Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
by Fred Waitzkin
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Author: Fred WaitzkinEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1993-08-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 240
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Book Review: Better Than Patzer, Less than Grand Master
Summary: 4 Stars
Fred Waitzkin's Searching for Bobby Fisher is the story of his chess prodigy son Joshua's rise from a six year old's first game to a Junior National Chess Championship. It's also a story about the politics of chess in Russia, biographical glimpses into the lives of some chess greats, an in depth exploration of the chess culture in the United States, some history about the game itself, the psychodynamics of parent/child relationships in the chess prodigy world, sex in the chess world (you guessed it: best to stick with NBA stardom), Bobby Fisher's descenct into insanity and anti-semitism, and the author's (sorry, Fred Waitzkin) interminable moaning about how underfunded and under appreciated chess is in our Sweet Land of Liberty. On this last subject, oy vey, give it a rest, will you Fred?? The reader will get the point about how disrespected chess is in the U.S. the FIRST time Waitzkin mentions it. By the time his exhortations enumerate well into the double digit category, I, for one was begging for mercy.
How to approach this book? You know... just settle back and have a good time! You won't learn to play terrific chess. You will if you're interested in chess, have many pleasurable moments. If you are the parent of any sort of prodigy, you'll have a dark night of the soul or two, thinking about what we put our kids through, and for what reasons. The book reads more like a series of chess articles (which I suspect free lance author Waitzkin frequently included) than a coherent book. Nevertheless, when you turn the last page, you'll look back with pleasure, and you may even go to the closet, lift up those old boxes of Monopoly, Clue, and Life, and drag out a board and a bag of dusty chess pieces. Game on!
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Summary of Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
The fascinating story of Fred Waitzkin and his son Josh, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he wins the national championship. Now a feature film starring Ben Kingsley, Max Pomerenc, Joe Mantegna, and Larry Fishburne. (Penguin)Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son Josh, 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, Waitzkin wonders about and 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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