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C. J. A. Jones

Written by Michael McDowell

Biography

Christopher Jones

Christopher James Austin Jones was born on 6th April 1952 at Newport-on-Tay, Scotland. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and Corpus Christi College, Oxford and practised as a solicitor from 1980 to 1997. As a player he represented Scotland as a junior in the period 1968-69, and captained Oxford University Chess Club in 1972-73. Resident in Bristol since 1978, he has played for the Bristol & Clifton and Thornbury clubs.

Having been helpmates sub-editor of The Problemist since 1997, he took over as Secretary of the BCPS in 2001 and was elected President in 2007.

His first chess problem was published in 1987, since when his output ha s passed the 500 mark. He has established a reputation as a prolific composer of helpmates, in which field he has been the most successful British composer of recent years in terms of awards gained. In 1997 he became helpmates sub-editor of The Problemist, and in 2001 took over as Secretary of the BCPS.

Problems

The notes to the following problems are by Christopher Jones.

(A) C. J. A. Jones

1st Comm., The Problemist, 1989

1K6/8/3ps3/4k3/3p4/5b2/6B1/8

Helpmate in 7½: 2 solutions

(B) C. J. A. Jones

2nd HM., The Problemist, 1992

7K/Brp2q2/R1p1s3/p1p3p1/2pSkPp1/8/3P4/b3r2b

Helpmate in 3: 2 solutions

(C) C. J. A. Jones

British Chess Magazine, 1997

5br1/1K6/3q2s1/2RP4/2PppP2/4kpB1/3pp3/8

Helpmate in 3: 2 solutions

(D) C. J. A. Jones

Prize, Suomen Tehtäväniekat, 1998

8/1R1sb3/2k5/P1s2q1B/rr6/5p2/1p6/4K3

Helpmate in 3: (b) bQf5->c7

(E) C. J. A. Jones

(after F. Kovacs) 1st Prize, Orbit, 1999

7q/6rk/5p1r/2p5/4S3/2pp1p2/2p2S2/2K5

Helpmate in 4: 2 solutions

(F) C. J. A. Jones

Die Schwalbe, 2000

8/2S2p1B/5P2/KP1P4/4P3/3ps3/3pksP1/4bb2

Helpmate in 3: 2 solutions

(G) C. J. A. Jones

2nd Prize, The Problemist, 2000

8/5s2/5p1B/1pPp4/2kPS3/2P2p2/1P3rq1/1r1sK3

Helpmate in 3: 2 solutions

(H) C. J. A. Jones

2nd Prize, Orbit, 2001/II

8/1pb5/1q5s/1Pk3P1/1r3P1R/1r2P1P1/1P4bp/4K1B1

Helpmate in 3 (b) wPe3->f2

(I) C. J. A. Jones

Sachova Skladba, 2003

B7/1s2R2K/8/s7/4p3/P1kP4/8/1b6

Helpmate in 3 (b) d3 = black pawn

(J) C. J. A. Jones

Schach-Aktiv, 2003

7b/5pS1/6q1/2s1pRp1/s1p3p1/2PbkP2/8/K7

Helpmate in 3 (b) remove bPe5


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