| Jayson Gonzales | |
|---|---|
 Gonzales at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Born | May 2, 1969 Quezon City, Philippines |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| Peak rating | 2524 (July 2008) |
Jayson Gonzales (born 2 May 1969, Quezon City) is a Filipino chess grandmaster (2008).
He played for the Philippines in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2008. [1] In 1998, he won the Southern California Open. [2] In 2001, he tied for 4–5th with Alan Sayson in the Philippine Chess Championship. [3] In 2004, tied for 3rd–4th with Sergei Tiviakov in the Calvia Open [4] and came third behind Jaan Ehlvest and John Fedorowicz in the 88th Marshall Chess Club Championship in New York. [5] In 2008, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Ashot Nadanian in the 1st Leg ASEAN Circuit Chess Tournament in Tarakan [6] and came second in the 1st Subic International Open Tournament. [7]
On the May 2012 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2405. His handle on the Internet Chess Club is "veracity". [8]
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