Attacking Chess : Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves (Signed)

Description: Full Title: Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995. Soft cover. Signed and inscribed. If you're reading this, you probably already know who Josh Waitzkin is. But, if not, here is some information from his Wikipedia profile 'Joshua Waitzkin is an American chess player, martial arts competitor, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer (memorable movie) is based on his early life. Waitzkin first noticed the game of chess being played while walking with his mother in New York City's Washington Square Park at the age of six. At age seven, Waitzkin began studying the game with his first formal teacher Bruce Pandolfini. During his years as a student at Dalton he led the school to win seven national team championships between the third and ninth grades, in addition to his eight individual titles. In 1999, Waitzkin enrolled at Columbia University, where he studied philosophy. The first master Waitzkin defeated was Edward Frumkin, in a game featuring a sacrifice of Waitzkin's queen and rook in exchange for a checkmate six moves later. Waitzkin was ten years old at the time. At age 11, he and fellow prodigy K. K. Karanja were the only two children to draw with World Champion Garry Kasparov in an exhibition game where Kasparov played simultaneously against 59 youngsters. Five years later, he earned the title of National Master, and at age 16 became an International Master. Waitzkin has not played in a US Chess Federation tournament since 1999, and his last FIDE tournament was before 2000.'

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