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| Born | Julian Michael Hodgson (1963-07-25)25 July 1963 (age 62) |
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| Country | England |
| Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
| FIDE rating | 2609 (February 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2640 (July 2000) |
| Peak ranking | No. 27 (July 1993) |
Julian Michael "Jules"Hodgson (born 25 July 1963 inLondon)[1] is a British chess player,grandmaster, and formerBritish chess champion.
He first came to the notice of the chess world for his achievements as a junior, whilst at Hammersmith Chess Club in West London;[2] he was London under-18 champion at 12 years of age and won the British Boys under-21 title aged 14.[3]
International Master and Grandmaster titles followed in 1983 and 1988 respectively. Tournament results, either shared or outright, included second placeLloyds Bank Open 1986: first placeBenidorm 1986: first placeGeneva Open 1988: second placeTel Aviv 1988: first placeKecskemét 1988 and first placeDos Hermanas 1989. AtSan Bernardino 1989, he finished first on tie-break, ahead of strong grandmastersKiril Georgiev andIvan Sokolov. A frequent visitor to Spain'sSeville Open, he shared first place in 1986 and 1988. At thePhiladelphia World Open of 1990, he was runner-up behindIgor Glek. In domestic competition, Hodgson competed regularly at theBritish Chess Championship, winning the title on four occasions (1991, 1992, 1999, and 2000).
In international team chess, he played for the EnglishOlympiad team, winning the bronze team medal atNovi Sad 1990, and an individual silver medal atManila 1992. The Manila result followed a notable win earlier in the year, at the open tournament held annually inCappelle-la-Grande.
In 1997 he won theCanadian Open Chess Championship, and was joint winner of the National Open inLas Vegas. AtOxford in 1998, he shared victory withJonny Hector, ahead ofJohn Nunn andEmil Sutovsky. He was the winner of the North American Open in 1999. He recorded his peakElo rating of 2640 in the year 2000. A return visit to the World Open saw him finish a half-point behind the leaders. In 2001, he was a joint winner of the Chicago Open withAlexander Goldin. For several years, Hodgson played league chess in both the GermanBundesliga and British4NCL.
Since 2003, he has not played competitive chess,[4] instead teaching chess in schools.[5]
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Hodgson is known for having revived theTrompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5), an opening which had been neglected for several years prior to his adoption and development of it. In interviews, he indicated that this was borne from laziness and a reluctance to learn establishedchess opening theory. During the 1980s, the Trompowsky became popular first in the UK, and later internationally.[7] Fellow grandmasterJoe Gallagher wrote that it should be renamed the Hodgson–Trompowsky Attack, a view shared by others.[citation needed]. A related, but more obscure version of the system (1.d4 d5 2.Bg5) has been dubbed by some theHodgson Attack and by others the Pseudo-Trompowsky or Queen's Bishop Attack.
Hodgson is known for hisAttack with Julian Hodgson book series, and contributed to theTrends series of opening booklets and also theFoxy Openings (VHS, later converted to DVD) series, includingTrompowski-Main Line andTrompowski Success. Selected major works follow.
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