55:
250:
squad, winning three team medals (two silver and one bronze). In 1984, he earned an individual gold medal for an outstanding (7/9, 78%) performance on his board. Other notable results for
English teams occurred in 1978 at the World Student Olympiad in Mexico and at the 1983
259:. Both of these events yielded gold-medal-winning performances, the latter being exceptional for the highest percentage score (6/7, 85%) on any board. As a player of league chess, he has been a patron of the
31:
964:
310:, there were good results in 1977/78 (a share of fifth in a strong field) and in 1983/84, when he shared third place (after joint winners Karlsson and
984:
934:
131:
858:
553:
420:
228:. There followed a string of British Championship successes, where he took the title in 1976, 1983 and 1988. His victory at
974:
979:
939:
342:
and was married to Anna O´Donovan from 1982 to her death in 2022. Their son, David Mestel, was born in
February 1992.
489:
382:
235:
Along the way, Mestel was awarded the
Grandmaster (GM) title in 1982 and became a Chess Solving Grandmaster and the
216:, but failing to clinch the title at the last hurdle. Playing in Tjentiste in 1975, he took the bronze medal at the
252:
236:
924:
217:
969:
903:
792:
201:
949:
832:
802:
701:
512:
756:
660:
351:
295:
929:
817:
751:
716:
898:
736:
665:
209:
761:
546:
746:
104:
481:
170:
158:
270:
In international tournaments, his best early result was equal second at London 1977, tying with
959:
331:
944:
287:
954:
539:
469:
232:
in 1976 was remarkable for a start of nine consecutive wins, a record for the competition.
162:
153:) is a British mathematician and chess grandmaster. He holds the position of Professor of
8:
807:
565:
205:
182:
154:
96:
522:
225:
837:
827:
771:
485:
446:
416:
326:
303:
118:
30:
853:
766:
721:
691:
317:
Aside from his academic and chess activities, he wrote the mainframe computer game
271:
338:
Better known by his middle name, Jonathan, he is the son of the Jewish astronomer
879:
812:
731:
706:
457:
322:
194:
290:
in 1979 (with Laszlo Vadasz) and finished with a share of second in 1984 (after
169:. He obtained his PhD with the thesis "Magnetic Levitation of Liquid Metals" at
726:
696:
655:
645:
640:
562:
526:
408:
279:
247:
221:
166:
918:
884:
797:
670:
604:
599:
473:
370:
275:
190:
508:
822:
787:
741:
625:
435:
311:
302:
in 1982, he was the co-winner of a zonal tournament, with Nunn, Stean and
181:
A distinguished chess player, he was the first person to be awarded chess
123:
711:
650:
635:
579:
386:
339:
291:
200:
He announced his arrival on the international chess scene by winning the
874:
675:
594:
531:
229:
609:
240:
146:
82:
307:
299:
243:, he is a medal-winning member of the British Chess Solving Team.
575:
283:
256:
213:
150:
86:
60:
517:
246:
Between 1976 and 1988 he was a frequent member of the
English
260:
186:
114:
16:
British chess grandmaster and mathematician (born 1957)
109:
World Cadet
Champion 1974, World Solving Champion 1997
916:
547:
965:People educated at Manchester Grammar School
193:solving. He has also represented England at
468:
554:
540:
29:
561:
407:
263:since its earliest days and represented
917:
212:, figuring in a seven-way play-off at
985:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
535:
208:. In the same year he nearly won the
415:. Penguin Books. pp. 285–286.
