Josh Waitzkin: The Inspiration for "Searching for Bobby Fischer"
Chess teachers and parents everywhere were searching for the “next” Bobby Fischer, hoping to find a prodigy who would follow in the famous grandmaster’s footsteps. One of these hopefuls was Josh Waitzkin, a young phenom who was active in chess from 1982 to 1999. You may know his name from the book and movie, “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” which chronicled his early years in chess. There are a lot more chapters to Waitzkin’s life, however, and they are no less interesting.