| Jonathan Simon 'Jon' Speelman | |
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| Born | October 2, 1956 |
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| Fields | Mathematics, Chess |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Jonathan Simon Speelman (born October 2, 1956) is an English chess player, a Grandmaster, a mathematician, and a chess writer. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.
He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He studied mathematics at university, earning his Doctorate. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and
Winner of the British Chess Championship in 1978, 1985, and 1986, Speelman is a regular member of the English Chess Olympiad team. The British Chess Championship is organised by the English Chess Federation. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other
Speelman qualified for two Candidates' Tournaments. The Candidates Tournament was a triennial Chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the In the 1989-1990 cycle, he qualified by placing third in the 1987 Subotica Interzonal tournament. Subotica ( Serbian: Суботица Subotica,, Hungarian: Szabadka, Croatian: Subotica) is a city and municipality in Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation After beating Yasser Seirawan in his first round 4-1, and Nigel Short in the second round 3. Yasser Seirawan ( ياسر سيروان) (born March 24, 1960) is a Chess grandmaster and 4-time US -champion Nigel David Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is often regarded as the strongest British Chess 5-1. 5, he lost to Jan Timman at the semi-final stage 4. Jan Timman (born December 14, 1951) is a Dutch Chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to 5-3. 5. In the following championship cycle (1990-93) he lost in the first round to Short, the eventual challenger for Garry Kasparov's crown, 5. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet 5-4. 5.
Speelman's highest ranking in the FIDE Elo rating list was equal fourth in the world, in January 1989. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. [1]
In 1989 Speelman beat Kasparov in a televised speed tournament, and then went on to win the event. Speelman is noted for his imaginative style, often choosing unobvious ways to carry on his games.
He has written a number of books on chess, including several on the endgame, among them Analysing the Endgame (Batsford, 1981), Endgame Preparation (Batsford, 1981) and Batsford Chess Endings (Batsford, 1993, co-author with Jon Tisdall and Robert Wade). In Chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board Jonathan D Tisdall (b August 26, 1958 in Buffalo, New York) is a grandmaster of Chess (title awarded 1995 and works } Robert Graham Wade OBE (born April 10 1921 Dunedin, New Zealand) is a British Chess player writer arbiter coach and Among his other books are the critically acclaimed Jon Speelman's Best Games (Batsford, 1997), and Best Games 1970-1980, a thesis-like analysis of nearly 50 of the best games by top players from that decade. Anova Books is a UK -based Publishing company founded in 2005 with the acquisition of the Chrysalis Books Group from the Chrysalis Group.
In the April 2007 FIDE list Speelman had an Elo rating of 2518, making him England's 12th-highest rated active player. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go.
He is also known as "Spess," short for "specimen," one of the many misspellings of his name in the press over the years.
Married to Lyndsey Thomas, they have a son, Lawrence, born in January 1994.
References
External links
- FIDE rating card for Jonathan S. Speelman
- Jonathan Speelman at ChessGames.com
- Interview
- Jon Speelman at the Internet Movie Database
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