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Zakin, Lior
🇮🇱FIDE 2853841· Male· Israel· Born in 2013
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Lior Zakin, a 13-year-old Israeli player, is rated 2102 — his current career high and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide under 14, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +268 Elo over the past 12 months. 89 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Artzit A 2026 4, European Individual Chess Championship 2026, and Artzit A 2026 2-3. Also played 10 rapid (including JERUSALEM OPEN 2025) and 9 blitz events (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Qualifying blitz 6) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #79 in U8 and #4, #5 and #2 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2102
Standard
Rpd2000·Blz1900
All-time high
2102
at best
Jun 2026 · age 13
Jun 2026 · age 13
Activity
69
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
79 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#257 · players worldwide under 14 · of 20,060
Career timeline
10 entries2026
Crossed 2100
at age 13
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2102
at age 13
Jun 2026
4th Israeli U14 player
at age 13 · rated 2091
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 13
May 2026
2025
5th Israeli U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1932
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+427 Elo)
1427 → 1854
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+227
1875 → 2102
Tournaments
15
74 games
Score
38.5/ 7452.0%
30W17D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2728 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #25 | 2188 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/11 | #377 | 2184 | +95.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #14 | 2016 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #61 | 2203 | +10.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #28 | 2024 | +4.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 1975 | +19.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #5 | 1808 | -6.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2685 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #14 | 1931 | +0.4 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEitan Triger
🇮🇱ISR·2075
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2031
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vsGuy Belkovsky
🇮🇱ISR·2137
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Feb 2021
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vsOrel Ribstein
🇮🇱ISR·2201
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2031
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vsNadejda ReprunWFM
🇮🇱ISR·1962
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2030
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vsYonathan UritskyFM
🇮🇱ISR·2319
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2030
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Rankings
/
Israel
#264
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#11,066
in continent
World
#15,237
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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