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 Ariel Erenberg 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