Top 20 after 7 rounds1 GM Jones, Gawain C B 5.5 ENG 2644 2 GM Sulskis, Sarunas 5.5 LTU 2550 3 IM Gao, Rui 5.5 CHN 2450 4 GM Sumets, Andrey 5.0 UKR 2638 5 GM Vovk, Andrey 5.0 UKR 2567 6 GM...
British Champion Gawain Jones Enters London Chess Classic
Last Saturday, Gawain Jones was celebrating the win of his first British Chess Championship title in North Shields – but the popular young English grandmaster turned it into a double celebration with the confirmation of his invitation to play...
2 way tie for 1st at British Championship
Final top 15 standings Rk Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM Jones, Gawain C 9.0 ENG M 2655 2687 +0.54 2 GM Gordon, Stephen 9.0 ENG M 2539 2655 +1.66 3 GM Howell, David W 8.5...
Jones, Gordon lead British Championship by a full point
Standings after 9 rounds Rk Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM Jones, Gawain C 7.5 ENG M 2655 2709 +0.67 2 GM Gordon, Stephen 7.5 ENG M 2539 2641 +1.27 3 GM Howell, David W 6.5...
Contrasting chess fortunes
David Howell and Gawain Jones experience contrasting chess fortunesThe two exciting English grandmasters had different results at strong European opens this weekShare0Leonard Bardenguardian.co.uk, Friday 20 July 2012 07.34 EDT England’s two youngest grandmasters have been in action in strong...
Further bid for UK top spot
Gawain Jones shines in Plovdiv to further bid for UK top spotLeonard BardenThe Guardian, Friday 6 April 2012 England’s Gawain Jones, 24, ended up 15th, far above his seeding, in the European Championship at Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Jones’s 7.5/11 total...
Gawain Jones takes sole lead at European Individual Championship
Round 4 top board results Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg 1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2628 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 2 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2702 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Kuzubov...
Short leads Bunratty Masters, Adams & Jones 1/2 pt back
Leaders after 4 rounds Rank Name Title Rtg 1 2 3 4 Pts 1 Short, Nigel GM 2641 1 1 1 1 4.0 2 Adams, Michael GM 2709 1 1 ½ 1 3.5 3 Jones, Gawain C. GM 2566...
Michael Adams and Gawain Jones impress at European Team Championship
Michael Adams and Gawain Jones impress at European Team ChampionshipLeonard BardenFriday 18 November 2011 18.02 EST Michael Adams won the individual top board gold medal in the European Team Championship at Halkidiki in Greece, but the continued impressive advance...
English team announced
Confirmation of England teams for the European Team ChampionshipSep 17, 2011 I’m pleased to announce that the England teams for the 2011 European Team Championships are as follows: Open: GM Michael Adams, GM Nigel Short, GM David Howell, GM...