GM Tal Baron Photo: John Saunders/Chess.com Isle of Man International. Full name Tal Baron Born 1/1/1992 (age 33) Place of birth Federation Israel Profiles #1147 World Ranking 2441 Classical 2419 Rapid 2442 Blitz Rating 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 (2441) Avital Boruchovsky (2532) 0-1 56 2025 Tal Baron (2441) Ilya Smirin (2581) ½-½ 33 2025 Tal Baron (2423) Tal Haimovich (2336) ½-½ 32 2025 Tal Baron (2490) Ilya Sidorenko (2382) 1-0 44 2024 Tal Baron (2490) Adi Menahem (2062) 1-0 22 2024 Tal Baron (2490) Mark Ljubarov (2305) 1-0 48 2024 Tal Baron (2490) Shaked Tifferet (2334) 1-0 91 2024 Show All Games