Gawain Jones
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| Gawain Jones | |
 at Liverpool, 2008 |
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| Full name | Gawain C. B. Jones |
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| Country |  England |
| Born | December 11, 1987 Yorkshire, England |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2540 (January 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2567 (October 2007) |
Gawain Jones (born December 11, 1987) is an English chess Grandmaster.
Jones was born in Yorkshire, England and began playing chess at the age of four, competing in his first tournaments at six. In early 1997 he hit the headlines and was featured on the front page of The Guardian newspaper when he became the youngest player in the world ever to beat an International Master in an official tournament game.[1] He has represented England in World Championships on many occasions as a junior and as of 2008 is one of England's highest rated players.[2] He has lived in Italy and in Ireland and his first book, Starting Out: The Grand Prix Attack (ISBN 978-1857445473), was published by Everyman in March 2008. He then co-authored The Benoni and Benko (Dangerous Weapons Series, Everyman, Sept 2008) along with John Emms, Chris Ward and Richard Palliser. The Benko Gambit is an opening he plays as Black on a regular basis.
Despite losing a 15-move game to Israeli Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski at the 2009 Queenstown Chess Classic, Jones finished 2nd= with five other grandmasters, including Eduardas Rozentalis, Klaus Bischoff and Mikhalevski on 7½/10. Australian IM David Smerdon won with 8/10.[3]
In the January 2009 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2540, making him the fourth ranked among active English grandmasters.
[edit] References
- ^ "Terence Chapman Awards to Junior Chess Players 2000". British Chess Federation. 2005-06-03. http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcfawards/chapmanawards2000.htm. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ "Country Top players list (England)". FIDE Online. World Chess Federation. http://www.fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=ENG. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ TWIC 742, Mark Crowther, London Chess Center
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Gawain Jones
- Gawain Jones' website
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