Gawain Jones
Number of games in database: 639
Years covered: 1997 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2639
Highest rating achieved in database: 2658
Overall record: +250 -114 =223 (61.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      52 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (101)      B23 B40 B20 B51 B31  French Defense (39)      C07 C05 C03 C10 C04  French Tarrasch (31)      C07 C05 C03 C04 C06  Scotch Game (28)      C45  Caro-Kann (26)      B12 B10 B11 B14 B18  Nimzo Indian (18)      E20 E32 E34 E46 E42	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (91)      B76 B22 B50 B52 B70  King's Indian (69)      E94 E92 E62 E70 E67  Sicilian Dragon (43)      B76 B70 B72 B78 B77  Modern Benoni (25)      A57 A58 A56 A70 A62  Ruy Lopez (19)      C91 C95 C64 C85 C61  Benko Gambit (19)      A57 A58

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007 1-0
   D Ledger vs G Jones, 2012 0-1
   K Bischoff vs G Jones, 2006 0-1
   A Summerscale vs G Jones, 2009 0-1
   Morozevich vs G Jones, 2008 1/2-1/2
   G Jones vs T Gelashvili, 2007 1-0
   Short vs G Jones, 2012 1/2-1/2
   A Brkic vs G Jones, 2006 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   European Union Individual Championships (2006)
   British Championship (2006)
   World Junior Championship (2007)
   2nd Queenstown Chess Classic (2009)
   British Championship (2009)
   Hastings Chess Congress (2009)
   Commonwealth and South African Open (2011)
   British Championships (2011)
   12th European Individual Championship (2011)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2012)
   British Championships (2012)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   B23 Sicilian: Closed [White] by chess.master
   Game's That Enriched My Opening Knowledge ... by Galaxy7

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GAWAIN JONES (born Dec-11-1987) United Kingdom [what is this?] Grandmaster (2007). A catalogue of his achievements, starting with winning the U7 London Championship in 1994, can be found at his web site (see below). Jones' recent achievements include 2nd in the European Union Individual Championships (2006), =1st in the Sydney International Open in March 2008, =2nd at the Reykjavik Open (2012) and 7.5/11 at the 13th European Individual Championship (2012). Jones's website: http://gawainjones.co.uk/ Wikipedia article: Gawain Jones

