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Katkov, Michelle

WFM🇮🇱

FIDEFIDE 2816393· Female· Israel· Born in 2003

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Michelle Katkov, a 23-year-old Israeli Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2106 and sitting in the top 3% of women worldwide. She is on a steady climb with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Israeli Women's National League 2026, Artzit A 2026 4, and Artzit A 2026 2-3. Also played 2 rapid events (including Israeli Cup 2025) recently. Her peak of 2220 was reached at age 19 (Nov 2022).

Awarded WFM in 2017 (age 14). Earned a WGM norm at European Individual CC 2022. At junior level, she reached #9, #11, #9, #20 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2106

Standard

Rpd1941·Blz2052

All-time high

2220

114 pts below
Nov 2022 · age 19

Activity

39

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#721 · women worldwide · of 23,136

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Jun 2026
2024
76th Israeli 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2128
Apr 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Nov 2023
9th Israeli U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2220
Jan 2023
2022
All-time peak 2220
at age 19 · −114 from today
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
May 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
Israeli Women's National League 2026
perf 2253 (+147) · 4/6 · #10
Top opponent
vs Yuliya ShvaygerIM 2,340
Israeli Women's National League 2026 · May 2026 · +5.9 Elo
Evolution
+55
20512106
Tournaments
8
25 games
Score
16/ 2564.0%
12W8D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
May 20264/6#102253+37.8
Open Swiss
May 20261/1#62956+13.2
Open Swiss
Apr 20260.5/1#181982-1.6
Open Swiss
Jan 20261/1#312744+7.4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#241978-1.6
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/7#172114+14.4
Swiss
Sep 20254/7#102009-5.2
Open Swiss
Jul 20250/1#61311-8.4

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Israel
#256
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#10,777
in continent
World
#14,855
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Israel
1
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2,635
2
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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
...
256🇮🇱Katkov, Michelle2,106
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
...
10777🇮🇱Katkov, Michelle2,106
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
...
14855🇮🇱Katkov, Michelle2,106