John Saunders

Chess archivist and freelance chess photo-journalist. Associate Editor, CHESS Magazine. Also on BSky. Play guitar, ukulele & watch rugby

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A new idea in the English Opening - the #Brexit variation #chess

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Congratulations to John Foley @ChessScholar , president of @KingstonChess, who has been named Chess Educator of the Year for 2026 by the World Chess Federation. A second memento from Samarkand was the stylish Uzbek hat. @FIDE_chess

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@eternalhopeoaks I looked up the position on the board and it turns out to be Nick Pert v Petri Lehtivaara.

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From the original 4NCL website, webmastered by me in 1998, with some of the first chess photos taken with a digital camera that I can recall seeing. Two of the people featured, Stuart Conquest and Syringa Turvey (Camp), are currently at the Olympiad in Samarkand.

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@CHESS_Magazine @ChessBase @YouTube Yes, BHW is in there, around 6:20 with his wife. Also spotted Sonja Graf, Theodore Tylor, Gerald Abrahams...

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@plittl Maybe rd 3 game or rd 6 win v Jack Rudd?

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21-year-old Henry Adams (FIDE 2174, untitled) has won the 5th Kingston Invitation chess tournament with a score of 7½ out of 9 ahead of 1 GM and 3 IMs. An outstanding result https://t.co/wEV32VV1lD

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#KingstonChess Round 9 (final) report - (1) Henry Adams 7½/9; (2) Graeme Buckley 7; (3) Danny Gormally 6½ https://t.co/YoH3aa1UXN

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@SmirneshStudent No, but he drew with Mickey Adams in a game in 2023.

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#KingstonChess - round 8 report on the 5th Kingston Invitational. With one round left, Henry Adams leads on 6½/8 ahead of Graeme Buckley, Danny Gormally, Jai Kothari and Mikhail Sedykh on 6... https://t.co/wEV32VV1lD - last round starts 1530 UK time

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#kingstonchess - Leonard Barden's latest Guardian column touches on the subject of the controversial Lalic-Scrimgour game from round 1 https://t.co/AZIHUpjBUH

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#KingstonChess Round 7 report now available... https://t.co/kOzAQOAJDv - Henry Adams now leads with 6/7, with Graeme Buckley in second place on 5½. Two rounds to go.

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#KingstonChess - round 6 report now available - Daniel Johnson and Henry Adams share the lead on 5/6 https://t.co/VhLq7Win7w

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#KingstonChess - the Round 5 report has been posted: https://t.co/3fjqnTVJx9 - Daniel Johnson still leads with 4½/5 ahead of seven players on 4

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#KingstonChess Round 4 report now posted. Daniel Johnson (SWE) leads with 4/4; (2-4) D Gormally, H Adams, M Sedykh 3½ https://t.co/5UALtNo9mO

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#KingstonChess Round 3 report - Daniel Johnson leads with 3/3 ahead of 12 players on 2½ points. https://t.co/Me20zcZIwh

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#KingstonChess Invitational Tournament, Round 2 Report https://t.co/FWKabZQxy2

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#KingstonChess A good old 'un: 67-year-old FM Peter Sowray beat Thomas Villiers with Black. Follow play at https://t.co/CEs4u4afQY

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#KingstonChess: 2nd seed Adam A Taylor arrived 20 minutes late and is now down to seconds left against Rock Yu.

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Stephen Moss, principal organiser of five Kingston Invitational chess tournaments. Round 2 is in play at the moment - follow live here: https://t.co/CEs4u4afQY

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Kingston Invitational Swiss: round 1 report https://t.co/76PbkjijLm