Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin

  •
1 1

Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin

Checking stock...
Checking stock...
Summary

This account of the eccentric world of international chess and the obsession of a father for the game, expressed through his son, juxtaposes Manhattan's seedy chess parlours with the adulation awarded to chess players by the Russian establishment.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin

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.

You might also like

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780370313177
ISBN 10 0370313178
Title Searching for Bobby Fischer
Author Fred Waitzkin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1989-03-01
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Customers who bought this item also bought