Mig Greengard
Encyclopedia
Michael "Mig" Greengard, (born 9 June 1969 in Northern California
, USA
) is an American chess author and journalist who currently lives in New York City
. Greengard also maintains the official English website of the Russian pro-democracy coalition, The Other Russia
.
. He continues to write columns for ChessBase
and Chess Cafe
. His chessninja.com website features a popular chess blog, "The Daily Dirt", in which he often passes on comments from Garry Kasparov
. He provides streaming audio commentary on major chess tournaments on Internet Chess Club
's Chess.FM. He secured an important interview with Vladimir Kramnik
on 16 December 2002. He was widely quoted as a commentator on the Garry Kasparov
v X3D Fritz match in November 2003.
Greengard was vice president of content for Kasparov Chess Online and editor-in-chief of kasparovchess.com from 1999 until the site's demise in 2002.
Since 1999 Greengard has worked with former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov including being the editor of the official English website of the party in which Kasparov is active, The Other Russia
. He collaborated with Kasparov on his 2007 book How Life Imitates Chess, acting as his ghostwriter
.
.
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
, USA
United States
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) is an American chess author and journalist who currently lives in New York City
New York City
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. Greengard also maintains the official English website of the Russian pro-democracy coalition, The Other Russia
The Other Russia
The Other Russia , sometimes cited as Another Russia, is an umbrella coalition that gathered opponents of former President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
.
Journalism
Greengard's online column "Mig on Chess" appeared from 1997 to 1999 in The Week in ChessThe Week in Chess
The Week in Chess is one of the first, if not the first, Internet-based chess news services.TWIC has been edited by Mark Crowther since its inception in 1994. It began as a weekly Usenet posting, with "TWIC 1" being posted to Usenet group rec.games.chess on 17 September 1994...
. He continues to write columns for ChessBase
ChessBase
ChessBase GmbH is a German company that markets chess software, maintains a chess news site, and operates a server for online chess. Set up in 1998, it maintains and sells massive databases, containing most historic games, that permit analysis that had not been possible prior to computing...
and Chess Cafe
ChessCafe.com
ChessCafe.com is a website that publishes endgame studies, book reviews and other articles related to chess on a weekly basis. It was founded in 1996 by Hanon Russell, and is well known as a repository of articles about chess and its history....
. His chessninja.com website features a popular chess blog, "The Daily Dirt", in which he often passes on comments from Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
. He provides streaming audio commentary on major chess tournaments on Internet Chess Club
Internet Chess Club
The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC currently has over 30,000 subscribing members...
's Chess.FM. He secured an important interview with Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
on 16 December 2002. He was widely quoted as a commentator on the Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
v X3D Fritz match in November 2003.
Greengard was vice president of content for Kasparov Chess Online and editor-in-chief of kasparovchess.com from 1999 until the site's demise in 2002.
Since 1999 Greengard has worked with former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov including being the editor of the official English website of the party in which Kasparov is active, The Other Russia
The Other Russia
The Other Russia , sometimes cited as Another Russia, is an umbrella coalition that gathered opponents of former President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
. He collaborated with Kasparov on his 2007 book How Life Imitates Chess, acting as his ghostwriter
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...
.
Film
Greengard took part in the 2003 documentary film Game Over: Kasparov and the MachineGame Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine is a 2003 documentary film by Vikram Jayanti about the match between Garry Kasparov, the highest rated chess player in history and the World Champion for 15 years , and Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer created by IBM...
.
Award
Greengard was named Chess Journalist of the Year, by the Chess Journalists of America, for 2006-07.External links
- USCF Rating for Mig Greengard
- Chess Ninja website
- Mig on eBay Mig occasionally auctions chess collectables to support his charitable project "Recycling Revel."