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 2417 Classical 2419 Rapid 2430 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 (2425) Viyaan Krishna Doddapaneni (2063) 1-0 54 2026 Tal Baron (2425) Will Moorhouse (2092) 1-0 34 2026 Lukas LeBakken (1985) Tal Baron (2425) 0-1 82 2026 Nehanraj Ramesh (1942) Tal Baron (2425) ½-½ 65 2026 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 Show All Games