Matvey Galchenko

Matvey Galchenko

Personal information
Born	(2000-06-21) June 21, 2000 (age 25) Murmansk, Russia
Chess career
Country	Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023)
Title	International Master (2020)
FIDE   rating	2435 (October 2025)
Peak rating	2449 (November 2022)

Matvey Galchenko is a Russian chess player.

Chess career

In December 2023, he drew attention to Vladimir Kramnik having played on Chess.com using Denis Khismatullin's account, resulting in Kramnik being banned from prize tournaments. ^{[1] [2]}

In October 2024, he won the Russian Blitz Championships, finishing a half-point ahead of grandmasters Nikita Afanasiev, Ivan Zemlyanskii, and Maxim Matlakov. ^[3] Later that month, he played for the Central Park Tower team (alongside Andrey Esipenko, Haik M. Martirosyan, David Paravyan, and Rudik Makarian) in the Russian Rapid Team Championships, where the team were the champions. ^[4]

References

1. "Chess GM Vladimir Kramnik suspended for impersonating another player". Dexerto. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
2. "Получил письмо от чесском, в котором написали, что отстраняют меня от игры в призовых турнирах по причине использования другого аккаунта, о чем они узнали из доноса ютубера,выдающего себя за шахматиста,Гальченко. Всем,кто хотел посмотреть мои стримы из Тайтлов, благодарите его". X. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. "Matvey Galchenko Wins Russian Blitz Championship". October 14, 2024.
4. "Russian Rapid Team Championships Finish in Sochi". October 20, 2024.