page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 639  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Radjabov vs G Jones 1-0 19 1997 Wch U10 A04 Reti Opening 2. Kasparov vs G Jones 1-0 55 1998 BT Wireplay challenge B50 Sicilian 3. G Jones vs R Mamedov ½-½ 24 2001 WYB14 E77 King's Indian 4. G Jones vs R Palliser   ½-½ 24 2001 4NCL B23 Sicilian, Closed 5. G Jones vs T Hinks-Edwards   0-1 49 2001 SWYM B06 Robatsch 6. D Ledger vs G Jones   0-1 40 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B23 Sicilian, Closed 7. G Jones vs Wen Yang   ½-½ 39 2001 WYB14 B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. G Jones vs M Broomfield   0-1 47 2001 SWYM B03 Alekhine's Defense 9. A Hunt vs G Jones   1-0 27 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B50 Sicilian 10. A Brkic vs G Jones   ½-½ 28 2001 WYB14 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. S Ledger vs G Jones   0-1 40 2001 4NCL B22 Sicilian, Alapin 12. S Lalic vs G Jones   ½-½ 78 2001 4NCL B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 13. L Trent vs G Jones   0-1 52 2001 SWYM B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 14. R Willmoth vs G Jones   ½-½ 34 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B50 Sicilian 15. T Gareev vs G Jones   0-1 49 2001 WYB14 A57 Benko Gambit 16. M Thiruchelvam vs G Jones   0-1 30 2001 SWYM B53 Sicilian 17. G Jones vs D E Rumens   ½-½ 29 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR C55 Two Knights Defense 18. F Pancevski vs G Jones   0-1 43 2001 WYB14 C14 French, Classical 19. R Granat vs G Jones   ½-½ 64 2001 4NCL B72 Sicilian, Dragon 20. G Jones vs J Bick   0-1 69 2001 SWYM C50 Giuoco Piano 21. G Jones vs N Frost   1-0 37 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B40 Sicilian 22. G Quparadze vs G Jones   1-0 28 2001 WYB14 C00 French Defense 23. G Jones vs D Ippolito   0-1 36 2001 SWYM C50 Giuoco Piano 24. E Player vs G Jones 1-0 41 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B23 Sicilian, Closed 25. M Walker vs G Jones   ½-½ 16 2001 Smith & Williamson ch-GBR B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 639    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Jones wins | Jones loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-15-04    Benzol: Is this Gawain Jones? Jan-04-05    quXa: Yes, but his rating now is around 2400 :P Jan-15-05    Resignation Trap: Gawain Jones is now an IM and here is his website: http://www.gawainjones.com . Apr-12-06    themadhair: He has just recently won the Cork masters. Apr-12-06    Jim Bartle: Game of the Day? Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Apr-26-06    VerdeNotte: hi guys, I'm Gawain Jones btw, just saying hello. Would like to say my results are better than they appear here :) Apr-26-06    GBKnight: Good to hear from you, Gawain. Congratulations on the IM title ! Can we assume you will be playing in the 'British' this year, and, if so, how do you rate your chances ? May-30-06    VerdeNotte: Hi, sorry tried to kib before but might not have worked. Thanks, next stop gm title :P I should be playing the British this year and I'll see how I can do. Rowson if he plays will be favourite again probably. I'd be happy with a top 5 finish. Aug-16-06    Runemaster: <pedantry alert> Gawain's name on this site "VerdeNotte" translates from Italian as 'green night'. He could take instead the name "CavaliereVerde" which would be 'green knight'. Aug-16-06    FICSwoodpusher: Congratulations on winning the SA open. Even though this tournament is unheard of internationally, a win is a win. Aug-21-06    watergun7: Hey Gawain, Well done at the British, even though u had to take the bye... Hope u become a GM soon. Sep-13-06    BIDMONFA: Gawain C Jones JONES, Gawain C. http://www.bidmonfa.com/jones_gawai... _ May-24-07    protean: Gawain will become a grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at this season's 4NCL. Congratulations User: VerdeNotte! May-24-07    Knight13: Congratulations on getting your GM norm, man! :) Aug-18-07    ALEXIN: Great sacrifices in his game against Van Wely: (G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007). Jan-14-08    waustad: Is Dzindzichashvili vs G Jones really you at that age? Jul-28-08    Ezzy: Will start favourite for the British championships which start today. Nov-16-08    ketchuplover: BOO! :) Jan-22-09    Benzol: Gawain Jones lost today to Victor Mikhalevski in Rd 8 of the Queenstown Classic. The most depressing thing is that the game was only 15 moves. See http://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/qu... Jun-01-09    Benzol: Congratulations to Gawain Jones who has taken first place in the Waitakere Trust Open in Auckland with a 6-0 clean sweep. Aug-03-09    Peligroso Patzer: <Benzol: Gawain Jones lost today [Jan-22-09] to Victor Mikhalevski in Rd 8 of the Queenstown Classic. The most depressing thing is that the game was only 15 moves. ***> FWIW, here is a link to the CG page for the referenced game: V Mikhalevski vs G Jones, 2009. Aug-17-09    Dredge Rivers: Where's Lancelot and Galahad? Oct-04-09    Benzol: Gawain has just taken first place in the 4th George Trundle NZ Masters Tt. Congratulations Gawain. :) Nov-30-09    GrahamClayton: Gawain played in the South African OPen in mid-2009 via Chesscube, playing his games in the early hours of the morning in Australia. Jones finished 2nd with 9/11, behind Zambian IM Amon Simutowe. Dec-11-09    abscissa: Happy birthday Gawain! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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