04 Aug 06
Originally posted by Knight SquareYes Josh was good at chess when he was very young. Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on Josh.
Was that Josh Waitzikan (however you spell it) good at chess when he was young???
Last I heard he had given up playing competive chess and is now doing some kind of judo, martial arts thing.
04 Aug 06
josh waitzkin reached his gm rating at age 18 or something like that after he reached it he kept playing for a little bit longer but he had also persued martial arts. currently he is the world champion in the martial art he is in. between chess and martial arts he has like 21 or something like that world championchip wins.
05 Aug 06
Originally posted by kmac27Josh Waitzkin became an IM at age 16 and never became a GM. After 10 years of trying to become a GM he gave up and started doing martial arts.
josh waitzkin reached his gm rating at age 18 or something like that after he reached it he kept playing for a little bit longer but he had also persued martial arts. currently he is the world champion in the martial art he is in. between chess and martial arts he has like 21 or something like that world championchip wins.
05 Aug 06
Originally posted by cmsMasterOh and before you start bothering me to come up with sources, here you go....http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=17030&kpage=1
Ok, come up with a source on the internet then. The highest I ever saw him rated was 2480, so prove it, go online and show me any point when he was rated 2500+.
Kibitzing says, and his current is 2464.
