Jones represented Botswana in three Chess Olympiads in 1986, 1988 and 1990, and PNG in five Chess Olympiads from 2004 to 2012. His best result was scoring 10/13, and finishing 6th on the reserve board, at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia 2004. Jones was awarded the FIDE Master title for this result.
He was awarded the FIDE International Arbiter title in 1990. He is the secretary of the FIDE Development Commission.
Jones competed in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championships on the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2009.
