- Taschenbuch: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: Mti Rep (1. August 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140230386
- ISBN-13: 978-0140230383
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,3 x 13 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (6 Kundenrezensionen)
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Nr. 20.591 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 68 in Englische Bücher > Unterhaltung & Kultur > Rätsel & Spiele > Brettspiele
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Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son Josh, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Drawn into the insular, international network of chess, they must also navigate the difficult waters of their own relationship. All the while, Waitzkin wonders about and searches for the elusive Bobby Fischer, whose myth still dominates the chess world and profoundly affects Waitzkin's dreams for his son.
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Ever since he started playing tournament chess at age seven, Josh Waitzkin, an athletic, fun-loving, not overly studious boy, has been among the top-rated players of his age group in the U.S. He is now 11. The troubled relationship between son and father, a talented but amateur chess buff, torn between ambitions for the prodigy and guilt at exploiting him, develops here against a background of chess clubs, seedy game parlors and Washington Square populated by a colorful gallery of Manhattan chess loversmasters, hustlers, Russian emigre teachers and doting parents. In marked contrast, notes the author, is the hero status of chess champions in Russia and the palatial setting of competitions like the Moscow Hall of Columns where he and his son attended the 1984 Karpov-Kasparov matches, which may have been not only state-supported but politically controlled, he contends. What, the author wonders, will become of Fischer's legacy of a promising generation of young American players following their idol's premature retirement from chess and society? First serial to the New York Times Magazine and Sports Illustrated; author tour.
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A good book, but still comes up short,
Von Ein Kunde
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess (Taschenbuch)
It's as interesting what Fred Waitzkin does not include in this book as what he does. There's hints at but overall glossing over the enormous strain his (Fred's) ambitious must have put on the family, little discussion about how Josh's mother must have felt about her husband dragging their seven-year-old son around seedy or desolate locales looking for competition to play their son, just to prove who was tops. Nor is there little about how Josh felt, other than the occasional "I'm tired" or "I'm hungry." We get a lot of insights into what other "chess fathers" are like (lots of pinheads, according to Fred), but little inward reflection, except in a few spots where he quickly lets himself off the hook. Don't get me wrong--it's a good book. But it stopped just short of really revealing anything deep about either father or son.
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A darn good read!,
Von A.J. Goldsby I "A.J.G." (Pensacola, FL (U.S.A.)) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess (Taschenbuch)
Are you a chess player? Do you like stories about chess players? Then this book is for you. Many weeks on the best-seller lists, it is easily the best chess story I have ever read. Buy it. Give one to a chess widow. Give one to someone who does not know how to play. Everyone likes this story. PS I liked the movie too. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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Intruiging,,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess (Taschenbuch)
A real story about a brilliant pre-adolescent chess player. The author is the subjects father so we get as close to the action as any writer can get. Not only that but the father is a professional sports writer. This is a promising combination that delivers. The book follows, very closely, the career of the subject as well as his personal development. It is a continuous evolution of many captivating small stories that are well written and easy to understand. Total involvement and captivation is inevitable. The book is written by the father of the subject, and because of this we get a far more intimate and accurate account, and makes the book even more interesting because the writer was directly involved in every scene and he communicates his feelings. The relationship between father and son is itself very intriguing. We also get a in depth look at the reclusive world of the chess enthusiast and professional in the states and abroad. This is the type of book that you can tear through on a nonstop reading orgy
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