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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. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. ...
Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. ...
He began playing the game at the age of six, having discovered it while wandering through Washington Square Park in New York City. It was there, while playing blitz chess with the hustlers, that he was "discovered" by Bruce Pandolfini, a chess author and teacher, who later took Waitzkin under his wing for a number of years. A view of the park showing the Washington Square Arch and the central fountain Washington Square Park is a public park located within the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...
Blitz chess (also known as speed chess or blitzkrieg chess) is a game of chess where each side is given very little time to make all of their moves. ...
Bruce Pandolfini is an acclaimed chess teacher and coach. ...
The first master he ever defeated was Edward Frumkin, in a game featuring a remarkable sacrifice of Waitzkin's queen and rook. Waitzkin was only ten years old at the time. - Max Euwe In chess, tactics are short term maneuvers which serve to gain a quick advantage. ...
At 11, he was one of two children to draw with World Champion Garry Kasparov in an exhibition game where Kasparov played simultaneously against 59 youngsters. Two years later, he earned the title of National Master, and at 16 became an International Master. Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (, pronounced with stress falling on the second syllable: kas-PA-rov) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players in history. ...
Despite this early promise, Waitzkin has not yet gained the Grandmaster title. In the January 2004 FIDE rankings, he had an Elo rating of 2464, though is listed as inactive, with no rated games in 2003 or 2004. This may be due to his recent focus on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan, in which he is a four-time, and the current, national Tai Chi Chuan push hands champion. The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ...
The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...
Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (Chinese: 太極拳; pinyin: ; literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi, Tai Chi, or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some recent...
Nevertheless he remains a well-known and popular chess figure, largely owing to Paramount Pictures' 1993 movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, directed by Steven Zaillian. The script for this film was based on a 1993 book by Joshua's father, Fred: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess. The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1987 to 1995. ...
Searching for Bobby Fischer is an acclaimed film of 1993 based on the life of Josh Waitzkin. ...
Bobby Fischer. ...
Joshua himself is the author of Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (1995). He is also the spokesperson for the Chessmaster computer game series, and is featured in the game giving advice and game analysis. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Chessmaster 9000 Chessmaster is a powerful chess playing computer program, mentor and analyzer by Ubisoft. ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
Josh is also active in the fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (also known as pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy or muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type) is an inherited disorder characterized by rapidly progressive muscle weakness which starts in the legs and pelvis and later affects the whole body. ...
Quotations - "The most important thing I believe I've learned [from chess] is the idea of when you have an opportunity, a gift, whatever it is, you take advantage of it."
- During an interview following his first U.S. Junior Chess championship win, when asked what he aspired to when he grew up, Josh replied that he'd like to play for the Mets.
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City. ...
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