1 00:00:50,351 --> 00:00:52,405 In the days before the event, 2 00:00:53,337 --> 00:00:56,554 he had the whole world wondering if he would show up. 3 00:01:03,331 --> 00:01:06,312 Plane after plane waited on the runway 4 00:01:06,883 --> 00:01:08,006 while he napped 5 00:01:08,304 --> 00:01:10,483 or took walks and ate sandwiches. 6 00:01:13,023 --> 00:01:14,280 Henry Kissinger called 7 00:01:14,305 --> 00:01:16,565 and asked him to go for his country's honor. 8 00:01:19,843 --> 00:01:21,554 Soon after arriving, 9 00:01:21,687 --> 00:01:23,390 he offended the Icelanders 10 00:01:23,655 --> 00:01:25,486 by calling their country inadequate 11 00:01:25,736 --> 00:01:27,669 because they had no bowling alleys. 12 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,632 He complained about the TV cameras, 13 00:01:31,986 --> 00:01:32,986 about the lighting, 14 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:35,596 about the table and chairs, 15 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:38,218 and the contrast of the squares on the board. 16 00:01:39,014 --> 00:01:41,819 His hotel room, he said, had too nice a view. 17 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:46,835 None of this had anything to do with chess, of course... 18 00:01:47,901 --> 00:01:49,444 Or maybe it did. 19 00:01:50,507 --> 00:01:51,648 If he won, 20 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:54,734 he'd be the first American world champion in history. 21 00:01:55,503 --> 00:01:56,671 If he lost, 22 00:01:57,124 --> 00:01:59,538 he'd just be another patzer from Brooklyn. 23 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:05,693 On the 40th move of the 21st game, 24 00:02:05,726 --> 00:02:08,226 he countered spassky's bishop to king-6 25 00:02:08,436 --> 00:02:10,178 with a pawn to rook-4. 26 00:02:11,942 --> 00:02:13,468 And it was all over. 27 00:02:15,727 --> 00:02:17,913 He came home an American hero. 28 00:02:19,198 --> 00:02:22,374 He bragged to the world he'd beat the Russians. 29 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,429 He delivered. 30 00:02:26,389 --> 00:02:29,956 He can now command the same money as heavyweight prizefighters. 31 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:34,128 He was invited to dinner by statesmen and kings. 32 00:02:36,449 --> 00:02:41,886 Then Bobby Fischer made the most original, unexpected move of all. 33 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:45,533 He disappeared. 34 00:02:51,615 --> 00:02:53,417 Where is he? 35 00:02:53,474 --> 00:02:55,443 Maybe he gave up. 36 00:02:55,476 --> 00:02:57,845 Shh. 37 00:02:57,878 --> 00:03:00,614 Do you see anything? 38 00:03:01,127 --> 00:03:03,897 I think we lost him. 39 00:03:04,618 --> 00:03:07,821 It's cold. Let's go home. 40 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:10,081 If he doesn't find us in two hours, 41 00:03:10,131 --> 00:03:11,464 I say we go. 42 00:03:13,447 --> 00:03:14,482 Hello, boys. 43 00:03:14,507 --> 00:03:15,775 Aah! Aah! 44 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:31,327 Theo, what are you doing here? 45 00:03:31,399 --> 00:03:33,339 I thought you wanted to go home. 46 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:59,340 I have to buckle my own shoes, right? 47 00:03:59,373 --> 00:04:00,774 You said something 48 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:03,644 about rolling on your own side of the board, right? 49 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:05,012 This is my side. 50 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:06,013 Remember that? 51 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:07,777 Roll it on your own side. 52 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:10,683 You talk too much. 53 00:04:11,286 --> 00:04:12,698 You talk too much. 54 00:04:56,764 --> 00:04:57,931 Josh? 55 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:01,001 Josh? 56 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:09,443 Your move. 57 00:05:09,477 --> 00:05:10,878 Josh! 58 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:36,404 That's good. 59 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:37,517 Well, there you go. 60 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:40,145 Not too much, but that's good. 61 00:05:40,170 --> 00:05:42,139 A little more. 62 00:05:42,482 --> 00:05:43,850 Yeah. That's good. 63 00:05:43,939 --> 00:05:46,130 You got to be careful not to use it 64 00:05:46,373 --> 00:05:48,302 too much, but you want just enough. 65 00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:50,575 A little more. That's great. O.k. 66 00:05:52,841 --> 00:05:55,630 That looks pretty good. How's that look to you? 67 00:05:55,935 --> 00:05:57,700 - Pretty good. - Good. 68 00:05:57,809 --> 00:05:59,474 Now rub that in there. 69 00:06:00,542 --> 00:06:02,700 See how the leather drinks that up? 70 00:06:03,604 --> 00:06:05,572 That's got a great smell, huh? 71 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:06,900 Smell that. 72 00:06:08,030 --> 00:06:10,013 Yeah. Great. O.K. 73 00:06:10,715 --> 00:06:11,983 Now... 74 00:06:13,227 --> 00:06:14,778 Ohh. 75 00:06:16,444 --> 00:06:18,145 What's wrong? 