Searching for Bobby Fischer . The Adventures Of A Father And His Brilliantly Gifted Son In The Obsessional World Of International Chess - Hardcover

Waitzkin, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0370313178 ISBN 13: 9780370313177

Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

This story reveals much about the obsessiveness involved in the international game of chess. Bobby Fischer and his father were drawn into the bizarre world of Manhattan's seedy chess parlours and Park Square in Washington where chess fanatics sleep rough and hustle for two-dollar games. By contrast, Soviet chess players are feted like filmstars and the author unveils the anti-Semitism, political blackmail and drug-taking behind the Soviet chess establishment.

About this title

About the Author:

Fred Waitzkin, who fishes regularly in the Bahamas, is the author of Searching for Bobby Fischer and has written for The New York Times Magazine, New York, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Motorboating and Sailing. He lives in New York City and Martha's Vineyard.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0370313178
• ISBN 13: 9780370313177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256