Searching for Bobby Fischer: The World of Chess, Observed by the Father of a Child Prodigy
by:
Fred Waitzkin (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780394544557 (0394544552)
Publish date: September 12th 1988
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
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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