List of Israeli chess players

This is a complete list of Israeli chess title-holders (active players only), as of October 2005. You are invited to create articles for individual chess players on this list or to update this list beyond October 2005.

Grandmasters

Men (33)

• Boris Alterman
• Boris Avrukh
• Sergey Erenburg
• Alexander Finkel
• Boris Gelfand
• Alik Gershon
• Zvulon Gofshtein
• Vitali Golod
• Alon Greenfeld
• Yehuda Gruenfeld
• Lev Gutman
• Alexander Huzman
• Boris Kantsler
• Artur Kogan
• Yona Kosashvili
• Yair Kraidman
• Ronen Lev
• Eran Liss
• Ilan Manor
• Victor Mikhalevski
• Vadim Milov
• Jacob Murey
• Michael Oratovsky
• Evgeny Postny
• Lev Psakhis
• Gad Rechlis
• Michael Roiz
• Ilia Smirin
• Ram Soffer
• Emil Sutovsky
• Mark Tseitlin
• Dov Zifroni
• Yaacov Zilberman
• Maxim Rodshtein

Women (5)

• Angela Borsuk
• Bella Igla
• Masha Klinova (also IM)
• Ela Pitam
• Tatiana Zatulovskaya

International masters

Men (34)

• Yochanan Afek
• Vladimir Alterman
• Roman Bar
• Mark Berkovich
• Nathan Birnboim
• Igor Bitansky
• Inon Boim
• Ilia Botvinnik
• Ofer Bruk
• Leonid Gerzhoy
• Shimon Kagan
• Alexander Kaspi
• Ilya Khmelniker
• 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
• Dan Zoler

Women (2)

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

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)

Women

• Zsófia Polgár (WM)
• Alla Kushnir (WGM)
• 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)
• Zelman Kleinstein (M)
• Vladimir Liberzon (GM)
• Aleksandras Machtas (M)
• Ariah Mohiliver (M)
• Menachem Oren (M)
• Raaphi Persitz (M)
• Yosef Porath (IM)
• Meir Rauch (M)
• Leonid Shamkovich (GM)
• Shlomo Smiltiner (M)
• Isakas Vistaneckis (M)
• Victor Winz (M)

Read more:

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