Question 1

How many FIDE-rated chess players are in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Israel has 2,469 active FIDE-rated chess players.

Question 2

How many Grandmasters are in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Israel has 46 FIDE Grandmasters (GM and WGM).

Question 3

How many International Masters are in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Israel has 70 FIDE International Masters (IM and WIM).

Question 4

How many FIDE Masters are in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Israel has 76 FIDE Masters (FM and WFM).

Question 5

How many titled players are in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Israel has 209 titled players in total (GMs, IMs, FMs and CMs).

Question 6

Who is the best chess player in Israel?

Accepted Answer

The highest-rated chess player from Israel is Gelfand, Boris (GM), with a standard rating of 2635.

Question 7

What is the highest FIDE rating in Israel?

Accepted Answer

The highest standard FIDE rating in Israel is 2635, held by Gelfand, Boris.

Question 8

What is the average rating of the top 10 chess players in Israel?

Accepted Answer

The average standard rating of the top 10 players in Israel is 2565.

Question 9

Where can I find Israel chess rankings?

Accepted Answer

Full Israel chess rankings, rating history and statistics are available on ChessStats at https://chessstats.app/federation/ISR.

#	Player	STD ↓	RPD	BLZ	+/-1m
1	Gelfand, BorisGM58a· 0p	2 635	2 625	2 580	0
2	Sutovsky, EmilGM49a· 0p	2 602	2 586	2 524	0
3	Rodshtein, MaximGM37a· 5p	2 598	2 574	2 509	-8
4	Smirin, IliaGM58a· 0p	2 562	2 478	2 508	0
5	Sokolovsky, YahliGM20a· 3p	2 559	2 420	2 424	+4
6	Steinberg, NitzanGM28a· 0p	2 556	2 516	2 488	0
7	Lomasov, SemyonGM24a· 0p	2 551	2 550	2 485	0
8	Gorshtein, IdoGM24a· 0p	2 549	2 516	2 435	0
9	Postny, EvgenyGM45a· 2p	2 528	2 526	2 539	-7
10	Alekseev, EvgenyGM41a· 0p	2 510	2 565	2 494	0

Israel

Titled players — 209