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Grech, Matthew
🇲🇹FIDE 5601762· Male· Malta· Born in 1990
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Matthew Grech, a 36-year-old player, is rated 1698 — just 10 short of his peak of 1708 (Mar 2024, age 34). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 33 months (2017–2019), 26 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: XYCHESS Team League 2025. He reached #28 nationally in Sep 2014.
Current rating
1698
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1708
−10 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 34
Mar 2024 · age 34
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#110,665
#110,665 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+196 Elo)
1512 → 1708
May 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 34
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1708
at age 34 · −10 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1513 → returned at 1698
Dec 2023
100 career games
at age 33
Dec 2023
2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1536 → returned at 1524
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
1708 → 1698
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
1.5/ 437.5%
1W1D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/4 | #9 | 1624 | -9.8 |
Rankings
/
Malta
#47
out of 129 players
Europe
#77,630
in continent
World
#110,662
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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