John Saunders' Chess Blog

Here's a bit of advice for would-be bicycle thieves. Let's imagine you've been apprehended eyeing up some bikes by an observant ...

Here's a photo you might have seen before... ... of Fabiano Caruana playing Viktor Korchnoi in the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters in 2011...

I have just heard the sad news of the death of David Welch, who contributed so much to British chess as an arbiter and organiser over so man...

As we all know, chess has a strong element of sado-masochism about it. Have you ever noticed how a crowd gathers round a board when some gru...

This is my first blog post from the 2018 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, being played at The Coll...

"Let's see if I've got this straight. If I lose, I die and go straight to hell. If I win, I get an extra 200 rating points a...

"Adjudication or adjournment? You're 'avin' a laugh! It's quickplay finish or increments these days, sunshine!"...