Author

Josh Waitzkin

International chess master and Tai Chi Push Hands world champion whose childhood was depicted in the film Searching for Bobby Fischer

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Learning and peak performanceKnown for

Josh Waitzkin, an eight-time National Chess Champion in his youth, was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. At eighteen, he published his first book, Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess. Since the age of twenty, he has developed and been spokesperson for Chessmaster, the largest computer chess program in the world. Now a martial arts champion, he holds a combined twenty-one National Championship titles in addition to several World Championship titles. When not traveling the country giving seminars and keynote presentations, he lives and trains in New York City.

Born1976 · New York, USA

Notable works The Art of LearningSearching for Bobby Fischer