Mig Greengard. Brooklyn, NY. Age: 42. Height: 1.95m. Weight: 106kg. Hair: Sparse. Eyes: Green. Occasional host of ICC Chess.FM live coverage.
http://www.chessninja.com, Because Losing Sucks. E-mail training newsletters for all levels, message boards, the #1 chess blog: The Daily Dirt!
I ran KasparovChess.com from its beginning till March '02. My "Mig on Chess" articles, interviews, reporting, etc. has appeared at TWIC, ChessBase.com, various print magazines, etc.
I work with Garry Kasparov full time on various writing, design, and political projects. I run http://www.theotherrussia.org and collaborated on Kasparov's book, "How Life Imitates Chess".
More about me, if you're that desperate for entertainment: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=429. A ChessCafe interview with me: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles190.pdf
I hit 2310 elo in 1996 back when I lived in Buenos Aires and used to play chess relatively seriously. Relatively.
A pic of me having my ears pulled: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2004/05/ears_to_the_ground.htm
8: I was awarded the 2007 Cheese Journalist of the Year Award. My reporting on the Vermont Cheddar Scandal did the trick. More: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7777/381/
Class = rematch after a first-game win with white and "last one" after a long series instead of finally winning and "gotta go."
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Blitz | Rating | 2558 | Best | 2576 (24/Jul/1999) |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 2025 | Best | 2235 (27/Jul/1997) |