Talk:Joshua Waitzkin

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[edit] Old talk

"Josh is also active in the fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy."

does this mean he has the disease, and is fighting it - i.e. getting on with his life - or that he doesn't have the disease, but supports charities and raises money for them? Saccerzd 16:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


At the age of ten, Waitzkin beat E. Frumkin, the first grandmaster he ever defeated.

According to the FIDE website [1] there is an Edward Frumkin rated 2107, but he isn't a grandmaster - he doesn't have any FIDE title at all. Is this person a different Frumkin (now deceased, hence not on the FIDE site) or was this Frumkin not actually a GM (maybe a USCF National Master or something like that)? --Camembert

OK, I see we've got him listed as Edward in the article now, but as I say, he's not a grandmaster. I don't know the details of this, but something needs to be changed here. Where is this info that Frumkin was the first "grandmaster" he beat coming from? --Camembert
Waitzkin talks about this game in the program Chessmaster 9000, and refers to Frumkin as the first master he ever beat, not the first grandmaster, so I made the change. More specifically, he calls Frumkin a "Lifetime U.S. Master" - TalkHard
Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks. --Camembert

[edit] Famous game with Sarwer

I got this from Sarwer's website, thought I'd grab it while it is available: [Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.02.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Sarwer"] [Black "Waitzkin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "E76"] [TimeControl "0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. O-O b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Rd8 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rd2 19. Rf2 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 f6 21. e6 Nd6 22. Nxc5 Rc8 23. Nxb7 Nxb7 24. b3 Nc5 25. Re1 Rc6 26. Be4 Ra6 27. Bc2 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Ke4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 32. Kd5 f5 33. a3 h6 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Nc7+ 36. Kc5 e5 37. Ba4+ Kc8 38. Bc6 e4 39. b5 e3 40. Bf3 Ne6+ 41. Kd5 Ng5 42. Be2 Kc7 43. Ke5 Ne4 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Kxe3 Kc5 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kf4 g5+ 48. Ke5 fxg4 49. Kf6 g3 50. hxg3 Ne4+ 51. Kg6 Nxg3 52. Bd3 Nh1 53. Kxh6 g4 54. Kg5 g3 55. Be4 Nf2 56. Bd5 Nd1 57. Kf4 Nc3 58. Bc6 Ne2+ 59. Kf3 Nd4+ 60. Kxg3 Nxc6 61. bxc6 Kxc6 62. Kf3 Kc5 63. Ke3 Kxc4 *

Bubba73 (talk), 02:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal life? Family? relationships?

Anything about this stuff? I'm surprised he's not on the "eligible bachelor" lists, etc. 206.218.218.57 (talk) 16:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah women just go nuts over chess-players who know Tai Chi. They're right up there with rock stars and astronauts.--T. Anthony (talk) 11:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)