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Douglas Griffin

@dgriffinchess

Former chess-player (1979-1995).
Writer on Soviet chess history; translator of Russian-language chess literature. Published by @chessinformant1 & @QualityChess.

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Grandmaster Vladimir Savon (1940-2005), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, 17th January 1972. Savon was reigning Soviet champion, having comfortably won the 39th USSR-ch (Leningrad, 1971) ahead of Smyslov, Tal, Karpov, Stein... (Photo source: gahetna.nl.)

Grandmaster Vladimir Savon (1940-2005), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, 17th January 1972. Savon was reigning Soviet champion, having comfortably won the 39th USSR-ch (Leningrad, 1971) ahead of Smyslov, Tal, Karpov, Stein... (Photo source: gahetna.nl.) #chess
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