Richard Stuart Jones (born 28 March 1983) is a Welsh International Master from Swansea, Wales. Jones first became Welsh Chess Champion in 2002 and held the title again in 2003, 2009 (shared with Ioan Rees), 2010, 2012 (shared with Tim Kett) and 2013. Jones has played in chess Olympiads for Wales in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. [1]
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a French chess player, the top ranked of his country.He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005, at age 14. His peak Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-highest rated player of all time. He is often referred to by his initials, MVL.
Thomas Llewelyn Jones was a Welsh language author. Over a writing career of more than 50 years, he became one of the most prolific and popular authors of children's books in Welsh. He wrote, and was generally known, as T. Llew Jones.
Sergei Movsesian is an Armenian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo.
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Aleksej Aleksandrov is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Aleksandrov is a five-time Belarusian champion and played on the Belarusian national team at the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship and the European Team Chess Championship. He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004, and in the FIDE World Cup in 2017.
Gawain Christopher Bernard Jones is an English chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. He won the British Chess Championship in 2012 and 2017. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013, 2017 and 2019.
Iolo Ceredig Jones is a Welsh former international chess player born in Llandysul. He is notable as the co-author of the only Welsh language chess manual, A chwaraei di wyddbwyll?, which he wrote with his father, T. Llew Jones.
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