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In 1993, he received his first international FIDE rating of 2255. During the same year he finished seventh in the European Under-14 Championship. [2] Williams regularly participated in youth tournaments throughout the 1990s, finishing seventh in the 1997 European Under-20 Championship [3] and finishing second in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters in 1998.
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2775 1989-01 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2755 1989-07 3 Mikhail Tal: 2705 1980-01 4 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1980-01 5 Jan Timman: 2675 1988-01 6 Nigel Short: 2665 1988-07 7 Artur Yusupov: 2660 1986-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2660 1989-07 9 Lajos ...
Earlier in the tournament IM Simon Williams (England) achieved a performance that should qualify him for the Grandmaster title (rating temporarily over 2500, he already had the required norms). [3] January 6 – 50th Reggio Emilia won by GM Zoltán Almási (Hungary). [3]
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE , the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation , and the English Chess Federation .
Simon Williams (sociologist) (born 1961), professor of sociology at the University of Warwick Simon Williams (bassist) (born 1973), bassist and backup singer to ska-punk band Goldfinger Simon Williams (chess player) (born 1979), English chess player, grandmaster
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Williams filed for divorce from Simon Guobadia in February after 15 months of marriage
Jones shared first place with Simon Williams at the London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2010. In 2011, he won the Bunratty Masters, ahead of Nigel Short, whom he defeated in their individual encounter, and the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Ekurhuleni. [7] He won the British Chess Championship in 2012. [8]