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{{Infobox chess player
|name = John Saunders
|full_name = John Cameron Saunders
|image =
|caption =
|birthname = John Cameron Saunders
|country = [[England]]Wales
|birth_date = {{bda|1953|2|22}}
|birth_place = [[Loudwater, Buckinghamshire|Loudwater]], [[Buckinghamshire]]
|rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1800736/chart 2160] (February 2015)
|rating = 2173 <small>(November 2011)</small>
|peakrating = 2255 <small>(January 1993)</small>
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'''John Cameron Saunders''' (born 1953 in [[Loudwater, Buckinghamshire|Loudwater]], [[Buckinghamshire]]) is a British [[chess]] player, writer, editor and magazine editorjournalist.
 
==Chess career==
Saunders learned to play the gamechess at the age of seven, andbeginning hascompetitive playedplay competitively sinceafter attending the [[Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe]] (1963-701963–1970). He wentcontinued onhis toeducation at [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]], where he obtainedobtaining a degree in Law and Classics.
 
As a winner of domestic open tournaments, heSaunders reached a peak [[Elo rating]] of 2255<ref name="peak" /> (in January 1993) andafter winning several domestic open tournaments. He then played internationally for his home country [[Wales]], whenafter selectedbeing aschosen 'first reserve' board for the 1997 [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championship]].<ref name="reserve" />
 
BecomingHe became less active as a player, Saunders has sinceand madeestablished a career fromin chess writing and journalism, first as editor of ''[[British Chess Magazine]]'' from (1999 to July 2010), then editor of ''[[CHESS_magazineCHESS magazine| CHESS Magazine]]'' (from September 2010), andas bywell as providing news coverage for [[BBC]] [[Ceefax]]. He ishas also authored instructive guides on chess covering a broad range of expertise, and is the founder and archivist of ''Britbase',' – a chess gamegames database thatwith attemptsobjective to log the collected gamescores{{chessgloss|game scores}} of everyall major tournamenttournaments in British chess history.<ref name="britbase" />
 
==Publications==
He has written some instructive guides on the game, covering a broad range of levels of expertise.
*{{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2007 | title=How To Play Winning Chess | publisher=Lorenz Books | isbn=978-0-7548-1712-13}}▼
 
*{{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2008 | title=How To Play and Win at Chess | publisher=Southwater | isbn=978-1-84476-537-79}}▼
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2009 | title=Advanced Chess; Rules, Skills, Tactics and Strategic Play | publisher=Southwater | isbn=978-1-84476-659-48}}
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▲*{{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2008 | title=How To Play and Win at Chess | publisher=Southwater | isbn=1-84476-537-7}}
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▲*{{cite book | last=Saunders | first=John | year=2007 | title=How To Play Winning Chess | publisher=Lorenz Books | isbn=0-7548-1712-1}}
| first1=John
| last2=Bird
| first2=David
| authorlink2=David Bird (bridge writer)
| title=The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Chess & Bridge
| publisher=Anness
| year=2010
| isbn=978-0-75482-062-8}}
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist|refs=
 
<ref name="peak">
{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Saunders,%20John%20C..html |title=John Saunders: Historical FIDE Ratings |publisher=OlimpBase: the encyclopaedia of team chess |url-status=dead |accessdate=7 December 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806000609/http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Saunders%2C%20John%20C..html |archivedate= 6 August 2012 }}
▲{{cite web
|url = http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Saunders,%20John%20C..html
|title = John Saunders: Historical FIDE Ratings
|publisher = OlimpBase: the encyclopaedia of team chess
|deadurl = yes
|accessdate = 7 December 2011
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<ref name="britbase">
{{cite web
|url = http://www.saund.coorg.uk/britbase/
|title = British Chess Game Archive
|publisher = Britbase
|accessdate = 72 DecemberSeptember 20112020
}}
</ref>
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==External links==
*{{fide|id=1800736Fide|name=John C. Saunders}}
*{{chessgames player|id=40429|name=John C Saunders}}
*[http://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/britchamps.html BritBase.info - List of all British Chess Champions from 1904 to present, maintained by John Saunders]
*[http://www.chess.co.uk/ CHESS website]
*[http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/ London Chess Centre website]
 
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| NAME = Saunders, John
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British chess player
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Loudwater,_Buckinghamshire
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
| DATE OF BIRTH= 1953
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[[Category:People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe]]
[[Category:Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge]]
 
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