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Alexander, Matthew
🇲🇾FIDE 5735920· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2007
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Matthew Alexander, a 19-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 1637 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +45 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: 1st CMC 1800 Classical Chess Busana Menara MARA and MALAYSIAN NATIONAL CHESS CHALLENGER 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including 27th GACC Rapid Open) and 1 blitz events (including 27th GACC Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2021–2023) and 25 months (2023–2025).
At junior level, he reached #39, #48, #31, #63 and #36 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1637
Standard
Rpd1742·Blz1599
All-time high
1637
at best
Jun 2026 · age 19
Jun 2026 · age 19
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#133,061
#133,061 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
39th Malaysian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1637
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1637
at age 19
Jun 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+323 Elo)
1246 → 1569
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 17
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+45
1592 → 1637
Tournaments
3
38 games
Score
18/ 3847.4%
22W6D10L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsLogitan Vijayan1,614·MCF 3 rd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 - PMX Trophy·R4·+9.3
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTharveen Senthilkumar1,542·MCF 3rd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 - PMX Trophy·R3·-12.7
3.[L]vsTharveen Senthilkumar1,542·MCF 3 rd NATIONAL OPEN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 - PMX Trophy·R3·-12.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/5 | #14 | 2302 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/4 | #20 | 2299 | +9.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/8 | #12 | 1860 | +33.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#476
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#20,123
in continent
World
#133,054
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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