See the below link on the film.
http://www.chess.com/article/view/searching-for-bobby-fischer-the-movie-trivia
Who's the chess player?
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Aug 25, 2007
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Josh Waitzkin resigned from chess in the 20' and became a world champion in Tai Chi.
Aug 25, 2007
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The boy you are talking about that Waitzkin played was Jeff Sarwer. Jeff has his own web site at http://jeffsarwer.com/ and is into real estate and media production. The scene with the insane coach was not real.
In the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" who was the boy Joshua beat that had been coached from birth? Was that situation with the insane coach real? Where is the little boy now?