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Gal, Yoav
🇮🇱FIDE 2834065· Male· Israel· Born in 2008
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Yoav Gal, a 18-year-old Israeli player, is rated 1832 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bet Merkaz Shabbat 2026 4-5, Bet Merkaz Shabbat 2026 2-3, and Artzit 2026 D 6-7.
At junior level, he reached #42, #37, #29, #42 and #30 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1832
Standard
Rpd1659·Blz1566
All-time high
1832
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#66,617
#66,617 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
42nd Israeli U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1832
May 2026
All-time peak 1832
at age 18
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2026
2024
37th Israeli U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1737
Mar 2024
Best 12-month gain (+347 Elo)
1390 → 1737
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+63
1769 → 1832
Tournaments
7
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
8W0D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2521 | +14.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2770 | +29.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2591 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #9 | 2507 | +18.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #23 | 948 | -19.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #31 | 782 | -30.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/1 | #71 | 2460 | +5.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNoam Ater-Datz
🇮🇱ISR·1556
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2026
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vsYaniv Medovoy
🇮🇱ISR·2128
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2026
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vsMatan Schmeisser
🇮🇱ISR·1636
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsInbal Gavriel
🇮🇱ISR·1779
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsShachar Goz
🇮🇱ISR·2016
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
Israel
#760
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#48,565
in continent
World
#66,616
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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