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GMBoris Gelfand

ISR · Born 1968 · FIDE ID 2805677

PrepCompare
classical
2641
#77 in the world
rapid
2624
#65 in the world
blitz
2582
#156 in the world

Rating history

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As White96 games · +36 =42 −18
  • English Opening23 · 54%
  • Catalan Opening13 · 50%
  • King's Indian Attack11 · 55%
  • Queen's Gambit Declined7 · 64%
  • King's Indian Defense7 · 71%
  • Bogo-Indian Defense6 · 42%
As Black97 games · +23 =54 −20
  • Sicilian Defense33 · 58%
  • English Opening18 · 50%
  • Nimzo-Indian Defense9 · 50%
  • Semi-Slav Defense8 · 63%
  • Petrov's Defense7 · 43%
  • Queen's Pawn Game6 · 25%

193 stored games (Lichess broadcasts since 2023 and FIDE reports): +59 =96 −38 (55%). Score is from Boris's side.

Events

Games (193)

GMBassem Amin2583IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 11½IMVojtech Zwardon2453IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 10½GMAleksandar Indjic2574IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 9½GMZoran Jovanovic2551IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 81GMAndrei Volokitin2581IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 7½GMYuriy Kryvoruchko2697IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 61GMIgor Glek2435IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 5½IMCsonka Balazs2455IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 41IMFilip Haring2359IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 31FMBarnabas Kovacsy2172IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 21FMBela Seres2009IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Rapid · Round 11GMAndrei Volokitin2545IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 13½GMSjugirov Sanan2599IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 120GMKantor Gergely2523IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 111GMBella Khotenashvili2321IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 101GMHrvoje Stevic2497IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 9½IMNovak Cabarkapa2407IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 81CMChitre Arush2099IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 71GMDaniel Fridman2474IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 6½IMSipos Istvan2454IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 51GMPeter Svidler2686IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 4½GMAttila Czebe2347IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 31IMZoltan Nemeth2210IX. Árpád Csaba Memorial · Blitz · Round 21GMLeon Luke Mendonca2622European Chess Club Cup · Open · Round 7½GMIdo Gorshtein2527European Chess Club Cup · Open · Round 61GMVasyl Ivanchuk2632European Chess Club Cup · Open · Round 5½IMJung Min Seo2499European Chess Club Cup · Open · Round 4½GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson2541European Chess Club Cup · Open · Round 3½GMAlexey Sarana2689FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024 · Blitz Open 1-30 · Round 111GMPavel Eljanov2658Israel Team Championship 2025 · Round 9½IMValentin Baidetskyi2525Israel Team Championship 2025 · Round 71GMAndy Woodward24962026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz Final · Round 40GMRay Robson26202026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Tiebreaks1GMAndrew Tang25532026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Tiebreaks1GMMark Heimann24112026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 111GMNico Chasin25132026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 10½GMMukhiddin Madaminov25402026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 90GMLeinier Dominguez Perez25912026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 8½GMSamuel Sevian26772026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 7½GMRuslan Ponomariov26092026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz · Blitz · Round 6½