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Josh Waitzkin is the chess prodigy profiled in the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer.
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- Born: December 4, 1976
- Birthplace: New York City
- Began playing chess at age 6
- At 11, played Garry Kasparov to a draw
- Title: International Master
- Ranking: 2464
- Won U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994
- Practices Tai Chi
- Author of Attacking Chess and The Art of Learning
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Josh Waitzkin on Amazon | View All
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The Art of Learning - $15.00
"Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Sea...
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EL ARTE DE APRENDER (Spanish Edition) - $20.95
¿En qué consiste la excelencia? ¿Puede cualquiera llegar a ser el mejor en aquello que emprenda o acaso la genialidad está reservada a unos pocos superdotados? Figura pública desde que a los nueve años ganara su primer campeonato de a...
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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance - $15.00
Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book S...
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Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library) - $14.95
The subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin has long been the top-ranked player for his age in the United States and a role model for chess-playing kids everywhere. Now, for the first time, Waitzkin r...
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@little_bat Oh cool! My image of you jumped even higher that you know who Josh Waitzkin is. Getting inside his head is fascinating.
@FriskyBoy | November 11, 2009 09:17 AM -
@little_bat Josh Waitzkin's book on becoming a chess Grandmaster and then a tai chi champion. That, or Khalil Gibran's The Prophet.
@FriskyBoy | November 11, 2009 12:01 AM -
Started to reread 'The Art of Learning' today by Josh Waitzkin - tons of insight in that book, highly recommended.
@brentium | November 10, 2009 07:05 PM -
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Tim Ferris w/ guest blogger, Josh Waitzkin, Art of Learning: http://bit.ly/4zmgiO Powerful stuff about learning. #NAGC ht @gingerTPLC
@soultravelers3 | November 06, 2009 12:28 PM
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