num_pages: 240
description: Waitzkin tells the story of three years he spent with his son, Josh, a chess prodigy. From the moment six-year-old Josh first sits at a board until he wins the National Championship, the father-son team meets an eccentric network of people while they search the myth of Bobby Fischer.
language: English
title: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
titlecomplete: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
characters: Bobby Fischer
genres: Biography, Chess, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports, Biography Memoir, Film, Journalism, History, Games
ratings_count: 1473
publisher: Penguin Books