Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Illingworth ya lashe gasar farko ta ranar Asabar ta GM a watan Satumbar 2011 a kan wasan kwaikwayo daga Levente Vajda wanda ya zira kwallaye 7/9. Godiya ga wannan sakamakon ya cimma matsayinsa na farko don taken Grandmaster. Ya ci Australia 7/10 a gasar
Gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 2012 a Istanbul. Wadannan sakamakon sun sa ya sami lambar yabo ta International Master, wanda FIDE ta ba shi a taron da aka gudanar yayin gasar Olympics, kuma ta kafa shi a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan wasan chess mafi karfi na Australia.