Gawain Jones

World rank: No. 92 (October 2026)
Rating: 2630 (−3 this month)
Peak rating: 2709 (June 2019)
Title: Grandmaster (2007)
Federation: England
Born: December 11, 1987, Keighley, England (age 38)
FIDE ID: 409561

An English grandmaster and three-time British champion, most recently in 2024 after a playoff with David Howell. Later that year he won the London Chess Classic unbeaten.

He reached a peak of 2709 in 2019, when he also won team and individual silver with England at the World Team Championship.

Career highlights

Three-time British Champion
Won the 2024 London Chess Classic, unbeaten
World Team Championship silver with England in 2019
Peak rating 2709 (June 2019)

Titles

London Chess Classic: 2024

From the winners lists on our event pages.

Gawain Jones in The Chess Herald

Oct 9, 2026Adams Plays 3.Bc4 Against the Sicilian, and Nobody Laughs

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.