13:
935:International solving grandmasters
282:. There were also good results at
14:
996:
502:
413:The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess
383:"Teams - Camrose Edinburgh 2015"
325:, which was later rewritten for
253:European Team Chess Championship
189:in both over-the-board play and
53:
904:Category:English chess players
462:
451:
440:
429:
401:
375:
364:
1:
513:Mathematics Genealogy Project
478:The Oxford Companion To Chess
447:World Solving Ch. 1997 result
357:
329:and released commercially as
525:player profile and games at
352:List of Jewish chess players
237:World Chess Solving Champion
7:
975:Sportspeople from Cambridge
518:Jonathan Mestel's home page
345:
10:
1001:
980:Chess Olympiad competitors
899:List of chess grandmasters
210:British Chess Championship
940:Chess double grandmasters
893:
867:
846:
780:
684:
618:
587:
572:
436:List of Chess Solving GMs
218:World Junior Championship
176:
130:
113:
103:
92:
66:
48:
40:
28:
23:
371:Institutional home page
239:in 1997. With fellow GM
202:World Cadet Championship
482:Oxford University Press
171:University of Cambridge
159:Imperial College London
145:(born 13 March 1957 in
925:English mathematicians
267:in the 2008/9 season.
143:Andrew Jonathan Mestel
44:Andrew Jonathan Mestel
970:English chess players
458:Olimpbase Player Data
950:Jewish chess players
484:. pp. 212–213.
163:magnetohydrodynamics
808:Alexander Cherniaev
582:of Grandmaster (GM)
332:Philosopher's Quest
286:, where he won the
220:, finishing behind
206:Pont-Sainte-Maxence
155:Applied Mathematics
136:2540 (January 1984)
930:Chess Grandmasters
574:Chess players for
226:Larry Christiansen
912:
911:
838:Stephen J. Gordon
828:Stewart Haslinger
772:Aaron Summerscale
422:978-0-14-046452-8
327:Microsoft Windows
304:John van der Wiel
140:
139:
992:
859:Daniel Fernandez
854:Jonathan Hawkins
767:Dharshan Kumaran
722:Jonathan Penrose
692:Joseph Gallagher
556:
549:
542:
533:
532:
496:
495:
466:
460:
455:
449:
444:
438:
433:
427:
426:
405:
399:
398:
396:
394:
385:. Archived from
379:
373:
368:
278:, behind winner
272:Miguel Quinteros
132:Peak rating
126:(September 2024)
80:
76:
74:
59:
57:
56:
33:
21:
20:
1000:
999:
995:
994:
993:
991:
990:
989:
915:
914:
913:
908:
889:
880:Nikita Vitiugov
863:
842:
813:Daniel Gormally
793:Jonathan Parker
776:
732:Jonathan Levitt
707:Stuart Conquest
680:
631:Jonathan Mestel
614:
583:
568:
560:
523:Jonathan Mestel
509:Jonathan Mestel
505:
500:
499:
492:
467:
463:
456:
452:
445:
441:
434:
430:
423:
409:Golombek, Harry
406:
402:
392:
390:
389:on 12 June 2015
381:
380:
376:
369:
365:
360:
348:
323:Peter Killworth
195:contract bridge
179:
165:and biological
161:. He worked on
81:
78:
72:
70:
54:
52:
36:
24:Jonathan Mestel
17:
12:
11:
5:
998:
988:
987:
982:
977:
972:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
942:
937:
932:
927:
910:
909:
907:
906:
901:
894:
891:
890:
888:
887:
882:
877:
871:
869:
865:
864:
862:
861:
856:
850:
848:
844:
843:
841:
840:
835:
833:Simon Williams
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
803:Matthew Turner
800:
795:
790:
784:
782:
778:
777:
775:
774:
769:
764:
759:
754:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
727:Matthew Sadler
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
702:William Watson
699:
697:Anthony Kosten
694:
688:
686:
682:
681:
679:
678:
673:
668:
663:
658:
656:Julian Hodgson
653:
648:
646:James Plaskett
643:
641:Harry Golombek
638:
633:
628:
622:
620:
616:
615:
613:
612:
607:
602:
597:
591:
589:
585:
584:
573:
570:
569:
559:
558:
551:
544:
536:
530:
529:
527:Chessgames.com
520:
515:
504:
503:External links
501:
498:
497:
490:
474:Whyld, Kenneth
461:
450:
439:
428:
421:
411:, ed. (1981).
