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Matyas Marek
Title:
International Master
Rating:
2361
Federation:
Czech Republic
Age:
19
Bio:
Matyas Marek is a 19 year old International Master from the Czech Republic. He has participated in many national and international chess tournaments. Matyas won the Czech National Championship in youth categories multiple times. On the international stage, he placed in the top 20 on multiple events including 5th place in the World Youth Chess Championship U18 in Greece 2015 and was part of the Czech national team that achieved the 3rd place on the European Youth Team Chess Championship U18. Matyas gained his IM title in 2016 and currently studies as a Computer Science major at UMBC, in Maryland, where he also plays for the university chess team.
