17-year-old Colorado chess champion Griffin thriving following brain surgery

Competing in a chess tournament was only a hope for 17-year-old Griffin of Golden. Doctors had just finished his second hemispherectomy. The brain surgery was Griffin’s fourth since being diagnosed at age 5 with epilepsy.

Bill Beckner Jr.

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 10 • MAY 16, 2023 by The Bluffton Sun - Issuu

Colorado teen becomes national chess master despite enduring four brain surgeries

Children's Hospital Colorado

17-Year-Old Earns Master Title After Four Brain Surgeries

Teen becomes chess master after 4th brain surgery

Children's Hospital Colorado

Colorado State Chess Association

17-Year-Old Earns Master Title After Four Brain Surgeries