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American chess grandmaster (born 2001)

John M. Burke
Full name	John Michael Burke
Country	United States
Born	July 1, 2001 (2001-07) (age 23) Neptune City, New Jersey
Title	Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating	2573 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2604 (September 2023)

John Michael Burke (born July 1, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). A chess prodigy, Burke reached an Elo rating of 2603 in September 2015. At the time, this made him the youngest-ever player to reach a rating of 2600 or above, a record since broken by Turkish GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş.

Chess career

Burke achieved the FIDE Master (FM) title in August 2015, and the International Master (IM) title in April 2016. He was awarded his Grandmaster (GM) title in April 2018.

In January 2018, Burke earned his final GM norm by tying for first place with GM Denis Kadrić in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina, with an undefeated score of 6.5/9. In November 2018, Burke tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.

In October 2020, he won the U.S. Junior Championship.

References

"Burke, John M".
"September 2015 ratings: Burke youngest 2600 ever". ChessBase.com. August 31, 2015. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
Svensen, Tarjei J. (September 30, 2024). "Erdogmus Smashes Record As Youngest Ever 2600 Player, Hero's Welcome In Turkey". Chess.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
"1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
"CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - Holiday 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament". chessstream.com. Charlotte Chess Center & Scholastic Academy. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
"John Burke is U.S. Junior Champion 2020!". Chess News. October 16, 2020. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

External links

John M. Burke rating card at FIDE
John M. Burke player profile and games at Chessgames.com
John Michael Burke rating and tournament record at US Chess Federation

v t e American grandmasters
Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade
1950–1959	Benko Bisguier Evans Fine Fischer Kashdan Reshevsky Rossolimo
1960–1969	Byrne Kavalek Lombardy
1970–1979	Alburt Biyiasas Christiansen Dzindzichashvili Gulko Palatnik Rogoff Tarjan
1980–1989	Benjamin D. Gurevich Dake De Firmian Denker Dlugy Ehlvest Fedorowicz Goldin Henley Kaidanov Kudrin Mednis Rohde Seirawan Soltis Wilder Zaichik
1990–1999	Akopian Annakov Becerra Bruzón Fishbein I. Gurevich Ivanov Kamsky Novikov Onischuk Sagalchik Schwartzman Serper Shabalov Shaked Sher Sherzer Shulman Stripunsky Wolff Yermolinsky
2000–2009	Akobian Aronian Ashley Bhat Caruana Domínguez Erenburg Finegold Friedel Gareyev González Hernández Hess Izoria Jimenez Kaufman Khachiyan Kraai Kreiman Moradi Nakamura Perelshteyn Quesada Ramírez So Świercz Zherebukh Ziatdinov
2010–2019	Antipov Arnold Brown Burke Chandra Checa Holt Hungaski Krush Lenderman Li Liang Molner Naroditsky Oparin Robson Sevian Sevillano Shankland Smith Tang Troff Xiong Yang Zierk
2020–2029	Balakrishnan Brodsky Daggupati Fernandez Ghazarian Guo Hong Jacobson Mishra Niemann Sheng Sturt Tiglon Woodward Yoo
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