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Meirovich, Ilay
🇮🇱FIDE 2841649· Male· Israel· Born in 2008
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Ilay Meirovich, a 18-year-old Israeli player, is rated 2253 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 90 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Ramat Gan 2150 Group B, and Artzit B 2026 2-3. Also played 14 rapid (including JERUSALEM OPEN 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Dugo Blitz 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #6 and #36 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2253
Standard
Rpd2157·Blz2091
All-time high
2253
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
98 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#349 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Jul 2025
6th Israeli U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2233
Apr 2025
All-time peak 2233
at age 17 · −19 from today
Apr 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Feb 2025
2024
4th Israeli U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2175
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
2202 → 2253
Tournaments
18
85 games
Score
50/ 8558.8%
36W28D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/11 | #224 | 2231 | +24.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #20 | 2032 | -19.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #3 | 2234 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #28 | 2108 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #48 | 2218 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #37 | 1378 | -18.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2392 | +58.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #3 | 2250 | +34.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #31 | 2220 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #3 | 2212 | +49.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYonathan UritskyFM
🇮🇱ISR·2319
+4 −10 =5
19 games·last met Aug 2029
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vsYoav DuchanCM
🇮🇱ISR·2192
+4 −4 =5
13 games·last met Oct 2031
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vsYonatan Weber
🇮🇱ISR·1985
+4 −4 =4
12 games·last met Sep 2029
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vsAdi MenahemFM
🇮🇱ISR·2316
+1 −5 =6
12 games·last met Aug 2029
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vsYair Bodenshtein
🇮🇱ISR·2018
+6 −5 =1
12 games·last met Oct 2027
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Rankings
/
Israel
#130
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#3,900
in continent
World
#5,723
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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