Jonny Hector

Last updated

Jonny Hector
Hector Jonny.jpg
Country Sweden
Born (1964-02-13) 13 February 1964 (age 57)
Malmö , Sweden
Title
FIDE   rating 2439 (December 2021)
Peak rating 2590 (October 2002)
ICCF   rating 2616 (October 2005)
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.

Related Research Articles

Krishnan Sasikiran Indian chess grandmaster

Krishnan Sasikiran is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Sergei Tiviakov Dutch chess Grandmaster

Sergei Tiviakov is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008.

Parimarjan Negi Indian chess grandmaster

Parimarjan Negi is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. As of July 2021, he is the seventh player to achieve this feat.

International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB), founded on 2 December 1928.

Pavel Eljanov Ukrainian chess grandmaster

Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads.

Jānis Klovāns Latvian chess player

Jānis Klovāns was a Latvian chess player who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster and the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was a career officer in the Soviet Army.

Maxim Rodshtein Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1989)

Maxim Rodshtein is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017.

Ivan Cheparinov Bulgarian chess grandmaster

Ivan Cheparinov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He is a four-time Bulgarian champion. Cheparinov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015 and 2017. In 2018 he switched his national federation to Georgia.

Ralf Åkesson Swedish chess player (born 1961)

Ralf Åkesson is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995, and by ICCF the title of Senior International Correspondence Master (SIM) in 2004.

Erwin lAmi Dutch chess grandmaster

Erwin l'Ami is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

Emanuel Berg Swedish chess grandmaster

Emanuel Berg is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion.

Rafael Leitão Brazilian chess player

Rafael Duailibe Leitão is a Brazilian chess player. He is a grandmaster in both over-the-board chess and correspondence chess. Leitão is a seven-time Brazilian champion. He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015.

Igor Kurnosov

Igor Kurnosov was a Russian chess grandmaster.

Ashot Anastasian was an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2556, making him ranked number 14 in Armenia.

Sam Shankland American chess grandmaster (born 1991)

Samuel L. Shankland is an American chess grandmaster. He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 2018.

Olita Rause is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She also holds the ICCF title of Correspondence Grandmaster.

Boris Savchenko is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007.

Valentin Iotov Bulgarian chess player

Valentin Lyubomirov Iotov is a Bulgarian chess player received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2008. He has represented his country in Chess Olympiads and was the Bulgarian chess champion for 2006. In August 2014, Yotov played on Board 3 for Bulgaria at the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, scoring 8/11 points for a performance rating of 2741, narrowly missing out on an individual bronze medal.

Ryszard Skrobek is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1977. FIDE International Master (1978). ICCF Grandmaster (1990).

Terje Paul Wibe is a Norwegian chess player. In over-the-board chess, he received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1977. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993.

References

  1. "International Correspondence Chess Federation - Grandmasters - November 2011" (PDF). ICCF.com . Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. Crowther, Mark (15 July 2002). "TWIC 401: Swedish Championships". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. "Politiken Cup 22nd 2000". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. "Politiken Cup 2006". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. "ChessBase photo reporter Tiviakov wins Politiken Cup". Chess News. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. "Chess News - Cheparinov wins the Politiken Cup 2012". ChessBase.com. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.