John Cameron Saunders (born 1953 in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire) is a British chess player, writer, editor and journalist.

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.

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.