Maxim Matlakov
{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 1991)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Sergeevich|Matlakov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox chess player
| image = Matlakov,Maxim 2017 Karlsruhe 4.jpeg
| name = Maxim Matlakov
| caption =
| birth_name = Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov
| country = Russia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| death_place =
| title = Grandmaster (2010)
| worldchampion =
| rating =
| peakrating = 2738 (November 2017)
| peakranking = No. 23 (November 2017)
| FideID = 4168003
}}
Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov ({{lang|ru|Максим Сергеевич Матлаков}}; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2017.
He acted as a second for Peter Svidler in the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014{{cite web |title=The day of missed victories |url=http://candidates2014.fide.com/the-day-of-missed-victories/ |publisher=Candidates 2014 official website |accessdate=4 October 2015 |date=2014-03-27 |archive-date=8 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508000000/http://candidates2014.fide.com/the-day-of-missed-victories/ |url-status=dead }} and 2016.{{Cite news |url=http://www.chess.com/news/view/anand-back-at-the-top-after-grinding-down-karjakin-6023 |title=Anand Back At Top After Grinding Down Karjakin |last=Doggers |first=Peter |date=2016-03-24 |work=Chess.com |access-date=2017-09-21}}
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.[https://www.chess.com/news/view/stop-the-war-44-top-russian-players-publish-open-letter-to-putin "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin"], Chess.com, 3 March 2022
Chess career
Matlakov won three medals at the World Youth Chess Championships: two bronze, in the Under 12 section in 2003[http://chess-results.com/tnr1378.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&wi=984 World Youth Chess Championship 2003 - Boys-12]. chess-results.com. and Under 14 in 2005,[http://chess-results.com/tnr9058.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30&wi=821 World Youth Chess Championship 2005 B14] . chess-results.com. and a gold, in the Under 18 in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/world-youth-championship-in-antalya |title=World Youth Championship in Antalya |publisher=ChessBase |date=2009-11-24 |accessdate=4 October 2015}} Also in 2009, he won the Saint Petersburg Chess Championship{{cite web |url=http://ruchess.ru/persons_of_day/matlakov/ |script-title=ru:Максим Матлаков |date=2013-03-06 |publisher=Russian Chess Federation |language=Russian |accessdate=13 February 2014}} and the Aivars Gipslis Memorial.[http://chess-results.com/tnr25635.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821 Aivara Gipsla Memorial] Chess-Results
Matlakov won the Russian Junior (U20) Championship of 2011.{{cite web |last=Crowther |first=Mark |title=TWIC 853: Russian Junior Championships |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic853.html#7 |publisher=The Week in Chess |accessdate=4 October 2015 |date=2011-03-14}}
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.[http://chess-results.com/tnr66864.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&flag=30&wi=821 13th European Individual Chess Championship 2012] Chess-Results{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/dmitry-jakovenko-is-the-2012-european-champion/ |title=Dmitry Jakovenko is the 2012 European Champion! |publisher=Chessdom |date=2012-03-31 |accessdate=4 October 2015}} He defeated Dutch GM Jan Smeets in the first round{{cite web |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-tromso-2013/fide-world-cup-round-1-day-2-nepomniachtchi-and-polgar-eliminated |title=FIDE World Cup round 1 Day 2 Nepomniachtchi and Polgar eliminated |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2013-08-12 |publisher=The Week in Chess |accessdate=13 February 2014}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chigorin-memorial-2013 |title=Chigorin Memorial 2013 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2013-10-05 |publisher=The Week in Chess |accessdate=13 February 2014}}
In February 2014, he was joint winner with Alexander Moiseenko of the Moscow Open.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/matlakov-and-moiseenko-joint-winners-of-moscow-open-2014/ |title=Matlakov and Moiseenko joint winners of Moscow Open 2014 |publisher=Chessdom |date=2014-02-11 |accessdate=4 October 2015 |archive-date=24 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024031920/http://www.chessdom.com/matlakov-and-moiseenko-joint-winners-of-moscow-open-2014/ |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Bu Xiangzhi convincing in Politiken Cup |url=http://www.chessdom.com/bu-xiangzhi-convincing-in-politiken-cup/ |publisher=Chessdom |accessdate=4 October 2015 |date=2014-07-29}} Matlakov won the blitz event from the tournament.{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Alejandro |title=2014 Politiken Cup |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/2014-politiken-cup |publisher=ChessBase |date=2014-08-01}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/nikita-vitiugov-wins-grenke-chess-open/ |title=Nikita Vitiugov wins GRENKE Chess Open |date=2017-04-18 |website=Chessdom |access-date=2017-09-21}} Matlakov took second place on tiebreak score.{{Cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/grenke-chess-classic-2017 |title=GRENKE Chess Classic 2017 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2017-04-22 |website=The Week in Chess |access-date=2017-09-21}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/european-individual-chess-championship-2017 |title=European Individual Chess Championship 2017 |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2017-06-10 |website=The Week in Chess |access-date=2017-09-21}}{{Cite news |url=http://tass.com/sport/950870 |title=Russian chess player Maxim Matlakov wins European Championship |date=2017-06-10 |work=TASS |access-date=2017-09-21}}
=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".{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersc/bf1d3zbf.html |title=European Men's Chess Club Cup: Maxim Matlakov |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |publisher=OlimpBase |accessdate=13 February 2014}} In 2017, Matlakov played for team Russia, which won the silver medal in the World Team Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.{{Cite web |url=http://chess24.com/en/read/news/flawless-china-retain-world-team-championship |title=Flawless China retain World Team Championship |last=McGourty |first=Colin |date=2017-06-28 |website=chess24.com |access-date=2017-09-21}}{{Cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/china-and-russia-win-fide-world-team-championship |title=China and Russia win FIDE World Team Championship |last=Silver |first=Albert |date=2017-06-28 |website=Chess News |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=2017-09-21}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE}}
- {{Chess.com player|maxim-matlakov|member=BillieKimbah}}
- {{Chessgames.com player|54730}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Maxim_Matlakov}}
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Category:Russian chess players
Category:European Chess Champions
Category:World Youth Chess Champions
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in chess
Category:Chess players from Saint Petersburg
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia