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Gruzman, Ilya
CM🇮🇱FIDE 2812703· Male· Israel· Born in 2002
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Ilya Gruzman, a 24-year-old Israeli Candidate Master, is rated 2182 — just 2 short of his peak of 2184 (Apr 2025, age 23) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2118 and 2184 over the past 2 years. 47 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026, Israel National Team Championship 2026 1-4, and Nat.ch. Quarter-final Haifa-Nesher 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Hello, winter) and 1 blitz events (including Michael Michlin Memorial Blitz) recently.
Awarded CM in 2022 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #17, #28, #20, #10 and #16 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2182
Standard
Rpd2009·Blz2016
All-time high
2184
−2 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 23
Apr 2025 · age 23
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
All-time peak 2184
at age 23 · −2 from today
Apr 2025
2024
61st Israeli 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 2183
Dec 2024
2022
CM title awardedCM
at age 20
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Nov 2022
17th Israeli U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2110
Jun 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+17
2165 → 2182
Tournaments
7
39 games
Score
23.5/ 3960.3%
17W13D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #51 | 2192 | -3.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #41 | 2956 | +22.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 8/9 | #2 | 2387 | +44.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/5 | #6 | 2015 | -16.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/5 | #6 | 2048 | -14.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/5 | #5 | 2093 | -9.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #6 | 2185 | +4.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRonit LevitanWFM
🇮🇱ISR·2131
+7 −5 =2
14 games·last met Aug 2030
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vsIlya Zuev
🇮🇱ISR·2062
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Apr 2029
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vsYotam ShohatIM
🇮🇱ISR·2402
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2030
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vsMikhail Linker
🇷🇺RUS·2246
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Dec 2028
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vsGiora Steiner-ProzhanskiFM
🇮🇱ISR·2303
+0 −2 =6
8 games·last met Dec 2026
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Rankings
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Israel
#183
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#6,470
in continent
World
#9,179
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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