76 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:19,604 I forgot to buy a ball. 77 00:06:19,806 --> 00:06:21,401 Do you believe it? 78 00:06:22,424 --> 00:06:24,643 You got to put a ball in the pocket. 79 00:06:24,703 --> 00:06:26,070 A hard ball... 80 00:06:26,095 --> 00:06:28,163 To get the shape right. 81 00:06:33,595 --> 00:06:35,263 Yeah. 82 00:06:36,864 --> 00:06:37,831 That'll work. 83 00:06:37,865 --> 00:06:38,865 O.k. 84 00:06:39,317 --> 00:06:41,286 Put that in like that... 85 00:06:41,835 --> 00:06:43,637 Bend that over. 86 00:06:43,671 --> 00:06:45,439 All right. Get in bed. 87 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:48,476 Tomorrow I buy a real baseball. 88 00:06:50,103 --> 00:06:51,604 You know what? 89 00:06:52,897 --> 00:06:54,265 I don't believe this. 90 00:06:54,290 --> 00:06:55,951 I can't believe it. 91 00:06:57,196 --> 00:06:58,220 What? 92 00:06:59,206 --> 00:07:00,431 You're 7. 93 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:06,460 Happy birthday. 94 00:07:09,087 --> 00:07:10,087 Good night, Josh. 95 00:07:10,206 --> 00:07:11,340 Good night. 96 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:53,240 Josh! 97 00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:54,241 Bye. 98 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:55,843 How was school? 99 00:07:55,876 --> 00:07:57,244 Good. 100 00:07:57,277 --> 00:07:59,847 O.k. Bye. 101 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,849 Bye. See ya. How you doing? 102 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:02,850 Fine. Bye. 103 00:08:02,883 --> 00:08:04,151 Bye-bye. See ya. 104 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:08,221 Are you in the mood for some pizza? 105 00:08:08,255 --> 00:08:09,890 I don't know. Are you? 106 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,992 Are you feeling all right? 107 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:14,061 Yeah. Why? 108 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,296 Where we going to get pizza? 109 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:19,800 You want to go watch the men in the park? 110 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:22,235 What men in the park? 111 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:24,972 I'm going to smack this guy's ass, man. 112 00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:29,910 There's fire in the bush. 113 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,913 It ain't over. We still got a minute. 114 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:35,315 When it slaps 12:00, then it's over. 115 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:36,850 Then it's over. 116 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:43,290 We playing chess. 117 00:08:43,323 --> 00:08:45,292 What we playing here? 118 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:46,960 We playing chess. 119 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:50,864 Now we playing chess. 120 00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:52,833 Come on, Josh, let's go. 121 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,968 Is that the best you got? 122 00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:56,970 That's the best you got? 123 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:58,205 You ain't got nothing. 124 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:00,007 You sure you've played this game? 125 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,177 You want to go to Chinatown and play Chinese checkers? 126 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:05,646 No, that ain't it. 127 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,047 You want that? O.K. 128 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,982 You can have that. 129 00:09:09,016 --> 00:09:12,085 But you can't have that. That's my baby. 130 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:13,687 You got to leave with that. 131 00:09:13,721 --> 00:09:15,689 You can't trade queens with me. 132 00:09:15,723 --> 00:09:17,357 I ain't in the trading business. 133 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,892 What you trying to do? 134 00:09:18,926 --> 00:09:21,228 You're going to have to do better than that. 135 00:09:21,261 --> 00:09:22,663 That's kamran shirazi. 136 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:23,931 That's Kamran Shirazi. 137 00:09:23,964 --> 00:09:27,567 That's kamran shirazi, man. 138 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:31,839 Shirazi! 139 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:33,106 The grandmaster's here. 140 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:35,108 You come to hustle the hustler. 141 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:39,212 Don't look at my clock. My time is fine. 142 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:41,214 I want to go home. 143 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:42,683 Come and take my money. 