John Saunders' Chess Blog

The funeral of Bob Wade (1921-2008) was held at Eltham Crematorium on Tuesday 16 December at 10.15am. There was a very large turn out of pe...

It's official: chess and cricket have got married. The world's greatest sport has finally decided to formalise its natural partnersh...

Just when we thought the world championship had sorted itself out... suddenly it’s all up in the air again. The latest news is that Magnus C...

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...