Illingworth, Max (05.11.1992)

illingworth-maxAustralian chess Grandmaster (2016) is born in Sydney, Australia.

Best results: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009 in Singapore, tied 3rd; First Saturday GM 2011, 1st; MCC Cup Weekender 2012, 1st; New South Wales State Championship 2011, 2012 and 2013, 1st; Australian Open 2013, tied 2nd; 10th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open, tied 2nd; Australian Chess Championship 2014 in Springvale, Victoria, 1st; First Saturday GM 2014, 1st; MCC Hjorth Open 2014, 1st; Australian Open 2015, tied 2nd; Oceania zonal championship 2015, 1st; FIDE World Cup 2015, 1st round; Australian Open Championship 2017 in Brisbane, 1st; Australian Championship 2018, 1st; Oceania zonal 2019 in Guam, 1st.

He represented Australia at the Chess Olympiads 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Illingworth won the Steiner Medal (for the Australian Player of the Year) in 2011, 2012 and 2015.

Peak rating: 2524 in November 2018