Format
BA
Bykhovsky, Anatoly
GM🇮🇱INACTIVE · since February 2025FIDE 2806991· Male· Israel· Born in 1988
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Anatoly Bykhovsky, a 38-year-old Israeli Grandmaster, is rated 2499 and ranked 13th among Israeli players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 23 rated games per year and took a 128-month break between May 2014 and Feb 2025. His peak of 2536 was reached at age 23 (Nov 2011); he also reached Israeli #15 in Jan 2012.
Awarded GM in 2010 (age 22), IM in 2008 (age 20), and FM in 2003 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #76 in U20, World #73 in U18, World #26 in U14 and #1 nationally in U16.
Current rating
2499
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2540
All-time high
2536
−37 pts below
Nov 2011 · age 23
Nov 2011 · age 23
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#13
#13 · Israeli players · of 1,914
Career timeline
21 entries2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2499 → still inactive
Feb 2025
2014
Inactive for 128 months
paused at 2496 → returned at 2499
May 2014
2012
500 career games
at age 24
Jul 2012
Peak Israeli rank: #15
at age 24 · rated 2536
Jan 2012
2011
All-time peak 2536
at age 23 · −37 from today
Nov 2011
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Jan 2011
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2499 → 2499
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaxim DlugyGM
🇺🇸USA·2496
+4 −6 =3
13 games·last met Nov 2017
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vsNicolas ChecaGM
🇺🇸USA·2507
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsMichael RohdeGM
🇺🇸USA·2207
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsAleksandr LendermanGM
🇺🇸USA·2462
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2017
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vsTamir NabatyGM
🇮🇱ISR·2613
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2009
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Rankings
/
Israel
#16
out of 2,241 players
Europe
#404
in continent
World
#596
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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