Top blitz chess players in Israel

The highest-rated active players from Israel on FIDE's October 2026 blitz list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMBoris Gelfand ISR	2582	0	#126	1968
2	GMEvgeny Postny ISR	2580	0	#130	1981
3	IMDavid Gorodetzky ISR	2519	−7	#307	2000
4	GMDanny Raznikov ISR	2518	0	#312	1993
5	GMIlia Smirin ISR	2511	0	#337	1968
6	GMGad Rechlis ISR	2501	0	#370	1967
7	GMMaxim Rodshtein ISR	2500	0	#375	1989
8	GMEvgeny Alekseev ISR	2486	0	#440	1985
9	IMBenny Aizenberg ISR	2476	+5	#489	2006
10	GMOri Kobo ISR	2475	0	#493	1997
11	GMAvital Boruchovsky ISR	2457	0	#595	1997
12	GMVictor Mikhalevski ISR	2454	0	#617	1972
13	GMAlexander Huzman ISR	2450	0	#650	1962
14	GMYair Parkhov ISR	2441	0	#707	2002
15	IMJohnatan Bakalchuk ISR	2433	−8	#772	1998
16	IMAlon Mindlin ISR	2432	+2	#781	1996
17	IMGuy Levin ISR	2425	+1	#828	2006
18	GMYahli Sokolovsky ISR	2423	0	#843	2006
19	GMTal Baron ISR	2417	0	#882	1992
20	IMOr Bronstein ISR	2417	0	#883	2001
21	GMIlya Khmelniker ISR	2414	0	#904	1985
22	IMYannay Ben Ari ISR	2411	−17	#944	2004
23	GMAlon Greenfeld ISR	2401	0	#1049	1964
24	IMMichael Klenburg ISR	2401	0	#1050	1977
25	IMOfer Bruk ISR	2392	−1	#1125	1968
26	GMDan Zoler ISR	2383	0	#1211	1974
27	IMAsaf Givon ISR	2383	+16	#1212	1994
28	IMEyal Deutsch ISR	2382	+18	#1223	1973
29	GMYehuda Gruenfeld ISR	2380	0	#1250	1956
30	IMOmer Reshef ISR	2378	0	#1268	1997
31	FMIgor Sorkin ISR	2375	0	#1294	1979
32	IMRoy Vagman ISR	2375	0	#1295	2008
33	GMBoris Kantsler ISR	2369	0	#1358	1962
34	IMFeliks Tulchynskyi ISR	2368	+43	#1377	2009
35	FMRaem Sherman ISR	2367	0	#1383	2005
36	GMYeshaayahu Tzidkiya ISR	2366	0	#1397	2003
37	IMNimrod Veinberg ISR	2348	−20	#1590	1996
38	IMNati Ribstein ISR	2346	+39	#1615	1979
39	FMIlay Zakin ISR	2339	+11	#1704	2011
40	IMTal Haimovich ISR	2324	0	#1922	1975
41	FMYonathan Uritsky ISR	2317	−46	#2004	2008
42	GMAlexander Finkel ISR	2316	0	#2019	1975
43	FMSteven Slobodiansky ISR	2316	0	#2020	2002
44	IMOr Globus ISR	2306	0	#2160	2003
45	FMEliran Shilon Rahav ISR	2296	0	#2330	2012
46	IMMichael Pasman ISR	2285	0	#2526	1960
47	IMAndrei Gurbanov ISR	2270	0	#2800	1986
48	Vladimir Vainshtein ISR	2264	0	#2906	1956
49	IMYuri Zhizmer ISR	2264	0	#2912	1981
50	FMNisim Iliaguev ISR	2263	0	#2927	2001
51	FMRoee Zemach ISR	2263	0	#2928	2003
52	IMYuval Yaniv ISR	2257	0	#3055	2005
53	IMYuliya Shvayger ISR	2254	0	#3125	1994
54	Gregory Gurevich ISR	2252	0	#3162	1969
55	IMNadav Zemach ISR	2251	0	#3180	2005
56	Boris Shabodash ISR	2243	0	#3355	1966
57	FMAri Guz ISR	2243	0	#3356	2005
58	IMAlexander Kaspi ISR	2241	0	#3396	1964
59	IMIdo Porat ISR	2241	−2	#3397	1987
60	IMMasha Klinova ISR	2239	0	#3444	1968
61	GMAvigdor Bykhovsky ISR	2239	0	#3445	1955
62	Aleksey G. Frolov ISR	2239	0	#3460	2003
63	FMYehonatan Azoulay ISR	2238	−37	#3466	2010
64	FMMaxim Milyavsky ISR	2233	0	#3574	1979
65	IMOri Kochavi ISR	2232	−32	#3598	2004
66	Boris Lovin ISR	2231	0	#3621	1967
67	FMAdi Menahem ISR	2230	0	#3642	2008
68	FMAnatoly Kuprijanov ISR	2229	−47	#3675	1995
69	FMRoman Goldin ISR	2227	−41	#3719	1964
70	Daniel Vardi ISR	2226	−1	#3741	2012
71	FMMalkiel Peretz ISR	2222	0	#3832	1943
72	FMHanan Mordechai ISR	2221	0	#3861	1992
73	FMUriel Arlinsky ISR	2221	−51	#3862	1976
74	Evgeny Kraizman ISR	2220	0	#3888	1989
75	Anton Rahmilevitz ISR	2216	+31	#4010	1988
76	CMNeria Gurevich ISR	2211	0	#4129	2013
77	FMMatan Poleg ISR	2210	+1	#4155	1996
78	Adam Gavriel ISR	2205	−39	#4292	2012
79	Ohad Kraus ISR	2202	0	#4371	1995
80	FMMark Liubarov ISR	2197	0	#4500	1994
81	FMMoshe Friedland ISR	2193	0	#4600	1999
82	CMGil Barak ISR	2189	0	#4689	2000
83	FMIlay Meirovich ISR	2189	+39	#4690	2008
84	IMAlik Vydeslaver ISR	2187	0	#4736	1975
85	FMAlexander Zlatin ISR	2182	0	#4829	2001
86	FMGiora Steiner-Prozhanski ISR	2180	0	#4860	1972
87	IMIdo Ben Artzi ISR	2179	0	#4880	1994
88	FMValentin Goikhman ISR	2175	0	#4953	1985
89	FMEyal Noy ISR	2174	+1	#4966	2003
90	IMMikhailo Shinkarev ISR	2171	0	#5017	1964
91	Daniel Svoisky ISR	2166	+24	#5117	1994
92	FMTal Levitan ISR	2160	0	#5234	1999
93	Guy Tsirilman ISR	2158	+34	#5272	2008
94	IMEhud Shachar ISR	2147	−21	#5478	1969
95	FMGuy Libman ISR	2142	0	#5563	1989
96	Guy Gov ISR	2142	0	#5564	2004
97	Guy Belkovsky ISR	2140	+193	#5590	2013
98	FMDana Kochavi ISR	2131	+51	#5740	2007
99	Mordechai Bank ISR	2124	0	#5858	1953
100	CMYoav Duchan ISR	2112	0	#6033	2008

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.