IM Johnatan Bakalchuk Full name Johnatan Bakalchuk Born 1998 (age 28) Place of birth Federation Israel Profiles # World Ranking 2424 Classical 2377 Rapid 2441 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (12 games) Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (5 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (5 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (5 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (4 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (9 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon, Fianchetto Variation (5 games) King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation (4 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Johnatan Bakalchuk (2438) Evgeny Alekseev (2504) 0-1 41 2026 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2431) Eyal Noy (2261) 0-1 57 2026 Yonathan Uritsky (2320) Johnatan Bakalchuk (2438) 0-1 34 2026 Boris Kantsler (2348) Johnatan Bakalchuk (2438) 0-1 56 2026 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2438) Ariel Erenberg (2517) 1-0 42 2025 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2430) Eyal Deutsch (2283) 1-0 26 2025 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2690) Nitzan Steinberg (2898) 1-0 40 2025 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2700) Fruzsina Szente Varga (2430) 1-0 30 2025 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2704) Alvaro Torres Rebolledo (2408) 1-0 26 2025 Johnatan Bakalchuk (2718) Johannes Lerch (2398) 1-0 35 2025 Show All Games