John Saunders' Chess Blog

Well, in the end I did get to see Mark Hannon answering questions on Bobby Fischer on Mastermind tonight. Despite not having access to my ow...

Mark Hannon, a Welsh player of around 2000 strength, wrote to tell me recently that he is to be one of the four contestants of an episode of...

I've just been watching edited highlights of the Armageddon game between Monika Socko and Sabine Foisor in round one of the Women's ...

"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...