Jonny Hector

{{short description|Swedish chess grandmaster (born 1964)}}

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{{Infobox chess player

| name = Jonny Hector

| image = Hector Jonny.jpg

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| country = Sweden

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|02|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden

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| title = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap

| Grandmaster (1991)

| ICCF Grandmaster (1999)

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| 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)

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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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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.{{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}} In 2006, he tied with Vadim Malakhatko and Nigel Short.{{Cite web |title=Politiken Cup 2006 |url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Politiken_Cup_2006/36013 |website=365Chess.com |access-date=2020-07-09}} In 2008, he tied with Sergei Tiviakov, Vladimir Malakhov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Boris Savchenko.{{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}} In 2012, he tied with Ivan Sokolov and Ivan Cheparinov.{{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}}

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.