Simon Williams (chess player)
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| Full name | Simon Kim Williams |
| Country | England |
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30 November 1979 Surrey, England |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2452 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (November 2009) |
Simon Kim Williams (born 30 November 1979) is a chess grandmaster and author from England.
In 1993, he received his first international FIDE rating of 2255, and won the British Junior Squad Under-12 Championships, and in 1995, finished 16th in the European Under-14 Championship. After finishing equal first with Karl Mah in the Smith and Williamson Young Masters, he received the International Master title in 1998, later in the year playing on the top board for England in U16 Chess Olympiad. In 1999, he finished 7th in European U18 Championship.
He became a Grandmaster in 2008, achieving the final norm at the Hastings International Chess Congress 2005/2006 and the 2500+ rating at Hastings 2007/2008. His peak rating so far is 2550, achieved in November 2009. In 2009, he organised the Big Slick International in Purley, London, which comprised an invitational GM tournament and FIDE Rated Open.
In 2003, he finished second at the British Chess Championship, and equal second in 2009.
In 2009, Williams finished equal first at the Southend Chess Congress all-play-all tournament.
He was joint winner with Gawain Jones of the London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open in December 2010, with a rating performance of 2690.
In 2005, he won the British Blitz Championship.
He owns a site known as www.gingergm.com
Williams works as a chess commentator at tournaments and through online streaming. Most notably, he has provided official commentary at the Gibraltar Chess Festival alongside Irina Krush, Elisabeth Pähtz in 2016 and Jovanka Houska in 2017. He has covered a number of other tournaments for ChessBase and Chess.com. Williams also maintains a YouTube channel where he uploads blitz chess games with commentary as well as analysis of his previous games.
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