List of Israeli chess players

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This is a list of Israeli chess title-holders (active players only), as of April 2016.

## Grandmasters

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* 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

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

## International Masters

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* 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

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

## Notable inactive players

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### Men

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* 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

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* Ljuba Kristol (WIM)

## Notable deceased players

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### Men

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* 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

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* Alla Kushnir (WGM)

## See also

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* List of Israelis
* List of chess players

## External links

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Media related to Chess players from Israel at Wikimedia Commons

* Elo rating list of top 100 Israeli chess players Archived 2016-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
* OlimpBase, Men's Chess Olympiads, Israel