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[1] in September 2015. At the time, this made him the youngest-ever player to reach a rating of 2600 or above,[2] a record since broken by Turkish GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş.[3]
In January 2018, Burke earned his final GM norm by tying for first place with GM Denis Kadrić in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina, with an undefeated score of 6.5/9. [5] In November 2018, Burke tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.
In October 2020, he won the U.S. Junior Championship.[6]