144 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:44,618 Let's go, Josh. 145 00:09:44,652 --> 00:09:47,020 Come on, grandmaster. Show me something. 146 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:50,824 All right. Check to his majesty. 147 00:09:50,858 --> 00:09:52,626 No, no. Back up. 148 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,628 Check yourself before you wreck yourself. 149 00:09:54,662 --> 00:09:56,229 You can't have it. 150 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:57,865 Mmm. Hello? 151 00:09:57,898 --> 00:09:59,700 That's right. Run. 152 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:00,968 Run. 153 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:02,870 Run. 154 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:04,271 Somebody call the police. 155 00:10:04,304 --> 00:10:06,306 The man is loitering. 156 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:18,078 Excuse me, sir. 157 00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:25,085 I noticed your sign. 158 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:27,187 Where is your camera? 159 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:30,891 No. My son would like to play a game of chess with you. 160 00:12:10,130 --> 00:12:11,464 Check. 161 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:34,421 Nyet. Nyet. 162 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:35,422 It's over. 163 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:37,157 You lose. 164 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:43,096 Thanks. 165 00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:46,166 What's his name? 166 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:47,167 Josh. 167 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,201 Josh what? 168 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:50,070 Don't tell him, Waitzkin. 169 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:54,041 Josh Waitzkin. 170 00:12:54,074 --> 00:12:57,144 I'm going to watch out for you, Josh Waitzkin. 171 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,545 Tell these patzers 172 00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:00,280 I watched you play like Bobby Fischer. 173 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:01,882 Show them this. 174 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:06,920 Your boy used pieces in combination to attack, lady. 175 00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:08,288 Shut up, man. 176 00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:10,423 Look what you did. 177 00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:19,132 And here's the pitch. 178 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:21,434 A short grounder to second base. 179 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:23,036 Here's the throw. 180 00:13:23,070 --> 00:13:24,271 And he got it. 181 00:13:25,338 --> 00:13:26,306 Hey, babe. 182 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:27,540 Hi. 183 00:13:30,944 --> 00:13:31,912 Hi. 184 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:32,913 Where's Josh? 185 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,915 He's over there. 186 00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:36,083 Hey, Josh. 187 00:13:36,116 --> 00:13:37,150 How's it going? 188 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:38,151 Eddie. 189 00:13:38,185 --> 00:13:39,619 Come here. 190 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:41,288 Give me a hand. 191 00:13:42,956 --> 00:13:44,324 What did I miss? 192 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:45,859 No score. 193 00:13:45,893 --> 00:13:48,862 I took Josh to the park today. 194 00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:50,497 He played chess. 195 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:53,566 Um... 196 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,569 Josh doesn't know how to play chess. 197 00:13:56,603 --> 00:13:59,606 Don't ask me how, but he does. 198 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:02,575 You going to write about sports like your dad, 199 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:04,044 or you going to play? 200 00:14:04,077 --> 00:14:06,046 I'll play second base for the yanks. 201 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:09,482 Make that a four-game streak! 202 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:11,885 They could use a second baseman. 203 00:14:23,663 --> 00:14:25,198 Careful. 204 00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:26,199 Careful, careful. 205 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:27,935 Oh, here. 206 00:14:27,968 --> 00:14:29,336 Hey... 207 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,038 Look what I found. 