Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 05:36:41 10/23/02
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A Conversation with Mig Greengard [by Howard Goldowsky] 2002/10/23
When Mig Greengard greeted me at the front door of his East Village
Manhattan apartment on a late Saturday morning this past July, I thought that
I had come face to face with a smiling amalgam of chess pieces. Greengard
has the smooth, round head of a pawn, (sporting a buzz cut that gives off a
nice sheen), the solid torso of a rook, (weighted, but not too heavy), and the
height of a king, standing taller than most people at six foot four inches (1.95
meters). According to his own proclamation on a recent Usenet post, if you
ever met him, you would think that he looked a little like a younger version
of the Skipper from the T.V. show Gilligan’s Island. We spent the late
morning to early afternoon talking at Greengard’s kitchen table, where we
discussed topics ranging from Internet chess and the demise of
KasparovChess.com, to why he holds no reservations about criticizing poor
performances by any of today’s top players. Once Greengard gets going
about the chess world, it’s difficult for him stop. In fact, I hardly needed to
ask any questions. His delivery is fluid, propelled by hand gestures, sarcastic
humor, and opinions that constantly keep the listener engaged. After we
adjourned to grab a bite to eat, we walked to Washington Square Park to
watch the chess hustlers and then to the Chess Forum on Thompson Street
in the village to play some blitz. By the time I lost my tenth straight
game,(Greengard can trade blitz points with IMs on his good days), it was time
to wrap up my extended three-hour tour. As usual, most of what the former
TWIC columnist, former KasparovChess.com editor-in-chief, and current
ChessBase.com columnist had to say was entertaining, insightful, and
controversial. So sit right back, and enjoy a conversation with one of the
world’s most charismatic and thought provoking chess journalists, Mig
Greengard.
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