Jonathan Rowson

Jonathan Rowson
Rowson at the 38th Chess Olympiad
CountryScotland
Born (1977-04-18) 18 April 1977
Aberdeen, Scotland
TitleGrandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating2524 (June 2025)
Peak rating2599 (July 2005)

Jonathan Rowson (born 18 April 1977) is a Scottish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time British chess champion and was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999 . He was awarded an Open Society Fellowship in 2018 by the Open Society Foundations . He now works as an intellectual entrepreneur and civil society leader as co-founder and Chief Executive of Perspectiva.