John M. Burke
John M. Burke | |
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| Full name | John Michael Burke |
| Country | United States |
| Born | July 1, 2001 (age 23) Neptune City, New Jersey |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2569 (June 2025) |
| 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.