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In a message dated 1/16/03 10:26:24 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< We watched part of Searching for Bobby Fisher last weekend. Only part, cos
the video from the store was of really poor quality - made viewing difficult.
But my 7 yo was so inspired by what we saw - the boy in the film is, I guess,
a chess prodigy. >>
Josh Waitzkin is the boys name. We used to have one of the chess notation
books he wrote, can't seem to find it though. You might check his book/s out,
that would probably excite your son. It had a picture of him on the back and
a short bio, he's all grown up now!!
Ren
"The world's much smaller than you think. Made up of two kinds of
people--simple and complicated.....The simple ones are contented. The
complicated ones aren't."
"Unschooling support at pensacolaunschoolers.com
[email protected] writes:
<< We watched part of Searching for Bobby Fisher last weekend. Only part, cos
the video from the store was of really poor quality - made viewing difficult.
But my 7 yo was so inspired by what we saw - the boy in the film is, I guess,
a chess prodigy. >>
Josh Waitzkin is the boys name. We used to have one of the chess notation
books he wrote, can't seem to find it though. You might check his book/s out,
that would probably excite your son. It had a picture of him on the back and
a short bio, he's all grown up now!!
Ren
"The world's much smaller than you think. Made up of two kinds of
people--simple and complicated.....The simple ones are contented. The
complicated ones aren't."
"Unschooling support at pensacolaunschoolers.com