208 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,612 Want to play a game? 209 00:14:41,982 --> 00:14:43,516 Why? 210 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:45,485 For fun. 211 00:14:47,354 --> 00:14:50,924 Let's go to a dealership instead and get some brochures. 212 00:14:50,958 --> 00:14:53,660 Well, show him. 213 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,662 Your dad wants to see you play, 214 00:14:55,695 --> 00:14:58,131 like with the men in the park. 215 00:14:58,165 --> 00:14:59,366 Hey, it'll be fun. 216 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,302 Then we'll go to a dealership. 217 00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:18,718 Now go easy on me. 218 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:21,254 It's been a while since I've played. 219 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,692 Check. 220 00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,308 Oh, uh... 221 00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:17,010 Checkmate. 222 00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:20,313 You see, I've got you here and here. 223 00:16:20,347 --> 00:16:21,714 See? 224 00:16:21,748 --> 00:16:24,417 Can we go to the dealership now? 225 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:27,220 Sure. 226 00:16:27,254 --> 00:16:29,356 Pee and get your coat. 227 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:34,327 Yeah, I know. 228 00:16:34,361 --> 00:16:36,329 I should've let him win one. 229 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:37,564 I gave him every opportunity. 230 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,599 He wasn't trying to win. 231 00:16:43,167 --> 00:16:44,200 Oh, no? 232 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:47,340 Come on, Bonnie. 233 00:16:48,005 --> 00:16:49,294 It doesn't matter. 234 00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:51,222 No. Say what you mean. 235 00:16:52,997 --> 00:16:54,255 You don't get it? 236 00:16:56,007 --> 00:16:58,610 He doesn't want to beat his daddy. 237 00:17:05,075 --> 00:17:06,476 Dad. 238 00:17:07,199 --> 00:17:08,728 She thinks you're throwing the game. 239 00:17:08,769 --> 00:17:11,434 You know what that means, throwing the game? 240 00:17:12,732 --> 00:17:13,700 No. 241 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:16,246 Well, this time, really try. 242 00:17:17,085 --> 00:17:18,504 I was trying. 243 00:17:18,745 --> 00:17:20,246 Well, I know you were, 244 00:17:20,374 --> 00:17:24,090 but we're going to play one more just for fun, o.K.? 245 00:17:25,046 --> 00:17:26,340 Josh... 246 00:17:27,338 --> 00:17:30,098 It's o.K. To beat him. You won't hurt his feelings. 247 00:17:52,919 --> 00:17:54,660 It's your move. 248 00:18:15,331 --> 00:18:16,871 Your move, Josh! 249 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:38,550 I can't. 250 00:18:38,578 --> 00:18:40,402 I'm playing chess with my dad. 251 00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:43,730 Chess. It's a game, like monopoly. 252 00:18:44,171 --> 00:18:45,171 Josh! 253 00:18:45,296 --> 00:18:47,132 Don't hang up. 254 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:01,276 Hi. 255 00:19:15,455 --> 00:19:17,222 Your move, Josh! 256 00:19:17,649 --> 00:19:19,457 Did you move that pawn? 257 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,876 I moved a pawn, yeah. 258 00:19:21,908 --> 00:19:23,109 Yeah, that one. 259 00:19:23,134 --> 00:19:25,121 Move my horse in front of my king. 260 00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:27,624 You mean your knight. 261 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:28,767 Yeah. 262 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,949 O.k. 263 00:19:37,433 --> 00:19:39,395 He's going to lose his queen. 264 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,387 Oh, really? 265 00:19:41,687 --> 00:19:43,055 Did you do it? 266 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:44,516 Yeah. 267 00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:46,723 Can we go out now? 268 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:50,730 Well, the game's not over yet, Josh. 269 00:19:50,883 --> 00:19:52,652 Yes, it is. 270 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:06,020 Bobby Fischer was 6 271 00:20:06,158 --> 00:20:07,988 when his mother moved the family 272 00:20:08,013 --> 00:20:10,682 to a small apartment near ebbets field. 273 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:12,960 At night, 274 00:20:13,011 --> 00:20:15,213 when the traffic noise died down, 275 00:20:15,238 --> 00:20:18,624 you could hear the roar of the crowd from the stadium. 276 00:20:21,044 --> 00:20:23,346 His sister brought home games to amuse him 277 00:20:23,371 --> 00:20:25,907 while their mother was at work. 278 00:20:27,211 --> 00:20:28,553 Monopoly... 279 00:20:28,714 --> 00:20:30,257 Parcheesi... 280 00:20:31,179 --> 00:20:32,397 Chess. 