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Chernyak, Viktoria
WGM🇮🇱FIDE 24165956· Female· Israel· Born in 1997
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Viktoria Chernyak, a 29-year-old Israeli Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2191 and ranked 395th among women worldwide. She is progressing steadily with +53 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent appearances: PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open and S: 14th SPLIT OPEN: CHESS FESTIVAL 2025. Also played 9 rapid (including JERUSALEM OPEN 2025) and 13 blitz events (including A.Tolush Team Blitz Cup 2026) recently. Her peak of 2329 was reached at age 23 (Dec 2020); she also reached Israeli #92 in Feb 2020.
Competes for Israel since Jun 2025. Awarded WGM in 2020 (age 23) and WFM in 2014 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #6, #8, #9 and #12 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2191
Standard
Rpd2059·Blz2082
All-time high
2329
−138 pts below
Dec 2020 · age 23
Dec 2020 · age 23
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Women #395
#395 · women worldwide · of 23,136
Career timeline
25 entries2025
Switched federation: FID → ISR
at age 28
Jun 2025
2024
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 27
Nov 2024
2020
All-time peak 2329
at age 23 · −138 from today
Dec 2020
WGM title awardedWGM
at age 23 · 90th FIDE Congress 2019
Apr 2020
Peak Israeli rank: #92
at age 23 · rated 2325
Feb 2020
Crossed 2300
at age 23
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+29
2162 → 2191
Tournaments
3
30 games
Score
17.5/ 3058.3%
11W13D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/10 | #128 | 2308 | +12.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #64 | 2161 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDaria YurasovaWFM
🇷🇺RUS·2124
+12 −5 =3
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlina BalaianWIM
🇷🇺RUS·2242
+2 −9 =7
18 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsArina KiselevaWFM
🇭🇷CRO·2141
+9 −1 =6
16 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsAlena ZavgorodniayaWFM
🇷🇺RUS·2119
+8 −1 =7
16 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsRenata ShakirovaWFM
🇷🇺RUS·1958
+8 −3 =5
16 games·last met Mar 2018
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Rankings
/
Israel
#178
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#6,103
in continent
World
#8,674
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Israel
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| 178 | 2,191 | |
Europe
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World
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| 8674 | 2,191 | |