CChessStats
Format
KM

Kunin, Michael

🇮🇱

FIDEFIDE 2805936· Male· Israel· Born in 1954

Follow Michael KuninTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Michael Kunin, a 72-year-old Israeli player, is rated 1983. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 14-month break between Jan 2007 and Apr 2008. Recent appearances: Artzit A 2026 2-3 and Artzit A 2026 1. Also played 1 rapid event (including Israeli Cup 2025) recently. His peak of 2247 was reached at age 53 (Jan 2007).

Current rating

1983

Standard

Rpd2017·Blz2207

All-time high

2247

−264 pts below
Jan 2007 · age 53

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#30,310

#30,310 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
20th Israeli 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2017
May 2025
2020
9th Israeli 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2139
Oct 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 64
Jun 2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 64
Mar 2018
2016
16th Israeli 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 2160
Mar 2016
2012
100 career games
at age 58
Mar 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Simyon Dinkin 2,006
Artzit A 2026 5 · May 2026 · +0.7 Elo
Evolution
-21
2004 → 1983
Tournaments
3
4 games
Score
0.5/ 412.5%
0W1D3L
Top 1 win
1.[D]vsSimyon Dinkin2,006·Artzit A 2026 5·R5·+0.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDoron Ben-Shemesh1,945·Artzit A 2026 2-3·R3·-11.1
2.[L]vsOfir Dvir2,060·Artzit A 2026 1·R1·-8.2
3.[L]vsMaksim Epelbaum2,309·Artzit A 2026 2-3·R2·-2.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Artzit A 2026 5
Open Swiss
May 20260.5/1#252006+0.6
Artzit A 2026 2-3
Open Swiss
Jan 20260/2#581327-14.4
Artzit A 2026 1
Team
Jan 20260/1#431260-8.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsBoris KantslerGM
🇮🇱ISR·2330
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2031
View head-to-head →
vsPavel Yartsev
🇮🇱ISR·2049
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2026
View head-to-head →
vsMatan GorodetzkyFM
🇮🇱ISR·2313
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2018
View head-to-head →
vsRam SofferGM
🇮🇱ISR·2429
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2016
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Israel
#440
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#22,395
in continent
World
#30,309
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
...
440🇮🇱Kunin, Michael1,983
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
...
22395🇮🇱Kunin, Michael1,983
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
...
30309🇮🇱Kunin, Michael1,983