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Stephen Gordon
Stephen Gordon in 2008
Full name	Stephen John Gordon
Country	England
Born	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 38) Oldham, England
Title	Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating	2506 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2556 (September 2012)

Stephen John Gordon (born 4 September 1986) is an English chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In September 2004 he took a break from his A-level studies at The Blue Coat School, Oldham to compete in the thirteenth Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International.

In 2005, while still a FIDE Master, he finished 6th in the British Championships ahead of a Grandmaster and several International Masters.

At the EU Individual Open Chess Championship held at Liverpool in 2006, he led the tournament after eight rounds and finished a very creditable (joint) second, a half point behind winner Nigel Short and level with Luke McShane among others.

Probably his best result to date however, was second place in the 2007 British Championship, narrowly losing his share of the lead in the final round. In other rounds, he defeated both tournament victor Jacob Aagaard and previous champion Jonathan Rowson.

By 2008, his rating had reached grandmaster level, although the title itself had not yet been secured. At the British Championship in Liverpool, he almost repeated his performance of the previous year, by taking a share of third place. He was the British under-21 Champion each consecutive year between 2005 and 2008. He became a grandmaster on 1 August 2009.

He has been one of the co-presenters of the chess podcast The Full English Breakfast since its inaugural show in October 2010.

Achievements

British Under 10 Champion - 1997
England Under 11 Champion - 1998
England Junior Squad Under 18 Champion - 2003
England Junior Squad Under 21 Champion - 2003
Isle of Man Under 18 Champion - 2002, 2003
British Under 18 Champion - 2005
British Under 21 Champion - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stephen J. Gordon.

Stephen J. Gordon player profile and games at Chessgames.com

v t e English Grandmasters
Chess players for England with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
1970s	Tony Miles Raymond Keene Michael Stean John Nunn
1980s	Jon Speelman Jonathan Mestel Nigel Short Harry Golombek James Plaskett Glenn Flear Julian Hodgson Michael Adams Daniel King David Norwood Mihai Suba
1990s	Joseph Gallagher Anthony Kosten William Watson Stuart Conquest Mark Hebden Nigel Davies Jonathan Penrose Matthew Sadler Jonathan Levitt Peter Wells Keith Arkell John Emms James Howell Neil McDonald Chris Ward Dharshan Kumaran Aaron Summerscale
2000s	Luke McShane Jonathan Parker Nicholas Pert Matthew Turner Alexander Cherniaev Daniel Gormally David Howell Gawain Jones Stewart Haslinger Simon Williams Stephen J. Gordon
2010s	Jonathan Hawkins Daniel Fernandez
2020s	Ravi Haria Nikita Vitiugov Shreyas Royal Ameet Ghasi
See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:English chess players

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