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- Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
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Starring Max Pomeranc in his film debut, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, and Laurence Fishburne, it is based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Pomeranc, and adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father, Fred Waitzkin.
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
Anyone who have watched Josh Waitzkin's tutorials in the Chessmaster computer-game will probably have done some research into who he is, and probably this movie will have popped up somewhere in your search.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Steven Zaillian
- 1993-08-11
Aug 11, 1993 · Searching for Bobby Fischer is a drama film directed by Steven Zaillian, exploring the life of a young chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin. The story follows Josh as he navigates the competitive world of chess, mentored by Bruce Pandolfini, while his parents struggle to balance his talent with a normal childhood.
Sure enough, Fred Waitzkin’s Searching for Bobby Fischer (Random House and Bodley Head) is an enchantingly truthful account of the career of his young chess-playing son Josh. Waitzkin Senior clinically dissects his own and other people’s actions, quirks and motivations.
Aug 11, 1993 · “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” a film of remarkable sensitivity and insight, tells a story based on fact, about a “new” Bobby Fischer – a young boy named Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc) who was born with a gift for chess, which he nurtured in the rough-and-tumble world of of chess hustlers in New York’s Washington Square Park. His ...
Fred Waitzkin fell in love with chess during the Cold War–era showdown between Russian champion Boris Spassky and young American superstar Bobby Fischer. Twelve years later, Waitzkin’s own son, Joshua, discovered chess in Washington Square Park and began displaying the telltale signs of a prodigy.
