Fred Waitzkin
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Waitzkin is the father of chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin[5] and wrote a book about his son called Searching for Bobby Fischer; he felt that Joshua could be a successor to Bobby Fischer. The book was praised by Grandmaster Nigel Short,[6] as well as chess journalist Edward Winter, who called it "a delightful book" in which "the topics [are] treated with an acuity and grace that offer the reviewer something quotable on almost every page."[7] Screenwriter and playwright Tom Stoppard called the book "well written" and "captivating".[8] The book was made into the Academy Award-nominated namesake film[9][10] (but released in the U.K. as Innocent Moves), with Joe Mantegna playing Joshua Waitzkin's father.[11][12]
Major works
- 1988: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
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- The Dream Merchant
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- ↑ The Spectator, April 8, 1989, pp. 30–31
- ↑ Searching for Bobby Fischer review, Edward Winter, Chess History, 1989
- ↑ The Observer, April 2, 1989, p.45
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