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Tsafrir, Itay
🇮🇱FIDE 2828715· Male· Israel· Born in 2007
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Itay Tsafrir, a 19-year-old Israeli player, is rated 2092 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +118 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Israeli Championship Quarterfinal Shoham 2026, Artzit A 2026 4, and Artzit A 2026 2-3. Also played 9 rapid (including Israeli Cup 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 15th Kiryat Ono Summer Festival Blitz Championship) recently.
At junior level, he reached #14, #14, #25, #26 and #82 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2092
Standard
Rpd2011·Blz2091
All-time high
2092
at best
Jun 2026 · age 19
Jun 2026 · age 19
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,149 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
14th Israeli U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2092
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2092
at age 19
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
14th Israeli U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2075
Aug 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+118
1974 → 2092
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
9/ 1369.2%
7W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 8.5/10 | #1 | 2174 | +25.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #18 | 2189 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #46 | 1328 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #59 | 1520 | -4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlon Cohen
🇮🇱ISR·2035
+4 −2 =4
10 games·last met May 2030
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vsEyal Friedlich
🇮🇱ISR·1777
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2030
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vsNathan Reznik
🇮🇱ISR·1831
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMark Freiman
🇮🇱ISR·1821
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsYahel David Kirsch
🇮🇱ISR·2086
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2021
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Rankings
/
Israel
#280
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#11,745
in continent
World
#16,149
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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