Format
GA
Guz, Ari
FM🇮🇱FIDE 2825759· Male· Israel· Born in 2005
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Ari Guz, a 21-year-old Israeli FIDE Master, is rated 2344 — just 14 short of his peak of 2358 (Apr 2025, age 20) and sitting in the top 4% of Israeli players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Israel National Team Championship 2026 5-7 and Israel National Team Championship 2026 1-4. Also played 1 rapid (including Israeli Cup 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Shay Zarmi Memorial Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Israeli #75 in Mar 2025.
Awarded FM in 2020 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #65 in U16, World #83 in U14 and #8, #4, #5 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2344
Standard
Rpd2132·Blz2243
All-time high
2358
−14 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 20
Apr 2025 · age 20
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#79 · Israeli players · of 1,867
Career timeline
19 entries2025
8th Israeli U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2358
Apr 2025
All-time peak 2358
at age 20 · −14 from today
Apr 2025
Peak Israeli rank: #75
at age 20 · rated 2350
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Feb 2024
2022
4th Israeli U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2333
Mar 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 16
Jul 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-14
2358 → 2344
Tournaments
3
10 games
Score
4/ 1040.0%
1W6D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 1.5/4 | #72 | 2354 | +0.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #51 | 2283 | -5.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/3 | #95 | 2259 | -8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYahli SokolovskyGM
🇮🇱ISR·2567
+3 −6 =5
14 games·last met Mar 2029
View head-to-head →
vsRoee ZemachFM
🇮🇱ISR·2286
+3 −8 =3
14 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsYannay Ben AriIM
🇮🇱ISR·2468
+1 −6 =4
11 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsYuval YanivIM
🇮🇱ISR·2451
+1 −1 =8
10 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsBenny AizenbergIM
🇮🇱ISR·2466
+3 −4 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Israel
#79
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#1,844
in continent
World
#2,838
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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