Matthew Fishbein Cracks 2300
12.02.18 Matthew Fishbein has had a great year of chess in 2018. After winning the State Championship in April, Fishbein's US Chess rating has continued to steadily rise and has now reached a career-high 2308. As far as we know, this establishes him as the second-highest rated native Mainer just behind Jarod Bryan's career high of 2343 and ahead of Stanley Elowitch's 2300.
On October 30, 2018, Fishbein's rating topped 2300 for the first time.
Metrowest Chess Club Halloween Swiss
About a monther later, it climbed to 2308.
Metrowest Chess Club Thanksgiving Day Swiss
The highest-ever rated native Mainer is Jarod Bryan who achieved a United States Chess Federation rating of 2343 on December 1, 1996 at the 27th National Chess Congress in Philadelphia.
27th National Chess Congress in Philadelphia
Just behind Fishbein is Stanley Elowitch. Elowitch hit a career high 2300 on October 17, 1999 at the Maine Open in Portland, Maine.
1999 Maine Open in Portland, Maine
Comments
Good work Matthew!
Posted by: Ray Simmons Jr. | December 3, 2018 7:17 AM
Nice job Matthew! Great to see you doing so well. Keep it up!
Posted by: Oisin O'Searcoid | December 2, 2018 9:12 PM
My congratulations too!
Posted by: Kenneth Regan | December 2, 2018 8:04 PM
Great Job :)
Posted by: brian roderick | December 2, 2018 7:38 PM
Go Matthew.........Jon
Posted by: jon malev | December 2, 2018 7:06 PM
the best to you Matthew.
Posted by: roger morin | December 2, 2018 5:32 PM
Fantastic job! I'm so happy to see such a deserving and good-hearted person like Matthew get rewarded for his hard work.
Posted by: Wyatt Hendrix | December 2, 2018 4:33 PM
Congratulations Matthew!
Posted by: steve dow | December 2, 2018 3:33 PM
Congratulations Matthew
Posted by: Bill Burtt | December 2, 2018 3:07 PM