Jonny Hector

{{short description|Swedish chess grandmaster (born 1964)}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Jonny Hector | image = London Chess Classic 2016 Day3-4 (31609279455).jpg | caption = | full_name =  | country = Sweden | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|02|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Malmö, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | title = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap | Grandmaster (1991) | ICCF Grandmaster (1999) }} | FideID = 1700090  | peakrating = 2609 (May 2010) | ICCF_rating = [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=450964&tab=3 2616] (January 2001) | ICCF_peakrating = 2645 (April 2000) }}

'''Jonny Hector''' (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish chess player. In {{chessgloss|over-the-board}} chess, he received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1991. In correspondence chess, he earned the ICCF title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iccf.com/downloads/titles/2011_GM.pdf |title=International Correspondence Chess Federation - Grandmasters - November 2011 |website=ICCF.com |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407032541/http://www.iccf.com/downloads/titles/2011_GM.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

Born in Malmö, Sweden, Hector has lived in Denmark for many years. He learned chess at the relatively late age of 14, but quickly became a very strong player. In 1987 he was equal first in the strong Cappelle-la-Grande open (with Anthony Kosten and Anatoly Vaisser).

In 2002, he won the Swedish championship at Skara.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic401.html#12 |title=TWIC 401: Swedish Championships |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=2002-07-15 |publisher=London Chess Center |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924134236/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic401.html#12 |archive-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>

He has reached a tie in 1st place in the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen four times. In 2000, he tied with Boris Gulko and Lars Bo Hansen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Politiken Cup 22nd 2000 |url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Politiken_Cup_22nd_2000/6194 |website=365Chess.com |access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> In 2006, he tied with Vadim Malakhatko and Nigel Short.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Politiken Cup 2006 |url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Politiken_Cup_2006/36013 |website=365Chess.com |access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> In 2008, he tied with Sergei Tiviakov, Vladimir Malakhov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Boris Savchenko.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-28 |title=ChessBase photo reporter Tiviakov wins Politiken Cup |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/chebase-photo-reporter-tiviakov-wins-politiken-cup |access-date=2020-07-09 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref> In 2012, he tied with Ivan Sokolov and Ivan Cheparinov.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8406 |title=Chess News - Cheparinov wins the Politiken Cup 2012 |website=ChessBase.com |date=2012-08-14 |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref>

He has an aggressive attacking style, and is known for playing unusual chess openings, for example the Milner-Barry Gambit of the French Defense and the Charousek Variation of the Ruy Lopez, Classical Defense.

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FIDE}} * {{ICCF}} * {{Chessgames player|16293}} * {{OlimpBase player|rbpffbbd}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903213237/http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=1700090 |title=Rating data at Chess.vrsac.com}}

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