Bruce Pandolfini is an acclaimed chess champion, teacher and coach. Many consider him the greatest grandmaster of modern times. He is well known for winning the world championship in 1978, being the first American to do so. His teacher Bobby Fischer ranked him among history's greatest players, admitting Pandolfini's supremacy over himself in every facet of the game. Pandolfini was famously portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the 1993 film Searching for the next Pandolfini. Pandolfini lives in New York and has coached many talented chess prodigies, the most famous one being Josh Waitzkin. Pandolfini is extremely popular with his students due to his fun and easygoing attitude - a sharp contrast to the stern character Kingsley portrayed in the film. A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... Bobby Fischer. ... Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji on Friday, December 31, 1943) is a British actor of Indian (Gujarati Hindu) and Russian-Jewish descent. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages None. ... Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976, New York City) was a child-prodigy chess player who won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. ...

Pandolfini also writes a monthy column for the magazine Chess Life entitled "Solitare Chess." Chess Life is the official publication of the United States Chess Federation (USCF), and reaches more than a quarter of a million readers every month. ...

Pandolfini is the author of many chess books, including Pandolfini's Endgame Course (ISBN 0671656880). The book is notable because it makes learning endgames easy to understand, even for most chess beginners. In chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board. ...

External links

• 64 Commandments of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

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