Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 12:22:27 06/19/02
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On June 19, 2002 at 15:13:32, Rajen Gupta wrote: >Who exactly is josh waitzkin and what sort of role does he have in the >development of chessmaster? is he one of the co-progrmmers alongside johann de >konning and john merlino? i hear his name everytime i read about chessmaster but >have n't been able to figure out what he is. > >rajen He was the subject of the popular book, "Searching for Bobby Fischer", written by his Father, Fred Waitzkin. Josh was a chess prodigy as a child and was coached by the popular chess writer, Bruce Pandolfini. He's now an IM, I believe. The book was made into a film called '"Something" Moves' (I think the "Something" is "Innocent", but I'm not sure). Andrew
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