Maxim Matlakov

Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov (Максим Сергеевич Матлаков; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2017.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Sergeevich and the family name is Matlakov.

Maxim Matlakov
Full nameMaxim Sergeevich Matlakov
CountryRussia
Born (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating2674 (October 2023)
Peak rating2738 (November 2017)
RankingNo. 62 (October 2023)
Peak rankingNo. 23 (November 2017)

He acted as a second for Peter Svidler in the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014[1] and 2016.[2]

Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Matlakov signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.[3]

Chess career

Matlakov won three medals at the World Youth Chess Championships: two bronze, in the Under 12 section in 2003[4] and Under 14 in 2005,[5] and a gold, in the Under 18 in 2009.[6] Also in 2009, he won the Saint Petersburg Chess Championship[7] and the Aivars Gipslis Memorial.[8] Matlakov won the Russian Junior (U20) Championship of 2011.[9]

He tied for second, finishing sixth on tiebreak, at the 13th European Individual Chess Championship in 2012 with a score of 8/11 points and qualified for the Chess World Cup 2013.[10][11] He defeated Dutch GM Jan Smeets in the first round[12] and was eliminated by Azerbaijani GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the second round tiebreaker. In 2013 Matlakov tied for first in the Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg, placing third on tiebreak, behind Pavel Eljanov and Dmitry Kokarev respectively.[13]

In February 2014, he was joint winner with Alexander Moiseenko of the Moscow Open.[14] In July 2014, he tied for second with Parimarjan Negi, Gawain Jones and Maxim Rodshtein at the Politiken Cup in Helsingør, placing third on countback.[15] Matlakov won the blitz event from the tournament.[16] At the Chess World Cup 2015 he was knocked out in the first round by Gadir Guseinov after losing the first set of rapid tiebreakers.

In April 2017, he finished tied for first with Nikita Vitiugov, Étienne Bacrot and Zdenko Kožul in the Grenke Chess Open in Karlsruhe, Germany.[17] Matlakov took second place on tiebreak score.[18] In June, he won the European Individual Championship in Minsk edging out Baadur Jobava and Vladimir Fedoseev on tiebreak, after all three players scored 8½/11 points.[19][20]

Team competitions

Matlakov won individual silver medal playing board 5 for Saint Petersburg in the 2013 European Club Cup. Two years later, in the same event he won team bronze medal with St. Petersburg's team "Mednyi Vsadnik".[21] In 2017, Matlakov played for team Russia, which won the silver medal in the World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.[22][23]

References
  1. "The day of missed victories". Candidates 2014 official website. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. Doggers, Peter (24 March 2016). "Anand Back At Top After Grinding Down Karjakin". Chess.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022
  4. World Youth Chess Championship 2003 - Boys-12. chess-results.com.
  5. World Youth Chess Championship 2005 B14 . chess-results.com.
  6. "World Youth Championship in Antalya". ChessBase. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. Максим Матлаков (in Russian). Russian Chess Federation. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  8. Aivara Gipsla Memorial Chess-Results
  9. Crowther, Mark (14 March 2011). "TWIC 853: Russian Junior Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  10. 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012 Chess-Results
  11. "Dmitry Jakovenko is the 2012 European Champion!". Chessdom. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  12. Crowther, Mark (12 August 2013). "FIDE World Cup round 1 Day 2 Nepomniachtchi and Polgar eliminated". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  13. Crowther, Mark (5 October 2013). "Chigorin Memorial 2013". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. "Matlakov and Moiseenko joint winners of Moscow Open 2014". Chessdom. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  15. "Bu Xiangzhi convincing in Politiken Cup". Chessdom. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  16. Ramirez, Alejandro (1 August 2014). "2014 Politiken Cup". ChessBase.
  17. "Nikita Vitiugov wins GRENKE Chess Open". Chessdom. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  18. Crowther, Mark (22 April 2017). "GRENKE Chess Classic 2017". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  19. Crowther, Mark (10 June 2017). "European Individual Chess Championship 2017". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  20. "Russian chess player Maxim Matlakov wins European Championship". TASS. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  21. Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Chess Club Cup: Maxim Matlakov". OlimpBase. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  22. McGourty, Colin (28 June 2017). "Flawless China retain World Team Championship". chess24.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  23. Silver, Albert (28 June 2017). "China and Russia win FIDE World Team Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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