GM Tal Baron Photo: John Saunders/Chess.com Isle of Man International. Full name Tal Baron Born 1992 (age 34) Place of birth Federation Israel Profiles # World Ranking 2425 Classical 2419 Rapid 2442 Blitz Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (15 games) London System (12 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (9 games) Indian Game (9 games) Slav Defense (9 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (14 games) English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (12 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (11 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (10 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (9 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Tal Baron (2441) Felix Vaisman (2122) 1-0 42 2025 Tal Baron (2441) Tal Levitan (2279) 1-0 49 2025 Tal Baron (2441) Ilay Meirovich (2149) 1-0 42 2025 Tal Baron (2435) Matan Poleg (2283) 1-0 40 2025 Tal Baron (2435) Ilya Khmelniker (2447) 1-0 21 2025 Tal Baron (2438) Vaibhav Kalpaka (2258) 1-0 56 2025 Tal Baron (2438) Matthew Guo Diao (2244) 1-0 60 2025 Tal Baron (2436) Gurru Muthukumaran (1933) 1-0 44 2025 Tal Baron (2436) Dalton Perrine (2140) 1-0 47 2025 Tal Baron (2436) Vojtech Plat (2487) 1-0 29 2025 Show All Games