Jonny Hector | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 13 February 1964 Malmö, Sweden |
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| FIDE rating | 2418 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2609 (May 2010) |
| ICCF rating | 2616 (January 2001) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2645 (April 2000) |
Jonny Hector (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish chess player. In over-the-board chess, he received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1991. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1999. [1]
Born in Malmö, Sweden, Hector has lived in Denmark for many years. He learned chess at the relatively late age of 14, but quickly became a very strong player. In 1987 he was equal first in the strong Cappelle-la-Grande open (with Anthony Kosten and Anatoly Vaisser).
In 2002, he won the Swedish championship at Skara. [2]
He has reached a tie in 1st place in the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen four times. In 2000, he tied with Boris Gulko and Lars Bo Hansen. [3] In 2006, he tied with Vadim Malakhatko and Nigel Short. [4] In 2008, he tied with Sergei Tiviakov, Vladimir Malakhov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Boris Savchenko. [5] In 2012, he tied with Ivan Sokolov and Ivan Cheparinov. [6]
He has an aggressive attacking style, and is known for playing unusual chess openings, for example the Milner-Barry Gambit of the French Defense and the Charousek Variation of the Ruy Lopez, Classical Defense.
