 0
Klara Skegina 1937-2007 WIM 1971 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)
Ilia Smirin 1968 GM 1990 2 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Ram Soffer 1965 GM 1994 0 0
Nitzan Steinberg 1998 GM 2017 0 0
Emil Sutovsky 1977 GM 1996 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1991)
Yan Teplitsky 1975 IN THE 1996 0 0 Russia (until 1994), Canada (since 1996)
Dimitri Tyomkin 1977 GM 2001 0 0 Canada (since 2002)
Maxim Uritzky 1972 IN THE 1996 0 0
Shlomit Vardi 1969 0 1
Itzhak Veinger 1938-1999 FM 1980 GM 1995 0 0 Soviet Union (before 1978, at least until 1972)
Itzhak Vistinietzki 1910-2000 IN THE 1970 0 0 Lithuania (until 1940), Soviet Union (1940–1980)
Eli Vovsha 1985 IN THE 2002 0 0
Alik Vydeslaver 1975 IN THE 1995 0 0
Shimon Yalov IN THE 2013 0 0
Oda Nodel Yaron 0 1
Yaakov Yefremov SIM 2003 0 0
Uriel Zak 1959 IN THE 1991 0 0
Evgeny Zanan 1998 GM 2020 0 0 Russia (until 2014)
Mikhail Zaslavsky 1990 IN THE 2010 0 0
Mark Zeitlin 1943 GM 1997 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1989)
Ilya Zesarsky 1959 IN THE 1990 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1989)
Yuri Zhizmer 1981 IN THE 2003 0 0 Ukraine (until 2019)
Lyudmila Zifanskaya 1949 WIM 1996 0 2 Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1993)
Dov Zifroni 1976 GM 1999 0 0
Israel Zilber 1933 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1972), United States (since 1990)
Yaacov Zilberman 1954 GM 1998 0 0 Soviet Union (until 1990)
Yuri Zimmerman 1961 IN THE 1996 0 0 Russia (until 2000, since 2003), Hungary (2000–2002)
Dan Zoler 1974 GM 2011 0 0

See also

Web links

Commons : Israeli Chess Players  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Elo numbers from Israel Zilber on chessmetrics.com (English)
  2. ↑ Angela Borsuk has also had the WGM title since 1997.
  3. ↑ Jelena Dembo has also had the WGM title since 2001.
  4. ↑ Jelena Dembo once won the Hungarian women's championship.
  5. ↑ Roman Dzindzichashvili also won the United States championship twice.
  6. ↑ Boris Gulko won once the Soviet and twice the US championship.
  7. ↑ Igor Khenkin won the German individual championship once.
  8. ↑ Masha Klinova has also had the WGM title since 1996.
  9. ↑ Alla Kuschnir once won the Soviet women's championship.
  10. ↑ Yaacov Mashian won the Iranian individual championship once.
  11. ↑ Vadim Milov won the Swiss individual championship once.
  12. ↑ Yuliya Naiditsch has also had the WGM title since 2017.
  13. ↑ Lev Psachis also won the Soviet individual championship twice.
  14. ↑ Tatyana Satulovskaya once won the Soviet women's championship.
  15. ↑ From July 1973 to January 1978 and from July 1986 to 1989 Israel Zilber was not included in the rating list.