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Title: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
Author: Fred Waitzkin
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140230386
EAN: 9780140230383
ISBN: 9780140230383
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Genre: Indoor Games & Puzzle Books
Release Date: 01/08/1993
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 196mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 16mm
Item Weight: 192g
Release Year: 1993
Description: The father of a real american chess prodigy reflects on chess, competition, childhood, and his son's meteoric rise to the highest levels of global competition.

“[A] little gem of a book.” —The New York Times

Fred Waitzkin was smitten with chess during the historic Fischer-Spassky championship in 1972. When Fisher disappeared from public view, Waitzkin's interest waned—until his own son Josh emerged as a chess prodigy.

Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Drawn into the insular, international network of chess, they must also navigate the difficult waters of their own relationship. All the while, Waitzskin searches for the elusive Bobby Fischer, whose myth still dominates the chess world and profoundly affects Waitzkin’s dreams for his son.

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