Jonny Hector (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish chess player. In 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.[1]

Jonny Hector
Country	Sweden
Born	(1964-02-13) 13 February 1964 (age 58) Malmö , Sweden
Title	Grandmaster (1991) ICCF Grandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating	2463 (August 2022)
Peak rating	2590 (October 2002)
ICCF rating	2616 (October 2005)
ICCF peak rating	2645 (April 2000)

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.[2]

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.[3] In 2006, he tied with Vadim Malakhatko and Nigel Short.[4] In 2008, he tied with Sergei Tiviakov, Vladimir Malakhov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Boris Savchenko.[5] In 2012, he tied with Ivan Sokolov and Ivan Cheparinov.[6]

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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonny Hector.

• Jonny Hector rating card at FIDE
• Jonny Hector player details at ICCF
• Jonny Hector player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Jonny Hector Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
• Rating data at Chess.vrsac.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-03)

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