Gawain Jones

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Gawain Jones
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Jones in 2016
Full nameGawain Christopher Bernard Jones
CountryEngland
Born (1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 36)
Keighley, West Yorkshire, England
Title Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE   rating 2639 (December 2024)
Peak rating 2709 (June 2019)
Ranking No. 97 (December 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 32 (June 2019)

Gawain Christopher Bernard Jones [1] (born 11 December 1987) is an English chess grandmaster and three-time British Chess Champion. He was awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE in 2007. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013, 2017 and 2019.

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Career

Jones 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. [2] He has represented England in the World Junior and World Youth Championships on many occasions and since 2008 has been one of England's highest rated players. [3] He was awarded the GM title in 2007. [4]

An active player on the tournament circuit, he secured his Grandmaster title with successful results at the 2nd EU Individual Open Championship in Liverpool in 2006, 2006 European Club Cup in Fügen and 4NCL 2006/7 season. [5] Elsewhere in Europe, he took first place at Porto San Giorgio and La Laguna (both 2007). During his stay in Australasia, there were many more tournament successes, including a share of first place at the Sydney International 2008 [6] and creditable second places at the Doeberl Cup 2008 and Queenstown Classic 2009.

Jones shared first place with Simon Williams at the London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2010. In 2011, he won the Bunratty Masters, ahead of Nigel Short, whom he defeated in their individual encounter, and the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Ekurhuleni. [7] He won the British Chess Championship in 2012. [8] He later won the 2012/13 Hastings International Chess Congress as clear first.

In December 2014, he won the Challenge Match against Romain Édouard by 4–2; it was a six-game match held concurrently with the London Chess Classic. [9] In 2016, Jones won the New Zealand Open in January, [10] and the Dubai Open in April edging out Vladimir Akopian on tiebreak. [11] The next year he won at Dubai for the second time, becoming the first player to do so. [12] Jones edged out this time Mustafa Yilmaz, Vidit Gujrathi, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Ahmed Adly, Sergei Zhigalko and Aleksandr Rakhmanov on tiebreak score. [13] He won the British Chess Championship a second time in 2017. [14]

In team competitions, Jones has played for England in the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship, the European Team Chess Championship and the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad. [15] At the 2019 World Team Championship in Astana, England took the silver medal and Jones also won an individual silver playing on board four. [16]

In 2024, he won the British Chess Championship for a third time, defeating David Howell in a playoff. [17] Later in the year, he won the London Chess Classic with an undefeated 5/7 score. [18]

Personal life

Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, [19] Jones has lived in Italy, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. In 2010, he returned to the United Kingdom to live in London in order to focus on his chess career and related projects.

Jones was married to WIM Sue Maroroa, who died due to complications from childbirth in 2023. They had two children together. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Terence Chapman Awards to Junior Chess Players 2000". British Chess Federation. 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  3. ↑ "Country Top players lists - England". FIDE Online. World Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jones, Gawain C B FIDE Profile". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Title Applications - 2nd quarter Presidential Board, 22-24 June 2007, Tallinn, Estonia". FIDE. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sydney International 2008 - Chessdom report". Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gawain Jones wins Commonwealth Championship on tiebreak". 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Gawain Jones wins the 99th British Championship". ChessBase. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Gawain Jones vs. Romain Edouard". London Chess Classic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Crowther, Mark (11 January 2016). "TWIC 1105: 23rd New Zealand Open 2016". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "GM Gawain Jones is double champion at the 18th Dubai Open Chess Tournament". Chessdom. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "GM Gawain Jones of the UK becomes first two-time champion in Dubai Open Chess Tournament". gulfnews.com. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Priyadarshan Banjan (15 April 2017). "Dubai Open 2017: Gawain Jones wins". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "104th British Chess Championships - Prizewinners 2017". 6 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Gawain Jones team chess record at OlimpBase.org
  16. ↑ Barden, Leonard (14 March 2019). "Chess: England win first major medal in 22 years with silver at world teams". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "British Championship: Gawain Jones captures third title". fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  18. ↑ Colodro, Carlos. "Gawain Jones shines at London Chess Classic with 2795 TPR". chessbase.com. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  19. ↑ "About Gawain Jones". Gawain Jones. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  20. ↑ Scheer, Victoria. "Sue Yuchan Maroroa Jones: Chess champion died after 'complex' birth". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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