Jonathan Simon Speelman (born 2 October 1956 in Marylebone, London)[1] is a British chess player and author.

Speelman was educated at St Paul's School, London and Worcester College, Oxford, where he read mathematics.

On 7 December 1990, Speelman was featured in an experimental interactive BBC2 broadcast called Your Move, which was hosted by Rob Curling and commentated by chess writer William Hartston.

In the groundbreaking one-off episode, Speelman was pitted against the audience, who would use a special telephone line to submit their moves, with the move played by the viewers being decided by a democratic vote.

The broadcast went for approximately three hours, about double the time that it had been scheduled for.