281 00:20:34,155 --> 00:20:36,382 Even though she was five years older, 282 00:20:36,946 --> 00:20:39,046 she was soon no match for him. 283 00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:41,708 It became more interesting 284 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,639 for him to play against himself. 285 00:20:44,999 --> 00:20:48,163 He'd play both sides of the board equally hard, 286 00:20:48,468 --> 00:20:50,053 careful to be fair... 287 00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:53,186 And he always won. 288 00:20:55,555 --> 00:20:57,424 And up... 289 00:20:57,457 --> 00:20:58,425 3... 290 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,293 4. 291 00:21:00,327 --> 00:21:01,027 Now over. 292 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,629 Arms long, girls, 293 00:21:02,662 --> 00:21:03,763 and down. 294 00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:06,265 Let's go to the other side. 295 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,536 Long neck. 296 00:21:11,638 --> 00:21:12,905 And plié. 297 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,707 And down. 298 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:21,581 3... 299 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:23,450 4. Very nice. 300 00:21:23,913 --> 00:21:24,651 J'adoube. 301 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:25,725 What are you doing? 302 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:26,538 J'adoube. 303 00:21:26,617 --> 00:21:28,335 J'adoube? You moved the piece. 304 00:21:28,369 --> 00:21:29,938 No, I adjusted the piece. 305 00:21:30,448 --> 00:21:31,218 J'adoube. 306 00:21:31,243 --> 00:21:33,444 No, you moved it, then took it back. 307 00:21:33,615 --> 00:21:34,683 No, I adjusted... 308 00:21:34,708 --> 00:21:36,358 Who are you with again? 309 00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:38,094 No, you picked up the piece... 310 00:21:38,118 --> 00:21:40,421 The Hadassah chapter on Staten island. 311 00:21:43,038 --> 00:21:44,725 What did you have in mind? 312 00:21:45,085 --> 00:21:46,585 Lecture? Exhibition? 313 00:21:46,610 --> 00:21:48,608 I'm looking for Bruce Pandolfini. 314 00:21:49,077 --> 00:21:50,960 What are you prepared to pay? 315 00:21:52,670 --> 00:21:53,905 $30. 316 00:21:55,209 --> 00:21:58,669 Do you know how much I'm accustomed to getting for a lecture? 317 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:18,663 Want to play? 318 00:22:24,906 --> 00:22:26,608 Can I have one of those? 319 00:22:45,490 --> 00:22:47,092 Yes, I'll be there. 320 00:22:47,140 --> 00:22:50,397 Yes, I... I'm agreeing to the $30. 321 00:22:52,178 --> 00:22:53,475 Yes, I have it. 322 00:22:54,362 --> 00:22:55,563 Bye. 323 00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:12,792 I work for a newspaper. I wanted. 324 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,846 I don't know where Bobby Fischer is. 325 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:22,621 I was talking to the guy who writes the chess column. 326 00:23:23,145 --> 00:23:26,199 He told me I could find Bruce pandolfini here. 327 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,887 - I'm looking for a teacher for my son. - I don't teach anymore. 328 00:23:31,391 --> 00:23:33,098 He was sure that you did. 329 00:23:35,426 --> 00:23:36,777 I don't. 330 00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:54,973 Come on, Josh. 331 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,645 Just a second. 332 00:25:18,008 --> 00:25:19,184 Thanks. 333 00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:24,624 What was the score? 334 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:25,825 33 to 8. 335 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,227 33 to 8? What did you do? 336 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:31,798 3 home runs, 3 triples, and 2 singles. 337 00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:34,634 I almost had 4 home runs, 338 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,335 but I slipped coming home from third. 339 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:38,064 I ain't playing this game. 340 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:42,048 Oh, caught you looking. 341 00:25:42,742 --> 00:25:43,976 You want some smoke? 342 00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:45,845 Never play defensive. Always attack. 343 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:49,193 - Even when you retreat, you attack. You understand? - Yeah. 344 00:25:49,218 --> 00:25:51,377 There you go. Now you're playing chess. 345 00:25:51,402 --> 00:25:53,658 That's what I'm talking about. Make him run. 346 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,517 Got me in trouble. I'm on the run. 347 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:57,642 What can I do? Where can I go? 348 00:25:57,805 --> 00:25:58,805 Young Fischer. 349 00:25:58,838 --> 00:26:00,005 Come after me. 350 00:26:01,391 --> 00:26:02,758 There you go. 351 00:26:02,783 --> 00:26:04,361 Outstanding. Outstanding. 352 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:06,814 Nothing I can do. 353 00:26:07,029 --> 00:26:08,916 I'm in major trouble, major trouble. 