dgriffinchess
dgriffinchess
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Bio
I learned to play chess before the age of 10, and began to play competitively at age 12, in the spring of 1979. During 1980-1989 I represented Scotland at every level from Under-14 to full international.
In the early 1990s my professional career took me to the north-east of Scotland, and I gradually gave up over-the-board play. However, I have retained a strong interest in the game, in particular in its history and literature.
For as long as I can remember, I have had a particular fascination with Russian language and culture. Over the course of the past 15 years I have translated the annotations to a great many games from classic Soviet-era books and periodicals such as 'Chess in the U.S.S.R' and '64', many of which have never been published in the West.
On this website I will share some of the results of my work with interested readers, so that the games and the notes to them might reach the wider audience that they undoubtedly deserve.
Since the autumn of 2019, I have authored a regular column - 'From the Archives' in 'Chess Informant'.
In October 2019, Quality Chess published my translation of Grigory Levenfish's memoir. Further details on this are available here:
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/355/soviet_outcast_by_grigory_levenfish/.
This was followed in June 2021 by my translation of Mark Taimanov's memoir concerning his famous 1971 match v. Bobby Fischer:
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/401/i_was_a_victim_of_bobby_fischer_by_mark_taimanov/
In July 2024 my expanded translation of Andor Lilienthal's autobiographical work 'Zhizn - shakhmatam' was published by Quality Chess as 'Chess Survivor'.
As detailed in the pages of this blog, I also worked on the 50th-anniversary edition of the book on the Match of the Century for 'Chess Informant':
https://sahovski.com/The-Match-of-the-Century-USSR-vs-World-p195740024
I have also appeared on the 'Perpetual Chess' and 'Let's Talk About Chess' podcasts; interested readers can access these via the following links:
https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2019/5/28/doug-griffin-chess-writertranslatorblogger
https://lets-talk-about-chess.letscast.fm/episode/28-douglas-griffin
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