Gawain Jones

Gawain Jones

Gawain Jones (born 1987) is an English chess Grandmaster.

Jones was born in Yorkshire, England and 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. [cite web
title = Terence Chapman Awards to Junior Chess Players 2000
publisher = British Chess Federation
date = 2005-06-03
url = http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcfawards/chapmanawards2000.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-28] He has represented England in World Championships on many occasions as a junior and as of 2008 is one of England's highest rated players. [cite web
title = Country Top players list (England)
work = FIDE Online
publisher = World Chess Federation
url = http://www.fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=ENG
accessdate = 2008-02-28] He has lived in Italy and in Ireland and his first book, "Starting Out: The Grand Prix Attack" (ISBN 978-1857445473), was published by Everyman in March 2008.

He had an Elo rating of 2549 in the July 2008 FIDE list, making him the fourth ranked among active English grandmasters.

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External links

*fide|id=409561|name=Gawain Jones
* [http://www.gawainj.com Gawain Jones' website]


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