Searching for Bobby Fischer ebook by Fred Waitzkin epub mobi Non-fiction Chess Prodigy

Heads Up 1:
Tapping / clicking on the chapter number or its heading within the contained text of the book will take you back to the contents page.

Heads Up 2:
There is a movie of the book.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/

There is a 700 Mb file of the movie here at Kickass with a good amount of seeders:

http://kickasstorrents.ee/searching-for-bobby-fischer-rickem-divx-avi-t507930.html


Title:
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER: The World of Chess.Observed by the Father of a Child Prodigy by Fred Waitzkin


Product Details: (electronic)
File Size: epub 916 kB, mobi 763 kB
ISBN13: 978-0-7867-5484-7
Language: English


About the Author:
Fred Waitzkin was born in Massachusetts in 1943 and graduated from Kenyon College and New York University. His work has appeared in Esquire, New York, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and Book Review, Outside,Sports Illustrated, among other publications.Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a major motion picture released in 1993. Other books are Mortal Games, The Last Marlin, and The Dream Merchant. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Bonnie. He has two children, Josh and Katya, and a grandson Jack. He spends as much time as possible on the bridge of his old boat trolling baits off distant islands with his family


Description:
Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son Josh, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Drawn into the insular, international network of chess, they must also navigate the difficult waters of their own relationship. All the while, Waitzkin wonders about and searches for the elusive Bobby Fischer, whose myth still dominates the chess world and profoundly affects Waitzkin's dreams for his son.

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books; Mti Rep edition (August 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140230386
ISBN-13: 978-0140230383
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

Hardcover: 226 pages
Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (September 12, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394544552
ISBN-13: 978-0394544557
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds


Notes: Tested both file types out to check that chapter links all work. Used Aldiko and Kindle on a Samsung Note 10.1 (2012 model) and Calibre and Kindle on a desktop PC.

Enjoy.