John Saunders (chess player)
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Short description|British chess player (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = John Saunders
|full_name = John Cameron Saunders
|image = John Saunders 2022.png
|caption = Saunders in 2022
|birthname = John Cameron Saunders
|country = Wales
|birth_date = {{bda|1953|2|22}}
|birth_place = Loudwater, Buckinghamshire
|rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1800736/chart 2160] (February 2015)
|peakrating = 2255 (January 1993)
}}
John Cameron Saunders (born 1953 in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire) is a British chess player, writer, editor and journalist.
Chess career
Saunders learned to play chess at age seven, beginning competitive play after attending Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (1963–1970). He continued his education at Selwyn College, Cambridge, obtaining a degree in Law and Classics.
Saunders reached a peak Elo rating of 2255 in January 1993 after winning several domestic open tournaments. He then played internationally for his home country Wales after being chosen first reserve board for the 1997 European Team Championship.
He became less active as a player and established a career in chess writing and journalism, first as editor of British Chess Magazine (1999 to July 2010), then editor of CHESS Magazine (from September 2010), as well as providing news coverage for BBC Ceefax. He has also authored instructive guides on chess covering a broad range of expertise, and is the founder and archivist of Britbase – a chess games database with objective to log the collected {{chessgloss|game scores}} of all major tournaments in British chess history.
Publications
- {{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2007 | title=How To Play Winning Chess | publisher=Lorenz Books | isbn=978-0-7548-1712-3}}
- {{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2008 | title=How To Play and Win at Chess | publisher=Southwater | isbn=978-1-84476-537-9}}
- {{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2009 | title=Advanced Chess; Rules, Skills, Tactics and Strategic Play | publisher=Southwater | isbn=978-1-84476-659-8}}
- {{cite book
| last1=Saunders
| first1=John
| last2=Bird
| first2=David
| authorlink2=David Bird (bridge writer)
| title=The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Chess & Bridge
| publisher=Anness
| year=2010
| isbn=978-0-75482-062-8}}
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Saunders,%20John%20C..html |title=John Saunders: Historical FIDE Ratings |publisher=OlimpBase: the encyclopaedia of team chess |url-status=dead |accessdate=7 December 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806000609/http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Saunders%2C%20John%20C..html |archivedate= 6 August 2012 }}
{{cite web
|url = http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/g4qs4o0e.html
|title = John Saunders' team chess record
|publisher = OlimpBase: the encyclopaedia of team chess
|accessdate = 7 December 2011
}}
{{cite web
|url = http://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/
|title = British Chess Game Archive
|publisher = Britbase
|accessdate = 2 September 2020
}}
}}
External links
- {{Fide|name=John C. Saunders}}
- {{chessgames player|id=40429|name=John C Saunders}}
- [http://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/britchamps.html BritBase.info - List of all British Chess Champions from 1904 to present, maintained by John Saunders]
- [http://www.chess.co.uk/ CHESS website]
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Category:British chess writers
Category:People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe