Richard Griffith
English chess player, author and editor
About Richard Griffith
Lived 1872 – 1955 (aged 83). Richard Griffith was a British engineer, chess player and metallurgist.
Richard Clewin Griffith (22 July 1872 in London – 11 December 1955 in Hendon, London) was an English chess player, author and editor. He was educated at Charterhouse School.
He won the British Chess Championship in 1912 at Richmond, at his only appearance in the event. Also in 1912, he was the original co-author with John Herbert White of the famous chess book, Modern Chess Openings, which has gone into many editions up to the present day.
He was the editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1920 to 1937, and again for some months in 1940.
During World War II Griffith was the honorary treasurer of the British Chess Federation, and a member of its council and executive.
By profession, he was a metallurgist for an assaying company.
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English chess player, author and editor (1872-1955)
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Richard Griffith was born on 22 July 1872 in London.
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Richard Griffith died on 11 December 1955 in Hendon.
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Richard Griffith was an engineer, chess player and metallurgist.
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Richard Griffith was British.
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