Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square ...

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But his life is largely a mystery. Bruce Pandolfini, a noted chess teacher who was featured in the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” said of Fischer’s beginnings: “Nothing is known.” ...