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.
title: Searching for Bobby Fischer
titlecomplete: Searching for Bobby Fischer
characters: Bobby Fischer
genres: Sports, History, Biography, Memoir, Film, Biography Memoir, Games, Journalism, Chess, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1473
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd