John Saunders' Chess Blog
Saturday, 10 October 2015
James Bond, ECF Grade 007: Licensed to Lose At Chess
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Chess players are always so snooty and picky about chess as depicted in the media and on film, so it is only fair that we should show a bit ...
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Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis) (1875-1958), 1908 British Ladies' Chess Champion
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Grace Curling won the fifth British Ladies' Championship at Tunbridge Wells in 1908. Strictly speaking, she didn't actually win it u...
Chess Snippet No.1: Kate Belinda Finn (1864-1932)
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As I mentioned in my last blog post, I'm spending more of my time as a chess detective these days, with a view to updating the game file...
Friday, 10 July 2015
Chess Detective
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Now I'm retired from full-time chess magazine editing, I can indulge my various passions (family history, local history, photography, ...
Sunday, 22 September 2013
How Good is Your Chessfriend?
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Have you come across the phrase 'chess friend'? Sometimes squidged together as one word to become 'chessfriend'? It is usual...
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Monday, 26 August 2013
BritBase is Back!
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Yes, BritBase is back. The national chess game database which I started in 1997, that is (just in case you had never heard of it). britbase...
Saturday, 25 May 2013
What Did We Miss? (Solution)
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Saunders - Staples London League 1979 White to play Here's the answer to my poser from yesterday. You'll recall that t...
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