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Kirsch, Yahel David
🇮🇱FIDE 2839156· Male· Israel· Born in 2009
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Yahel David Kirsch, a 17-year-old Israeli player, is rated 2086 — just 8 short of his peak of 2094 (May 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Artzit Hol 2026 4, Artzit Hol 2026 2-3, and Israeli Youth Championship Qualifiers Under 17. Also played 7 rapid (including Israeli Cup 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Dov Porat Memorial 2025 - Open Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #16, #8, #5, #5, #6 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2086
Standard
Rpd1948·Blz1947
All-time high
2094
−8 pts below
May 2025 · age 16
May 2025 · age 16
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#16,743 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
16th Israeli U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2086
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Mar 2026
2025
8th Israeli U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2094
May 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
May 2025
All-time peak 2094
at age 16 · −8 from today
May 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 15
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+36
2050 → 2086
Tournaments
9
34 games
Score
18/ 3452.9%
16W4D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 2861 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #24 | 2193 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #27 | 2846 | +23.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #14 | 1991 | +1.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #14 | 1841 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #11 | 2090 | +51.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #31 | 1983 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #27 | 2178 | +64.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/5 | #53 | 1188 | -118.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLev Lukovski
🇩🇪GER·1610
+6 −5 =0
11 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsEyal Friedlich
🇮🇱ISR·1777
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Jun 2027
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vsInbal Gavriel
🇮🇱ISR·1779
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsAzgad Yehoshua
🇮🇱ISR·1798
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsItay Tsafrir
🇮🇱ISR·2092
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2021
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Rankings
/
Israel
#290
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#12,191
in continent
World
#16,743
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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