Seventh Rank Associates
Dr. Mark Ginsburg
Editor of http://nezhmet.wordpress.com
mark@seventhrank.com
Sara Walsh
Press Liaison
http://nezhmet.wordpress.com
princesschess@gmail.com
PRESS RELEASE
Born to the Fischer era, Dr. Mark Ginsburg was one of many talented teens making the junior rounds in the 1970s. Dr. Mark Ginsburg received his International Master title in 1982 from FIDE, the World Chess Organization headed at that time by GM Fridrik Olafsson. He won the Manhattan Chess Club Championship twice, in 1988 and 1990, before that venerable Carnegie Hall institution sadly went the way of the dodo. His peak rating was 2578 in 1992, putting him 28th in the USA. His specialty is opening innovation.
Mark’s undergraduate degree was from Princeton (Biology) and did graduate work at NYU, culminating in a Ph.D. in Information Systems. He is the author or co-author of two programming textbooks and numerous peer-reviewed articles on groupware, digital libraries, and e-business strategy. As for chess, his writings have appeared in Chess Life and he was the technical editor for GM Joel Benjamin’s magazine Chess Chow in the early 1990s.
Using his skills as a writer and storyteller, he is now bringing to life his chess career of over three decades with enlivening anecdotes and wild games. IM Mark Ginsburg’s new website is http://nezhmet.wordpress.com. From his 1974 game as a 15 year old against the great GM Bent Larsen to his more recent adventures in the 2007 National Open, these games come alive with his wit and banter rather then lengthy computer annotations. Print them out or bring a board to the computer, playing along with the games, you’ll share the joys and heartaches of the moves he makes.
Ohmygoddess! The photographs alone are worth a visit. Did guys REALLY look like that back in the ’70s??? Yes! LOL! The long hair, the ‘fros, the frizzy beards, the bell-bottoms and vests! Shades of Sonny and Cher! Eek!
Janet Newton (with fond memories of my college career back then…)
I remember Mark. Good chess player and a good guy. Nice to see he did well in life.
And stop making fun of the 70’s those were the days my friend, Those were the day.
I’m really enjoying his blog, but when does a freaking blog need a press release?
I missed the 1978 US Junior—I was in the US Ch. that year, becoming I think the first US Jr. qualifier not to finish clear last…I was tied for last :-). It would have been weird fun to have “townie” Michael Wilder in the US Jr. too, to make 3 from Princeton. Mark and I overlapped by 2 years, he class of ’79 if I recall, and I ’81.
The point of advertising Mark’s blog is that it will be a copious source of well-annotated games, with some extra “color commentary”. And maybe aspiring junior players in the 2000-2400 range can identify with it. Rather than pay $19.95 for a book of reminiscences that would print only a few thousand copies, he’s making it so you can get this free on the Web!
I think the world needs to know about Ken Regan’s 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5!?? opening, how he did and who he played it against. 😀
I was class of ’80. Go Terrace.
Mark
I know this guy, played him in Belgium in the late 80’s.
Goodluck to him.