{"id":453,"date":"2022-06-26T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/thegroceryshop\/?p=453"},"modified":"2022-06-26T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:55:04","slug":"writer-journalist-chess-player-ben-graff-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/thegroceryshop\/writer-journalist-chess-player-ben-graff-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer, journalist, chess player: Ben Graff Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sometimes in life, you get to know to meet and develop a relationship with complete strangers in a totally unexpected way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in 2020, I had a phase during which I read exclusively chess-related novels. 1<\/sup><\/a> Among other things, I stumbled on the book The Greenbecker Gambit<\/em> which is a character novel revolving around a completely delusional and mentally deranged chess player who is way past his prime, but who is totally engrossed in his own greatness and who still believes he has a shot of becoming the World Champion. 2<\/sup><\/a> I really liked all the grotesque and humour, but also the pain ingrained in the novel and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, after finishing the book, I did the perfectly natural thing any self-respected chess blogger would do \u2013 I reached out to the author of the novel, Ben Graff, and asked him whether he would do an interview\u2026 which then I delayed and procrastinated over taking forward for almost a full year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortunately, in the end, I did manage to come up with a set of questions and Ben \u2013 an extremely likable and approachable guy \u2013 decided he still wants to have something to do with an unreliable millennial and agreed to do the interview \u2013 which I am happy to bring to the light of the sun today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben Graff is a man with a very rich biography and an impressive and inspiring life story. He describes himself primarily as a writer and chess journalist \u2013 he has written two books (one chess-related and one non-chess related) and has been a regular contributor to Chess Magazine, he writes for The Chess Circuit and The Gazette (The Blind Chess Association Magazine) and also for Authors Publish and a number of other publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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