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Steinberg, Nitzan

GM🇮🇱

FIDEFIDE 2801795· Male· Israel· Born in 1998

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Nitzan Steinberg, a 28-year-old Israeli Grandmaster, is rated 2556 — just 9 short of his peak of 2565 (Nov 2024, age 26) and ranked 6th among Israeli players, and 282nd worldwide. He has held steady between 2550 and 2575 for 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Israel National Team Championship 2026 5-7, Israel National Team Championship 2026 1-4, and 40th European Club Cup (open). Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool B) recently. He reached World #266 in Jan 2025 and has been in Israeli top 10 for 37 months and counting (2 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded GM in 2017 (age 19) and IM in 2013 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #17 in U20, World #30 in U18, World #11 in U16, World #7 in U14, World #2 in U12 and World #22 in U10.

Current rating

2556

Standard

Rpd2516·Blz2488

All-time high

2565

−9 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 26

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#6

#6 · Israeli players · of 1,914
National top 10 since Dec 2023

Career timeline

20 entries
2026
37 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 30 months · since Oct 2022
May 2026
2025
Peak Israeli rank: #6
at age 27 · rated 2554
Oct 2025
Peak World rank: #266
at age 27 · rated 2565
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 2565
at age 26 · −9 from today
Nov 2024
2018
500 career games
at age 20
Apr 2018
2017
GM title awardedGM
at age 19 · 88th FIDE Congress 2017
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Yangyi YuGM 2,720
40th European Club Cup (open) · Oct 2025 · +2.2 Elo
Evolution
+2
2554 → 2556
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
9.5/ 1467.9%
6W7D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsPentala HarikrishnaGM2,697·40th European Club Cup (open)·R4·-3.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Israel National Team Championship 2026 5-7
Team
Jan 20262/3#202504-1.4
Israel National Team Championship 2026 1-4
Team
Jan 20263/4#142573+1.1
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20254.5/7#1372549+1.9

Most-Played Opponents

vsAsaf GivonIM
🇮🇱ISR·2405
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Apr 2030
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vsAvigdor BykhovskyGM
🇮🇱ISR·2315
+8 −1 =3
12 games·last met Dec 2031
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vsVictor MikhalevskiGM
🇮🇱ISR·2487
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsDanny RaznikovGM
🇮🇱ISR·2447
+3 −5 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2014
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vsAndrei GurbanovIM
🇮🇱ISR·2221
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met Jun 2027
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Rankings

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Israel
#6
out of 2,241 players
Europe
#159
in continent
World
#282
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Israel
1
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2
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2,602
3
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2,595
4
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2,564
5
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2,562
62,556
7
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2,553
8
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2,551
9
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2,528
10
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2,514
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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2,708
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159🇮🇱Steinberg, Nitzan2,556
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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282🇮🇱Steinberg, Nitzan2,556