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Stephen Gordon
S Gordon 
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 448
Years covered: 1999 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2474 (2474 rapid, 2466 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2556
Overall record: +182 -82 =167 (61.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 17 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (30) 
    A13 A11 A15 A14 A17
 King's Indian (22) 
    E92 E94 E90 E97 E81
 Slav (19) 
    D15 D12 D17 D11 D10
 English, 1 c4 e5 (12) 
    A25 A20 A29 A28 A21
 Grunfeld (12) 
    D85 D97 D86 D80
 Queen's Gambit Declined (11) 
    D30 D37 D38 D35 D39
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (87) 
    B90 B22 B51 B23 B94
 Nimzo Indian (32) 
    E34 E46 E48 E20 E32
 Sicilian Najdorf (26) 
    B90 B94 B91 B95 B92
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    D02 A45 A46 D04 E00
 Semi-Slav (11) 
    D43 D44 D45
 English (11) 
    A13 A15 A14 A10 A17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Gordon vs J Rowson, 2007 1-0
   S Gordon vs D Rogozenco, 2009 1-0
   Hracek vs S Gordon, 2010 0-1
   D Eggleston vs S Gordon, 2009 0-1
   McShane vs S Gordon, 2006 1/2-1/2
   L Galego vs S Gordon, 2006 0-1
   J Rudd vs S Gordon, 2018 0-1
   S Gordon vs J Emms, 2004 1-0
   S Knott vs S Gordon, 2009 1/2-1/2
   S Knott vs S Gordon, 2013 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   British Championship (2012)
   British Championship (2013)
   British Championship (2007)
   European Union Championship (2006)
   British Championship (2019)
   4NCL 2011/12 (2012)
   British Championship (2005)
   British Championship (2011)
   British Championship (2010)
   British Championship (2006)
   London Chess Classic Open (2019)
   Hastings 2008/09 (2009)
   Gibraltar Masters (2014)
   Gibraltar Masters (2013)
   Gibraltar Masters (2020)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Hong Kong Open 2024/25
   A A Hafiz vs S Gordon (Jan-02-25) 1-0
   S Gordon vs L Jiang (Jan-01-25) 1/2-1/2
   X Li vs S Gordon (Dec-30-24) 1/2-1/2
   S Gordon vs F Shen (Dec-30-24) 1-0
   S Gordon vs M Concio Jr (Dec-29-24) 1/2-1/2

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STEPHEN GORDON
(born Sep-04-1986, 38 years old) United Kingdom

[what is this?]
Stephen J. Gordon is a GM from Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. In 2012, he was coach/captain of the English Women's Olympiad team.

Wikipedia article: Stephen J. Gordon


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 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 449  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Gordon vs A Hoffmann 0-1191999CN..0.00165C50 Giuoco Piano
2. S Gordon vs B Valentine  1-0352002BCF-chT3 2002/03 (4NCL)A20 English
3. G Jones vs S Gordon  1-0312003Smith & Williamson YM 13thB50 Sicilian
4. S Gordon vs B C Addison  1-0502003Smith & Williamson YM 13thA30 English, Symmetrical
5. R Palliser vs S Gordon  0-1442003Smith & Williamson YM 13thE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
6. S Gordon vs A Bigg  ½-½172003Smith & Williamson YM 13thE60 King's Indian Defense
7. S Gordon vs G Antal  ½-½182003Smith & Williamson YM 13thA45 Queen's Pawn Game
8. T Dvorak vs S Gordon  1-0692003Smith & Williamson YM 13thB27 Sicilian
9. M Broomfield vs S Gordon  ½-½272003Smith & Williamson YM 13thD90 Grunfeld
10. S Gordon vs S Haslinger  ½-½472003Smith & Williamson YM 13thA06 Reti Opening
11. S Jasny vs S Gordon  ½-½902003Smith & Williamson YM 13thB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. S Gordon vs E Bamber  1-0572003British ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
13. A Al-Rakib vs S Gordon  ½-½402003British ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
14. S Gordon vs S Kidambi  0-1422003British ChampionshipD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. L Webb vs S Gordon  1-0492003British ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
16. S Gordon vs D Barua  0-1392003British ChampionshipA25 English
17. K B McEwan vs S Gordon  ½-½372003British ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
18. S Gordon vs A J Walton  1-0522003British ChampionshipA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
19. A Bigg vs S Gordon  ½-½142003British ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. S Gordon vs J Grant  1-0312003British ChampionshipE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
21. N Mohota vs S Gordon  1-0402003British ChampionshipE49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System
22. S Gordon vs R Martyn  ½-½512003British ChampionshipE45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation
23. S Gordon vs S R Mannion  ½-½112003Preston OpenD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
24. S Gordon vs D B Lund  0-1372003Preston OpenA25 English
25. M Hamer vs S Gordon  0-1542003Preston OpenE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 449  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-12-06  BIDMONFA: Stephen Gordon

GORDON, Stephen J.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gordon_step...
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Aug-09-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: Gordon had a nice win today in the British Championships on the Black side of a Najdorf Sicilian against pre-round tournament leader GM Jacob Aagaard to pull even with him for a share of first. They will likely be joined for a share of the lead by IM Stewart Haslinger, who seems headed for a draw against Kosten.
Aug-09-07  GBKnight: In fact Kosten squeezed a win against Haslinger, so its Gordon and Aagaard leading going into the last round, although they have already played. A good chance for either of them to win it outright, but I expect to see some last round draws...
Aug-10-07  Ezzy: I'm rooting for Gordon to win it. He lives only 10 miles from me. A lancashire lad (from Oldham).

Haslinger is also a Lancashire lad (from Formby)

Aug-10-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: <GBKnight: In fact Kosten squeezed a win against Haslinger *** >

Yes, my posting from yesterday proved once again the wisdom of Sam Goldwyn's admonition: "Be very careful when making predictions, especially about the future." Once Haslinger played 51. ... axb4 (allowing Kosten to reply 52. cxb4 obtaining connected passed pawns on the a- and b-files) White was winning. (I wonder if Haslinger could have held with 51. ... Kd6.)

Aug-10-07  GBKnight: Watching the final round live on the ECF website :
thehttp://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livec...

Gordon looks like he has a good chance to win this position against Kosten. Aargaard looks to be winning now against Flear, so Gordon needs to win to share first place.

Aug-10-07  GBKnight: Aagaard won against Flear, but Stephen could not quite win after Kosten got tremendous counterplay and had to take a draw, but still a very creditable 2nd place with Rowson.
Jun-22-09  myschkin: . . .

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephe...

Dec-10-10  BobCrisp: Currently commentating on the <London Chess Classic>. He's now a GM.
Aug-03-12  Cibator: Not the most informative biog on the site. Even Brian Eley (1972 champion) gets an inch more in his single line.
May-20-17  Paint My Dragon: A rare outing for Stephen at the <Llucmajor Open> (Mallorca) this week, where his classy round 7 win against <Evgeny Romanov> was followed by a draw with <Imre Hera>. Keeps him in contention for the prizes going into tomorrow's final round. He was joined today on the top boards by girlfriend <Sophie Milliet>.

<En Passant>
It seems likely that the first 2 games given in his games collection belong to Stephen P Gordon, the chess book author.

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