400:
374:
362:
361:
359:
356:
355:
354:
347:
344:
280:Vlastimil Hort
265:The Gambit ADs
248:Chess Olympiad
222:Valery Chekhov
178:
175:
167:fluid dynamics
138:
137:
134:
128:
127:
121:
111:
110:
107:
105:World Champion
101:
100:
94:
90:
89:
77:March 13, 1957
68:
64:
63:
50:
46:
45:
42:
41:Full name
38:
37:
35:Mestel in 1988
34:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
997:
986:
983:
981:
978:
976:
973:
971:
968:
966:
963:
961:
960:Living people
958:
956:
953:
951:
948:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
933:
931:
928:
926:
923:
922:
920:
905:
902:
900:
896:
895:
892:
886:
885:Shreyas Royal
883:
881:
878:
876:
873:
872:
870:
866:
860:
857:
855:
852:
851:
849:
845:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
798:Nicholas Pert
796:
794:
791:
789:
786:
785:
783:
779:
773:
770:
768:
765:
763:
760:
758:
757:Neil McDonald
755:
753:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
690:
689:
687:
683:
677:
674:
672:
671:David Norwood
669:
667:
664:
662:
661:Michael Adams
659:
657:
654:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
637:
634:
632:
629:
627:
624:
623:
621:
617:
611:
608:
606:
605:Michael Stean
603:
601:
600:Raymond Keene
598:
596:
593:
592:
590:
586:
581:
577:
571:
567:
564:
557:
552:
550:
545:
543:
538:
537:
534:
528:
524:
521:
519:
516:
514:
510:
507:
506:
493:
491:0-19-217540-8
487:
483:
479:
475:
471:
470:Hooper, David
465:
459:
454:
448:
443:
437:
432:
424:
418:
414:
410:
404:
388:
384:
378:
372:
367:
363:
353:
350:
349:
343:
341:
336:
334:
333:
328:
324:
320:
315:
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
296:Lars Karlsson
293:
289:
288:North Sea Cup
285:
281:
277:
276:Michael Stean
273:
268:
266:
262:
258:
254:
249:
244:
242:
238:
233:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
198:
196:
192:
188:
184:
174:
172:
168:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
135:
133:
129:
125:
122:
120:
116:
112:
108:
106:
102:
98:
95:
91:
88:
84:
79:(age 67)
69:
65:
62:
51:
47:
43:
39:
32:
27:
22:
19:
945:English Jews
823:Gawain Jones
818:David Howell
788:Luke McShane
752:James Howell
742:Keith Arkell
717:Nigel Davies
630:
626:Jon Speelman
566:Grandmasters
477:
464:
453:
442:
431:
412:
403:
391:. Retrieved
387:the original
377:
366:
337:
330:
318:
316:
312:Jon Speelman
269:
264:
245:
234:
199:
180:
142:
141:
18:
955:1957 births
737:Peter Wells
712:Mark Hebden
666:Daniel King
651:Glenn Flear
636:Nigel Short
340:Leon Mestel
292:Nigel Short
204:in 1974 at
183:Grandmaster
97:Grandmaster
919:Categories
897:See also:
875:Ravi Haria
762:Chris Ward
676:Mihai Suba
595:Tony Miles
580:FIDE title
358:References
230:Portsmouth
185:titles by
73:1957-03-13
747:John Emms
610:John Nunn
578:with the
241:John Nunn
147:Cambridge
83:Cambridge
476:(1984).
346:See also
308:Hastings
300:Marbella
576:England
563:English
511:at the
319:Brand X
294:, with
284:Esbjerg
257:Plovdiv
214:Clacton
191:problem
151:England
87:England
61:England
49:Country
488:
419:
393:8 June
298:). At
177:Career
119:rating
117:
99:(1982)
58:
868:2020s
847:2010s
781:2000s
685:1990s
619:1980s
588:1970s
321:with
306:. At
93:Title
486:ISBN
417:ISBN
395:2015
274:and
261:4NCL
224:and
187:FIDE
124:2458
115:FIDE
67:Born
314:).
255:in
157:at
921::
480:.
472:;
335:.
197:.
173:.
149:,
85:,
75:)
555:e
548:t
541:v
494:.
425:.
397:.
71:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
