Matthew Wadsworth (chess player)

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Matthew Wadsworth
Country England
Born (2000-06-27) June 27, 2000 (age 25)
Maidenhead, England
Title Grandmaster (2025) [1]
FIDE   rating 2476 (July 2025)
Peak rating 2500 (April 2025)

Matthew J. Wadsworth is an English chess grandmaster.

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Career

Wadsworth began playing chess at the age of 5 after being introduced to the game by his father. He then began attending the Maidenhead Junior Chess Club run by Nigel Dennis. [2]

In August 2024, he finished in third place at the British Chess Championship, during which he defeated rising prodigy Shreyas Royal. [3] [4]

In February 2025, he achieved his final GM norm at the Isle of Wight tournament, where he tied for first place with grandmasters Bobby Cheng, Sebastian Bogner, and Boris Chatalbashev. [5] He was ranked in second place after tiebreaks. [6]

In April 2025, he met all of the requirements for the Grandmaster title after surpassing the 2500 rating mark at the ChessOrg-Schachfestival A-Open tournament in Bad Wörishofen. [2]

Personal life

In 2022, Wadsworth graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge with a masters of science in economics. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 Krylov, Yuri (April 15, 2025). "Maidenhead Chess Club's Matthew Wadsworth to become a Grandmaster".
  3. ↑ Colodro, Carlos (August 2, 2024). "British Championship: Wadsworth beats Royal, climbs to shared first place".
  4. ↑ "British Championship: Gawain Jones captures third title". August 4, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Barden, Leonard (February 24, 2025). "Chess: England's Matthew Wadsworth edges closer to grandmaster title".
  6. ↑ "Wightlink Isle of Wight International".
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