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Liubarov, Mark
FM🇮🇱FIDE 4142110· Male· Israel· Born in 1994
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Mark Liubarov, a 32-year-old Israeli FIDE Master, is rated 2286 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Missing Game Ramat Gan 2150, Ramat Gan 2150 Final, and Ramat Gan 2150 Group A. Also played 2 rapid (including Israeli Cup 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Dugo Blitz 2026) recently. He took a 86-month break between Mar 2014 and Jun 2021. His peak of 2353 was reached at age 30 (May 2024, Israeli #74 at the time).
Competes for Israel since Aug 2022. Awarded FM in 2022 (age 28). Earned a IM norm at 37th European Chess Club Cup 2022. At junior level, he reached #8, #6, #5 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2286
Standard
Rpd2278·Blz2157
All-time high
2353
−67 pts below
May 2024 · age 30
May 2024 · age 30
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#4,534 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Peak Israeli rank: #74
at age 30 · rated 2353
May 2024
All-time peak 2353
at age 30 · −67 from today
May 2024
2023
Crossed 2300
at age 29
Jul 2023
2022
FM title awardedFM
at age 28
Nov 2022
Best 12-month gain (+111 Elo)
2180 → 2291
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 28
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-45
2331 → 2286
Tournaments
7
21 games
Score
9/ 2142.9%
5W8D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2910 | +5.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 3002 | +7.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #3 | 2205 | -2.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #57 | 2398 | +4.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/4 | #108 | 2029 | -24.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #4 | 2241 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/4 | #2 | 2168 | -16.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMikhail Linker
🇷🇺RUS·2246
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2031
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vsAlexander KaplivatskiFM
🇮🇱ISR·2157
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2031
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vsPavel MartynovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2320
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2011
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vsRonit LevitanWFM
🇮🇱ISR·2131
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2030
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vsMichael Sorin
🇮🇱ISR·2106
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2030
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Rankings
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Israel
#109
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#3,036
in continent
World
#4,534
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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