Career
He was one of Peter Svidler"s seconds in the Candidates Tournaments of 2013 and 2014. Matlakov was the bronze medalist at the World Under-12 Championship in 2003 and at the World Under-14 Championship in 2005. He tied for second, finishing sixth on tiebreak, at the 13th European Individual Chess Championship in 2012 with a score of 8/11 points and qualified for the Chess World Cup 2013.
He defeated Dutch General Motors January Smeets in the first round and was eliminated by Azerbaijani General Motors Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the second round tiebreaker.
In 2013 Matlakov tied for first, placing third on tiebreak behind Pavel Eljanov and Dmitry Kokarev, in the Chigorin Memorial in Saint St. Petersburg. At the Chess World Cup 2015 he was knocked out in the first round by Gadir Guseinov after losing the first set of rapid tiebreakers.
Team competitions.
