Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Chess babban wasa ne a Isra'ila kuma mutane masu shekaru daban-daban suna jin daɗinsa. Akwai manyan mashahuran Isra'ila da yawa kuma 'yan wasan chess na Isra'ila sun lashe gasar zakarun duniya da yawa. Isra'ila ta shirya gasar zakarun kasa da kasa na shekara-shekara kuma ta karbi bakuncin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a shekara ta 2005. Ma'aikatar Ilimi da Hukumar Chess ta Duniya sun amince da wani shiri na koyar da wasan chess a makarantun Isra'ila, kuma an gabatar da shi a cikin tsarin karatun wasu makarantu. Birnin Biyer-sheba ya zama cibiyar wasan chess na ƙasa, tare da wasan da ake koyarwa a makarantun renon yara na birnin. A wani ɓangare saboda ƙaura na Soviet, gida ne ga mafi yawan manyan masanan wasan chess na kowane birni a duniya. Tawagar chess ta Isra'ila ta lashe lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 2008 da tagulla, ta kasance ta uku a cikin kungiyoyi 148, a gasar Olympics ta 2010. Babban malamin Isra'ila Boris Gelfand ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta Chess ta 2009 da kuma Gasar 'Yan takara ta 2011 don samun damar kalubalantar zakaran duniya. Ya yi rashin nasara ne kawai a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Chess ta 2012
zuwa ga Anand mai mulki na duniya bayan da ya yi nasara da sauri.