Gil Popilski

Gil Popilski was born in 1993 in Rehovot

Gil Popilski was born on 6 October 1993 in Rehovot and grew up in Rishon LeZion. His father is Mordechai, and he has a twin sister, Shirley.

He attended the Mishor HaNof elementary school and Shevah Mofet high school in Tel Aviv. He later studied for a bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas.

As a youth he played for Israel at European and World youth championships. He won bronze at the 2007 European under 14 championship and gold at the 2009 European under 16 championship. In 2011 he won the Israeli under 20 championship in Tel Aviv.

He won an international tournament in Petah Tikva in 2008. He became an International Master in 2010 and a Grandmaster in 2013, the year he played second board for Israel at the European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw. His peak rating was 2572 in December 2015. He is married.