Jonathan Levitt
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Short description|English chess grandmaster (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image = Jonathan Levitt.jpg
|caption = Levitt in 2004
| country = England
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| title = Grandmaster (1990)
| peakrating = 2495 (January 1989)
| FideID = 400220
}}
Jonathan Paul Levitt is an English chess grandmaster.
Biography
Levitt studied mathematics at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1982 to 1985.{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/blog/KingsBishop/happy-birthday-jonathan-levitt|title=Happy Birthday Jonathan Levitt|date=June 3, 2020}}
Levitt wrote chess anecdotes for Garry Kasparov's KasparovChess website, and is also a chess teacher.{{cite web|url=https://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-gm-jonathan-levitt-03-vi-1963/2023-06-03/|title=Birthday of GM Jonathan Levitt (03-vi-1963)|date=June 3, 2023}} He wrote the book Genius in Chess, which explores whether there is a link between chess rating and IQ.{{cite web|url=http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/quest.htm|title=The question of talent}}{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/rapid-interview-with-jonathan-levitt|title=Rapid Interview with Jonathan Levitt|first=Arne|last=Kaehler|date=December 6, 2020}}
In 2005, Levitt won the Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament, beating Jon Speelman in the tiebreaks.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=47903|title=Staunton Memorial (2005)}}{{cite web|url=https://chessdailynews.com/staunton-memorial-by-gm-ray-keene/|title=STAUNTON MEMORIAL BY GM RAY KEENE|date=July 28, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/chess/article738716/|title=CHESS|date=September 10, 2005|first=Jonathan|last=Berry}} He won Morris Sobkowski's chess set through his victory in the event, but re-donated the set back to the Society the following year.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/michael-adams-wins-the-staunton-memorial|title=Michael Adams wins the Staunton Memorial|date=August 21, 2007}}
Personal life
Levitt is married with one child.{{cite web|url=http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/chess_families.htm|title=Families and Chess|first=Bill|last=Wall}}
References
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Category:English chess players
Category:Chess players from London