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Subject: Re: Who i sJosh Waitzkin?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 13:00:23 06/19/02

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On June 19, 2002 at 15:28:01, John Merlino wrote:

>On June 19, 2002 at 15:22:27, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>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
>
>The movie had the same title as the book.
>
>jm

Maybe not all over the world. I've seen it on cable here in England, where it
goes by the name of "Innocent Moves". It's down as an "also known as" on the
IMDB:

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0108065

Cheers

Andrew





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