Fred Waitzkin
Fred Waitzkin is a journalist and author of the acclaimed nonfiction bestseller Searching for Bobby Fischer, as well as the books Mortal Games and The Last Marlin. Additionally, he's an avid blue water fisherman and is an Afro Cuban drummer. You can find more on Fred Waitzkin at...
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Fred Waitzkin is a journalist and author of the acclaimed nonfiction bestseller Searching for Bobby Fischer, as well as the books Mortal Games and The Last Marlin. Additionally, he's an avid blue water fisherman and is an Afro Cuban drummer. You can find more on Fred Waitzkin at www.fredwaitzkin.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/fredwaitzkinauthor.
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Fred Waitzkin's Books
The K-K sequence of matches is unrivalled in competitive sport. In Portugal at the time there was much information regarding this match, but I remember following it on the weeklies chess programms with expert commentary on the chess as well as insights into all the backstage shenanigans. The introdu...
Chess has always been a particular passion of mine, which, much like other passions, rises and falls as the years go by. Most games and their inherent competitiveness are fun, but chess remains the most elegant. It has the physical beauty of the pieces, the simplest of rules, yet the potential for i...
You might be more likely to have seen the film, which is a good representation of the book.I recall that the film got some flack for its representation of Washington Square Park as a den of iniquity, but it seemed spot on to me, having played there around the same time.That trip I played quite a bit...
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