CChessStats
Format
PE

Pitam, Ella

WGM🇮🇱

FIDEFIDE 2802244· Female· Israel· Born in 1977

Follow Ella PitamTrack her monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Ella Pitam, a 49-year-old Israeli Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2143 and sitting in the top 2% of women worldwide. She plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2001–2003), 32 months (2005–2008), 13 months (2011–2012) and 139 months (2012–2024). Recent appearance: Israeli Women's National League 2026. Her peak of 2296 was reached at age 26 (Oct 2003); she also reached Israeli #92 in Jul 2009.

Awarded WGM in 2001 (age 24).

Current rating

2143

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2296

−153 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 26

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 2%

#549 · women worldwide · of 23,136

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 48
Mar 2025
2024
15th Israeli 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2241
Jun 2024
2012
Inactive for 139 months
paused at 2259 → returned at 2241
Sep 2012
2011
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2249 → returned at 2259
Jul 2011
2009
Peak Israeli rank: #92
at age 32 · rated 2287
Jul 2009
2005
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2291 → returned at 2295
Jul 2005

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Daria Dvoeglazova 1,707
Israeli Women's National League 2026 · May 2026 · +1.5 Elo
Evolution
-16
2159 → 2143
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
1W3D1L
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Israeli Women's National League 2026
Team
May 20262.5/5#301935-15.8
Worst Elo result: Israeli Women's National League 2026 (-15.8 Elo, finished #30).

Rankings

/
Israel
#220
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#8,460
in continent
World
#11,792
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Israel
1
🇮🇱Gelfand, BorisFollow Boris GelfandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,635
2
🇮🇱Sutovsky, EmilFollow Emil SutovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,602
3
🇮🇱Rodshtein, MaximFollow Maxim RodshteinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,595
4
🇮🇱Sokolovsky, YahliFollow Yahli SokolovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,567
5
🇮🇱Smirin, IliaFollow Ilia SmirinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,565
6
🇮🇱Steinberg, NitzanFollow Nitzan SteinbergTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,556
7
🇮🇱Gorshtein, IdoFollow Ido GorshteinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,553
8
🇮🇱Lomasov, SemyonFollow Semyon LomasovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,551
9
🇮🇱Postny, EvgenyFollow Evgeny PostnyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,527
10
🇮🇱Boruchovsky, AvitalFollow Avital BoruchovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
...
220🇮🇱Pitam, Ella2,143
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
8460🇮🇱Pitam, Ella2,143
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
11792🇮🇱Pitam, Ella2,143