Douglas Marshall Bryson

b. 12 March 1957

Scottish Chess Magazine Nr. 122, May 1991.

Associated with Shettleston Chess Club, Glasgow.

Member of Shettleston CC team that won the 1984 Richardson Cup.

Scottish Correspondence Chess Champion 1978-79 (shared), 1980-81.

British Correspondence Chess Champion 1982-83 and 1983-84, 1984-85 (shared).

International Master of Correspondence Chess 1985

International Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess 1986.

Allegro Champion 1990 and 1992.

International Master (FIDE) 1994.

Scottish Champion 1996 and 1997.

West of Scotland Champion 1993 (shared).

Scottish Player of the Year 1995.

Winner of the Scottish Centenary International Correspondence Chess Tournament
1. D M Bryson (SCO) 10½, 2= V-M Anton (GER) 9½, N E Povah (ENG) 9½, S Webb (ENG) 9½, 5= E Hintikka (FIN) 9, H Sørensen (DEN) 9; 7= V Sagorowsky (RUS) 8, B Vukcevic (YUG) 8, 9= J Földi (HUN) 7, K W Strand (NOR) 7, 11= M Berta (YUG) 5½, E Sterud (NOR) 5½, 13. J Bohak (SLO) 4, 14. P Diaconescu (ROM) 3, 15. M Napolitano (ITA) 0.

Winner of the Norwegian 40th Anniversary Correspondence Chess Tournament.

Represented Scotland in 2nd World Telechess Olympiad 1981 - matches against Norway and USSR.
Played for Scotland in 9 FIDE Olympiads between 1982-2002.
Celtic Triangular matches 1981-82 and 1983-84.
European Men's Team Ch.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland