John Saunders' Chess Blog

"Mistakes... I made a few... but thereagain... too few to mention..." Stuart Conquest did it "his way" and became the 20...

Here's a link to a short piece on Felix Jose Ynojosa's British Championship challenge by Leonard Barden in today's Guardian spor...

Round six saw draws all round for the leading group of six on 4/5, which gave a chance for yet more players to catch up. However, only one p...

Despite telling you previously that I am not so keen on following week one at the British, I must confess that there have been some fascinat...

I must confess, I have got out of the habit of watching British Championship games during the first week of the competition. It always remin...

GM Gata Kamsky was at the top of a six-way tie for first recently at the National Open (June 5-8), part of the Las Vegas International Ches...

I have just visited an old blog (which I no longer maintain) for the first time in many months and found a few comments of interest there. R...