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Max Illingworth (born 5 November 1992, in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian chess International Master (IM), chess coach and writer.〔http://www.illingworthchess.com〕 He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 2010, an IM in 2012 and a FIDE Trainer in 2014.〔(Max Illingworth ) player profile, (www.fide.com )〕 == Chess career == Illingworth started playing competitive chess at the age of nine, and represented Australia in the 2007 World Youth Olympiad.〔(History of Australia at the World Youth Olympiads )〕 He has competed in six Oceania Chess Championship events in 2007 (Fiji), 2009 (Gold Coast), 2011 (Rotorua), 2012 (Queenstown), 2013 (Nadi) and 2015 (Sydney). His best result was finishing =1st with a score of 7½/9 in the 2015 event.〔(2015 Oceania Zonal Championship )〕 Illingworth won the Steiner Medal (for the Australian Player of the Year) in 2011 and 2012.〔(Steiner Medallists, Australian Player of the Year ) Australian Chess Federation.〕 Illingworth scored 6/9 to finish =3rd at the 2009 Commonwealth Chess Championship in Singapore.〔(Commonwealth Open Championships 2009 ) FIDE Tournament Report, (www.fide.com )〕〔(2009 Commonwealth Open ) Final Rankings, (www.chess-results.com )〕 He finished =6th at the 2011 Thailand Open,〔(Thailand Open Chess Championship 2011 ) Final rankings, (www.chess-results.com )〕 scored 7/9 and came =1st (scoring a Grandmaster norm result) at the September 2011 First Saturday GM tournament,〔(Australian victory in Budapest at First Saturday GM tournament ), (www.fide.com )〕 and scored 7/10 for Australia at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.〔(Max Illingworth ) Chess Olympiad record, (www.olimpbase.org )〕 These results earned him the IM title〔(Max Illingworth IM Title Application ), 83rd FIDE Congress, Istanbul, TUR, 27 Aug - 10 Sept 2012〕 and established him as one of Australia's strongest chess players. Illingworth won the MCC Cup Weekender 2012 with a score of 8½/9.〔(MCC Cup Weekender 2012 ), FIDE Tournament Report, (www.fide.com )〕 He has also won the NSW State Championship for three consecutive years (2011–13) and tied for first place in the 2011 and 2013 NSW Open.〔(NSWCA Hall of Fame ) NSW Chess Association (www.nswca.org.au )〕 Illingworth tied for second place in the 2013 Australian Open with a score of 8½/11〔(2013 Australian Open Chess Championship ) official website〕〔(Australian Open 2013 ) FIDE Tournament Report, (www.fide.com )〕 and also came equal second in the 2013 Malaysian Open with a score of 7/9.〔(Malaysian Open Chess Championship 2013 ) FIDE Tournament Report, (www.fide.com )〕 Illingworth won the 2014 Australian Chess Championship in Springvale with a score of 8/11.〔http://auschesschamps.com/〕 He scored 6½/9 for Australia at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso 〔()〕 and obtained his second Grandmaster norm at the September 2014 First Saturday GM Tournament, scoring 7/9 and first place.〔()〕 He also won the 2014 MCC Hjorth Open with a score of 9/9〔()〕 and placed =2nd in the 2015 Australian Open.〔()〕 He needs one more Grandmaster norm to become Australia's fifth Grandmaster. Internationally, Illingworth is known as a chess theoretician, as a contributor to the ''New In Chess'' Yearbook. He also writes surveys for the Chessbase Magazine 〔https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_magazine_158〕 as well as opening articles for ChessPublishing.〔http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/7/index.htm〕 and the Australian chess magazine 50 Moves. Illingworth is a professional chess coach, who has worked with several of Australia's most promising junior players. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Illingworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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