GM Boris Gelfand

Country

ISR

Birth Year

1968 (Age ≈58)

Gender

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2805677

FIDE ratings

2639.7 -1.3

Classical

Live rating

2624

Rapid

Published FIDE

2582

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #77
National rank · ISR: #1

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2777 Nov 2013
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 1573

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-23 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
1551	1997	Dortmund	Dortmund	3	Gelfand, Boris	Topalov, Veselin	1/2-1/2	43	Open
1552	1994	Candidats FIDE sf2	Sanghi Nagar	6	Gelfand, Boris	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	76	Open
1553	1992	Reggio Emilia9192	Reggio Emilia	5	Gelfand, Boris	Kasparov, Garry	1/2-1/2	43	Open
1554	1994	Candidats FIDE sf2	Sanghi Nagar	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	35	Open
1555	1995	Candidats FIDE f1	Sanghi Nagar	1	Gelfand, Boris	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	26	Open
1556	1991	Munich	Munich	10	Gelfand, Boris	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	59	Open
1557	1996	Dortmund	Dortmund	7	Gelfand, Boris	Anand, Viswanathan	1/2-1/2	23	Open
1558	1996	Madrid	Madrid	-	Topalov, Veselin	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	20	Open
1559	1988	Vilnius	Vilnius	-	Khalifman, Alexander	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	21	Open
1560	1997	Dos Hermanas	Dos Hermanas	6	Gelfand, Boris	Topalov, Veselin	1/2-1/2	38	Open
1561	1992	Reggio Emilia9192	Reggio Emilia	9	Gelfand, Boris	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	90	Open
1562	1996	Dortmund	Dortmund	1	Kramnik, Vladimir	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	24	Open
1563	1994	Linares	Linares	8	Gelfand, Boris	Karpov, Anatoly	0-1	52	Open
1564	1992	Reggio Emilia9192	Reggio Emilia	8	Anand, Viswanathan	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	44	Open
1565	1987	URS-FL	Sverdlovsk	-	Gelfand, Boris	Khalifman, Alexander	1/2-1/2	17	Open
1566	1993	Biel Interzonal	Biel	8	Gelfand, Boris	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	29	Open
1567	1994	Moscow ol (Men)	Moscow	5	Kasparov, Garry	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	38	Open
1568	1995	Belgrade Invest	Belgrade	2	Gelfand, Boris	Kramnik, Vladimir	1/2-1/2	27	Open
1569	1994	Candidats FIDE sf2	Sanghi Nagar	7	Kramnik, Vladimir	Gelfand, Boris	1/2-1/2	23	Open
1570	1996	Hoogovens	Wijk aan Zee	6	Gelfand, Boris	Topalov, Veselin	1/2-1/2	58	Open
1571	1996	Dos Hermanas	Dos Hermanas	9	Gelfand, Boris	Kasparov, Garry	0-1	57	Open
1572	1992	Linares	Linares	10	Gelfand, Boris	Karpov, Anatoly	1/2-1/2	24	Open
1573	1991	Linares	Linares	6	Karpov, Anatoly	Gelfand, Boris	1-0	57	Open