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1 day ago · The 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, adapted from its eponymous book, uses Fischer's name in the title although the film and book are both based on the life of fellow chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin, whose father, Fred Waitzkin, wrote the book.
5 days ago · Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 18, 2008) was an American chess player who later became a citizen of Iceland. He is the only American-born chess player to have held the title of World Chess Champion (1972–1975) .
5 days ago · Waitzkin’s previous work includes his memoir Searching For Bobby Fischer, and already Anything is Good is earning similar praise from critics and fellow writers, with Geraldine Brooks calling it “a deeply affecting dive into the lives of the unhoused. Its shifting perspective and changing narrative voice builds to a clarion call for greater ...
2 days ago · Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) - Director: Steven Zaillian - Stacker score: 88.11 - Metascore: 89 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 109 minutes.
4 days ago · The first world number one, in July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, FIDE having dropped Fischer (whose rating was higher than Karpov's) from the list due to inactivity. In January 1984, Garry Kasparov became the third world number one.
3 days ago · Searching for Bobby Fischer For fans of: drama about a child prodigy After he beats his dad (Joe Mantegna) in a chess match, Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc), a 7-year-old, gets noticed for his talent.
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