GM Jonathan Rowson Gets Classic Wild Card Call-‐Up The three-‐time British Champion, GM Jonathan Rowson, steps up to play in the biggest tournament of his career after being given the wild card spot into ‘The Super Sixteen’ Grandmaster Rapid...
Unite or Divide?
Photo and story from ChessBase Extract from Herald Chess Column, Scotland, Saturday June 28. Which country are you in? ‘Scotland’, I imagine, is the reflexive answer for most Herald readers; ‘Britain’ for a few others. Neither answer seems wrong....
War of words
Chess world divided in row over national federationsDAMIEN HENDERSONJune 28 2008We have long grown used to seeing questions of national identity played out on the football pitch. But for a game normally regarded as the cerebral opposite of the...
Profoundly discriminatory?
The United Kingdom of Many Sporting Entities? GM Jonathan Rowson (Scotland) recently discussed this topic here. Below is the counter view from GM Nigel Short who resides in Athens, Greece: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
The special JR medal
This is the Jonathan Rowson medal, created by the city of Aberdeen for the young players who qualify. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
GM Jonathan Rowson award
GM Jonathan Rowson (in the brown suit) is a 3-time British Champion and a native of Aberdeen. He was honored tonight by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen. They city also created the Jonathan Rowson Award for all children in...
Aberdeen University hosts international chess conference
This is 3-time British Champion GM Jonathan Rowson, his wife and Dr. Redman from UTD CHESS PLAYERS TO CHECK IN12:00 – 30 August 2007 Chess players are gathering in Aberdeen for an international conference. Some of the world’s greatest...
A nice evening at Aberdeen
The Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference in Aberdeen will start tomorrow. Tonight was a big dinner with about 30 attendees / speakers of the conference. It was great meeting many people who have the same interest...
IM Aagaard leads British Championship
IM Jacob Aagaard scores 6.5 points in 7 games to lead the 2007 British Championship. His sole draw was against the defending champion GM Jonathan Rowson. 1 Aagaard, Jacob……….. SCO m 2467 6½ 2 Haslinger, Stewart G….. ENG m...
Meditating your way to chess success?
Meditation: for old hippies or a better way of life?JONATHAN ROWSONThe Herald, UK I once told a taxi driver that I meditate, and was intrigued when he said he was into that sort of thing too. He said that...