John Michael Emms (born 14 March 1967) is an English chess Grandmaster and chess author.

Born in 1967, Emms learned to play chess at the age of five or six.

[1] He finished joint first in the Politiken Cup in 1992 and 1993,[2][3] and was awarded his grandmaster title in 1995.

He tied for first place in the 1997 British Chess Championship, but lost out on the title in the play-off round.

[5] In October 2004, he also coached a woman's team in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià, Majorca.