# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-illingworth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:06:08.329Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-illingworth"
name: "Max Illingworth"
slug: "max-illingworth"
description: "Max Illingworth is an Australian former chess player, and current chess trainer and writer. In 2022 he started playing poker professionally. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016, becoming the fifth Australian to achieve this. Illingworth won the Steiner Medal in 2011, 2012 and 2015. His current FIDE rating is 2493. He retired from competitive chess in March 2019, to concentrate on coaching and writing."
tagline: "Australian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max_Illingworth_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1992-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139453333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.illingworthchess.com"
sources:
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    title: "Иллингуорт, Макс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB"
    title: "ماكس ايلينجورث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Illingworth"
    title: "Max Illingworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Illingworth"
    title: "Max Illingworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Illingworth"
    title: "Max Illingworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Illingworth"
    title: "Max Illingworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Illingworth"
    title: "Max Illingworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16225535"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump