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Klein, Rafael

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FIDEFIDE 2808846· Male· Israel· Born in 1955

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Rafael Klein, a 71-year-old Israeli player, is rated 1680. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 44 months (2005–2009), 61 months (2009–2014) and 123 months (2014–2025). Recent appearances: Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026 and Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B. Also played 3 rapid events (including Kiryat Bialik Community Center Cup in Rapid Chess 2025) recently. His peak of 1806 was reached at age 49 (Jul 2004).

Current rating

1680

Standard

Rpd1572·Blz1684

All-time high

1806

−126 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 49

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#117,165

#117,165 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
62nd Israeli 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1680
Jun 2026
2025
69th Israeli 65-70 player
at age 70 · rated 1700
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 69
Mar 2024
2014
41st Israeli 55-60 player
at age 59 · rated 1544
Nov 2014
Inactive for 123 months
paused at 1544 → returned at 1700
Nov 2014
2009
Inactive for 61 months
paused at 1559 → returned at 1544
Sep 2009

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Adam Tenenbaum 1,619
Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B · Sep 2025 · +8.0 Elo
Evolution
-20
1700 → 1680
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
6/ 1637.5%
5W2D9L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsAdam Tenenbaum1,619·Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B·R5·+8.0
2.[W]vsMark Smolyar1,503·Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B·R2·+5.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYurii Khokhlov1,584·Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B·R7·-12.9
2.[L]vsRon Shinkarenko1,637·Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B·R6·-11.5
3.[L]vsOfer Kinberg2,014·Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026·R4·-2.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/3#892249-8.0
Autumn 2025 Haifa-Nesher B
Swiss
Sep 20253.5/4#61924-12.2

Rankings

/
Israel
#1,230
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#81,561
in continent
World
#117,160
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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7
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10
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1230🇮🇱Klein, Rafael1,680
Europe
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9
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World
1
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2
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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117160🇮🇱Klein, Rafael1,680