Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as...
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Vineyard. Waitzkin is the father of chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin and wrote a book about his son called Searching for Bobby Fischer; he felt that Joshua could...
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prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Pomeranc, and adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father, Fred Waitzkin. The film was nominated...
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novelist and writer, father of Josh (see below) Howard Waitzkin (born 1945), sociologist Joshua Waitzkin (born 1976), American chess player, martial arts competitor...
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a tournament game drawn against him by another young chess player, Joshua Waitzkin, was the inspiration for the climax in the film Searching for Bobby...
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for Bobby Fischer, based on the childhood of International Master Josh Waitzkin. At the time Pomeranc appeared in the film, he was also one of the U.S...
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Fighter Bruce Pandolfini, chess master who instructed young prodigy Joshua Waitzkin, portrayed in the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer Sean Porter...
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of Learning. It includes numerous tutorials by International Master Joshua Waitzkin and Grandmaster Larry Christiansen for players of all skill levels...
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School championships: Joel Benjamin, Joshua Waitzkin, Nawrose Nur, Danial Asaria, and Harutyun Akopyan; only Waitzkin, Nur, and Asaria have won the National...
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Anatoly Vaisser (born 1949), Kazakh-born Soviet/French grandmaster Joshua Waitzkin (born 1976), American Junior Champion and martial arts champion Max...
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book are both based on the life of fellow chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin, whose father, Fred Waitzkin, wrote the book. Outside of the United States, it was...
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several murders Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), based on the life of Joshua Waitzkin Fresh (1994) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Independence Day (1996)...
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biographical sport drama film based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer (1993) – biographical crime drama film...
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Schindler's List Oskar Schindler Liam Neeson Searching for Bobby Fischer Joshua Waitzkin Max Pomeranc Shadowlands C. S. Lewis Anthony Hopkins Joy Gresham Debra...
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moves and hoping for traps, but studying the endgame is chess." – Joshua Waitzkin "If you want to win at chess, begin with the ending." – Irving Chernev...
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All the tutorials feature voice commentary. International Master Joshua Waitzkin, voice-annotates 14 chess matches. For computer opponents, there are...
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Innocent Moves in the UK is released by Paramount. Based on the life of Joshua Waitzkin, it stars Max Pomeranc in the lead role. Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley...
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"Justice-For-Hire", his class was challenged by former childhood chess champion Joshua Waitzkin, who had become a top student of the renowned Grandmaster William C...
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Gard, Joshua Jex, Ari Singer and Wenning Xing. Xing also tied for the second place individual spot with a score of 6.0 out of seven, and Waitzkin (of Searching...
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performance artist Veronica Vasicka, record label founder and DJ Josh Waitzkin, chess player Dean Wareham, musician Julie Warner, actress Bokeem Woodbine...
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Technology Joseph Volpe, professor of neurology Harvard Medical School Howard Waitzkin, 1972, professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University...
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Pennsylvania Law School Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author Christopher...
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Jean Tinguely, sculptor Nahum Tschacbasov, expressionist artist Stella Waitzkin, artist Tom Wesselmann, artist Brett Whiteley, artist Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum...
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