Saunders reached a peak Elo rating of 2255[1] in January 1993 after winning several domestic open tournaments. He then played internationally for his home country Wales after being chosen first reserve board for the 1997 European Team Championship.[2]
He became less active as a player and established a career in chess writing and journalism, first as editor of British Chess Magazine (1999 to July 2010), then editor of CHESS Magazine (from September 2010), as well as providing news coverage for BBCCeefax. He has also authored instructive guides on chess covering a broad range of expertise, and is the founder and archivist of Britbase – a chess games database with objective to log the collected game scores of all major tournaments in British chess history.[3]
Publicationsedit
Saunders, John (2007). How To Play Winning Chess. Lorenz Books. ISBN978-0-7548-1712-3.
Saunders, John (2008). How To Play and Win at Chess. Southwater. ISBN978-1-84476-537-9.
Saunders, John (2009). Advanced Chess; Rules, Skills, Tactics and Strategic Play. Southwater. ISBN978-1-84476-659-8.
John C Saunders player profile and games at Chessgames.com
BritBase.info - List of all British Chess Champions from 1904 to present, maintained by John Saunders
CHESS website
November 01, 2023
john, saunders, chess, player, john, cameron, saunders, born, 1953, loudwater, buckinghamshire, british, chess, player, writer, editor, journalist, john, saundersfull, namejohn, cameron, saunderscountryenglandborn, 1953, february, 1953, loudwater, buckinghamsh. John Cameron Saunders born 1953 in Loudwater Buckinghamshire is a British chess player writer editor and journalist John SaundersFull nameJohn Cameron SaundersCountryEnglandBorn 1953 02 22 February 22 1953 age 70 Loudwater BuckinghamshireFIDE rating2160 February 2015 Peak rating2255 January 1993 Contents 1 Chess career 2 Publications 3 References 4 External linksChess career editSaunders learned to play chess at age seven beginning competitive play after attending Royal Grammar School High Wycombe 1963 1970 He continued his education at Selwyn College Cambridge obtaining a degree in Law and Classics Saunders reached a peak Elo rating of 2255 1 in January 1993 after winning several domestic open tournaments He then played internationally for his home country Wales after being chosen first reserve board for the 1997 European Team Championship 2 He became less active as a player and established a career in chess writing and journalism first as editor of British Chess Magazine 1999 to July 2010 then editor of CHESS Magazine from September 2010 as well as providing news coverage for BBC Ceefax He has also authored instructive guides on chess covering a broad range of expertise and is the founder and archivist of Britbase a chess games database with objective to log the collected game scores of all major tournaments in British chess history 3 Publications editSaunders John 2007 How To Play Winning Chess Lorenz Books ISBN 978 0 7548 1712 3 Saunders John 2008 How To Play and Win at Chess Southwater ISBN 978 1 84476 537 9 Saunders John 2009 Advanced Chess Rules Skills Tactics and Strategic Play Southwater ISBN 978 1 84476 659 8 Saunders John Bird David 2010 The Complete Step By Step Guide to Chess amp Bridge Anness ISBN 978 0 75482 062 8 References edit John Saunders Historical FIDE Ratings OlimpBase the encyclopaedia of team chess Archived from the original on 6 August 2012 Retrieved 7 December 2011 John Saunders team chess record OlimpBase the encyclopaedia of team chess Retrieved 7 December 2011 British Chess Game Archive Britbase Retrieved 2 September 2020 External links editJohn C Saunders rating card at FIDE nbsp John C Saunders player profile and games at Chessgames com BritBase info List of all British Chess Champions from 1904 to present maintained by John Saunders CHESS website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Saunders chess player amp oldid 1170946956, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
