Searching for Bobby Fischer is based off him.
Josh Waitzkin
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I loved that movie. It's what motivated me to get better at chess to be truthful. What I like about Josh though, is he is multi-talented and a very nice guy. I've gotten to exachange e-mails with him on one occasion, and he is a very nice guy.
Thanks for posting this game! I've been dying to see this.
Yeah, Josh used to be my favourite after I saw that film.
I dont remember the name of the film, anyone know?
Moon...
"Searching For Bobby Fischer" is the name of the movie. I ended up buying it.
And no prob of the game. =)
I consider him my teacher in chess. I admire his deep understanding of the game. I wish he didn't give up on chess. He could have been a supergrandmaster by now.
The name of the film is now called 'Innocent moves' I believe after Bobby himself complained about the title not being endorsed by him.
Jul 29, 2008
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Gokukid wrote:
I consider him my teacher in chess. I admire his deep understanding of the game. I wish he didn't give up on chess. He could have been a supergrandmaster by now.
Not sure about that. My theory is he saw his own limits and found a way to capitalize on his strengths. There are lots of people who were better than him at similar ages who didn't make it.... It's an interesting conjecture, because he still could, if he wanted....
It was a simul game, but only Josh and one other boy managed to even do decent against Kasparov.
The movie was based on a book of the same name, Searching for Bobby Fischer. The book talked a lot more about Waitzkin's experiences in Russia. If you like the movie, I suggest you'd enjoy the book also.
he is the tutor in chessmaster DS
Waitkinz is the Tai Chi world champion now
I would really like to see Josh get back into Chess. if anything just for fun.
Yeah, he was the subject of Searching for Bobby Fischer, and he was a chess prodigy.
Josh is great! He has a very nice tutorial on Chessmaster. He was 11 when he drew against Kasparov in a simul. Also, he is two-time Tai Chi Chuan Pushhands Wordl Champion.
Jul 13, 2009
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the idea you can have a world champion at tiachi is thick but he is good player i have chessmaster on ds lite
He's the only one I know, but indeed the best one I could ever know...Master Waitzkin teaches with the principles of Martial Chess which is not only about chess..but also about how to form a good life...nice stuff...
Hello all! I'd like to know if many of you have ever heard of Josh Waitzkin.
He faired pretty well against Kasparov in 1988, and I do believe he was pretty young at the time.