GMMatthieu Cornette

Matthieu Cornette was born in Bègles in 1985 and learned chess at school at 11. He won French under-18 and under-20 championships and decided at 18 to play professionally. He became a grandmaster in 2008, the year he began training with Josif Dorfman. Cornette represented France at the 2009 European team championship and won the French championship at Agen in 2016. He married Lithuanian player Deimantė Daulytė that September. In 2019 he won the Saint-Affrique Open with eight points from nine games. Alongside his playing career, he works as a chess coach.