List of Israeli chess players

This is a list of Israeli chess title-holders As of January 2026

Grandmasters

• Boris Alterman
• Boris Avrukh
• Tal Baron
• Sergey Erenburg
• Alexander Finkel
• Boris Gelfand
• Alik Gershon
• Vitali Golod
• Alon Greenfeld
• Yehuda Gruenfeld
• Lev Gutman
• Alexander Huzman
• Boris Kantsler
• Ilya Khmelniker
• Artur Kogan
• Yona Kosashvili
• Yair Kraidman
• Ronen Lev
• Eran Liss
• Ilan Manor
• Victor Mikhalevski
• Vadim Milov
• Jacob Murey
• Tamir Nabaty
• Michael Oratovsky
• Evgeny Postny
• Lev Psakhis
• Gad Rechlis
• Maxim Rodshtein
• Michael Roiz
• Ilya Smirin
• Ram Soffer
• Emil Sutovsky
• Mark Tseitlin
• Dov Zifroni
• Yaacov Zilberman
• Dan Zoler
• Dmitry Gooshchin
• Bruce Alesin

Woman Grandmasters

• Bella Igla
• Ela Pitam
• Tatiana Zatulovskaya
• Dina Belenkaya

International Masters

• Alon Mindlin
• Yochanan Afek
• Vladimir Alterman
• Roman Bar
• Mark Berkovich
• Nathan Birnboim
• Igor Bitansky
• Inon Boim
• Angela Borsuk (also WGM)
• Ilia Botvinnik
• Ofer Bruk
• Leonid Gerzhoy
• Asaf Givon
• Shimon Kagan
• Alexander Kaspi
• Masha Klinova (also WGM)
• Alexander Krayz
• Alexander Kundin
• Leon Lederman
• Gaby Livshitz
• Boris Maryasin
• Alexander Mikhalevski
• Gur Mittelman
• Shay Porat
• Eduard Porper
• Alexander Rabinovich
• Nati Ribshtein
• Arkady Shevelev
• Eliahu Shvidler
• Yaacov Stisis
• Maxim Uritzky
• Eli Vovsha
• Alik Vydeslaver
• Uriel Zak

Woman International Masters

• Marsel Efroimski
• Maya Porat
• Ludmila Tsifanskaya
• Olga Vasiliev

Notable inactive players

Men

• Yoel Aloni (M)
• Amikam Balshan (M)
• Yaacov Bernstein (M)
• Zadok Domnitz (M)
• Roman Dzindzichashvili (GM)
• Uzi Geller (IM)
• Emanuel Guthi (M)
• Izaak Grynfeld (M)
• Ronen Har-Zvi (GM)
• Gedali Szapiro (M)
• Leonid Yudasin (GM)
• Leonid Gratvol (M)

Women

• Ljuba Kristol (WIM)

Notable deceased players

Men

• Izak Aloni (M)
• Abram Blass (M)
• Yaacov Bleiman (IM)
• Moshe Czerniak (IM)
• Yosef Dobkin (M)
• Boruch Israel Dyner (M)
• David Enoch (M)
• Zvulon Gofshtein (GM)
• Zelman Kleinstein (M)
• Vladimir Liberzon (GM)
• Aleksandras Machtas (M)
• Ariah Mohiliver (M)
• Menachem Oren (M)
• Raaphi Persitz (M)
• Yosef Porat (IM)
• Meir Rauch (M)
• Leonid Shamkovich (GM)
• Shlomo Smiltiner (M)
• Isakas Vistaneckis (M)
• Victor Winz (M)

Women

• Alla Kushnir (WGM)

See also

• List of Israelis
• List of chess players

External links

• Elo rating list of top 100 Israeli chess players
• OlimpBase, Men's Chess Olympiads, Israel