GMMatthew J Wadsworth

Matthew Wadsworth was born in Maidenhead in 2000. His father introduced him to chess at five, and he joined Nigel Dennis's Maidenhead Junior Chess Club. He attended St Piran's and Reading School before studying economics at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he also rowed. He became a FIDE master in 2016 and an international master in 2019. At the 2018 university match against Oxford, he drew with former women's world champion Hou Yifan. His performances for Guildford in the Four Nations Chess League brought his first grandmaster norm. He finished third at the 2024 British Championship, defeating Shreyas Royal during the event. In February 2025 he completed his final grandmaster norm at the Isle of Wight tournament. He shared the highest score there with Bobby Cheng, Sebastian Bogner and Boris Chatalbashev. He met the remaining rating requirement at Bad Wörishofen, and FIDE confirmed his grandmaster title in April 2025.