354 00:26:09,019 --> 00:26:10,728 I got big problems now. 355 00:26:12,363 --> 00:26:13,086 What's this? 356 00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:14,337 This goes like this. 357 00:26:15,225 --> 00:26:16,998 - And this goes like this. - Yes. 358 00:26:17,023 --> 00:26:18,900 And this can go over pieces. 359 00:26:19,053 --> 00:26:21,022 That piece should go over here. 360 00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:22,353 And the pawn go. 361 00:26:24,684 --> 00:26:25,885 And the pawns. 362 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,887 The pawns can take like this. 363 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,288 This is a pawn... 364 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,617 - You sneak in here again, Katya? - Yeah. 365 00:26:31,941 --> 00:26:34,132 Come on. It's way past your bedtime. 366 00:26:36,024 --> 00:26:37,664 Say good night to your brother. 367 00:26:37,724 --> 00:26:38,781 Good night. 368 00:26:41,450 --> 00:26:42,618 There. 369 00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:46,233 Mom? 370 00:26:46,261 --> 00:26:47,261 Yeah? 371 00:26:48,405 --> 00:26:50,093 Does Vinnie sleep in the park? 372 00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:56,140 To be honest with you. I have no idea where he lives. 373 00:26:56,783 --> 00:26:58,084 Well, I was thinking... 374 00:26:58,117 --> 00:27:00,788 Maybe he could sleep in my top bunk instead. 375 00:27:01,111 --> 00:27:04,913 Then when I get old enough to sleep in it, he could sleep down here. 376 00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:09,702 You have a good heart. 377 00:27:12,474 --> 00:27:15,476 And that's the most important thing in the world. 378 00:27:22,231 --> 00:27:22,966 Good night. 379 00:27:23,053 --> 00:27:24,362 Good night, mom. 380 00:27:57,065 --> 00:27:59,134 Glad you could make it. 381 00:28:05,367 --> 00:28:06,849 So how's it going? 382 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:08,603 All right. 383 00:28:08,986 --> 00:28:09,986 Great. 384 00:28:10,801 --> 00:28:12,234 That's great. 385 00:28:13,225 --> 00:28:14,812 So what do you think? 386 00:28:15,596 --> 00:28:17,931 Have you ever been to a tournament before? 387 00:28:18,043 --> 00:28:18,656 No. 388 00:28:18,848 --> 00:28:20,550 Ah. You're in luck then. 389 00:28:20,677 --> 00:28:22,695 This is one of the most prestigious. 390 00:28:22,758 --> 00:28:26,531 The talent gathered here's the strongest in the country. Everybody's here. 391 00:28:26,712 --> 00:28:29,281 Joel Benjamin... Former U.S. champion, 392 00:28:30,094 --> 00:28:33,835 among the six highest-rated players in the country. 393 00:28:36,357 --> 00:28:40,594 The man in the corner's Roman Dzindzichashvili. 394 00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:42,822 Two-time U.S. champion. 395 00:28:42,855 --> 00:28:46,570 A few years ago, he was ranked among the top 10 players of the world. 396 00:28:53,529 --> 00:28:55,364 Asa Hoffman. 397 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:57,613 He's the son of two lawyers. 398 00:28:57,643 --> 00:28:59,199 He grew up on park Avenue, 399 00:28:59,224 --> 00:29:01,034 went to Columbia and Horace Mann 400 00:29:01,059 --> 00:29:03,294 before dropping out to play chess full-time. 401 00:29:03,811 --> 00:29:06,425 He plays about 200 chess tournaments a year. 402 00:29:06,664 --> 00:29:07,664 Asa. 403 00:29:08,276 --> 00:29:09,343 Asa. 404 00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:16,255 How much do you make at the tournaments altogether... 405 00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,675 About $2,000 a year? 406 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:20,670 Look at that. I got him thinking. I got him thinking. 407 00:29:20,993 --> 00:29:22,855 Maybe I can win a pawn. 408 00:29:31,956 --> 00:29:34,213 Clearly, you had me come here 409 00:29:34,841 --> 00:29:36,550 so I could see all this. 410 00:29:37,988 --> 00:29:40,152 But if you really wanted me to say no 411 00:29:40,254 --> 00:29:41,745 to letting my son play, 412 00:29:41,907 --> 00:29:43,374 you wouldn't have bothered. 413 00:29:45,448 --> 00:29:48,818 You want me to think you want me to say no, 414 00:29:49,726 --> 00:29:51,597 but you actually... 415 00:29:52,063 --> 00:29:53,894 Want me to say yes. 416 00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:58,784 You have no idea what I want. 417 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:03,331 What is chess, do you think? 418 00:30:05,149 --> 00:30:07,393 Those who play for fun or not at all, 419 00:30:07,821 --> 00:30:09,545 dismiss it as a game. 420 00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:12,902 The ones who devote their lives to it, for the most part, 421 00:30:12,927 --> 00:30:14,495 insist it is a science. It's neither. 422 00:30:17,105 --> 00:30:18,821 Bobby Fischer got underneath it 423 00:30:18,846 --> 00:30:21,253 like no one before him and found at its center... 424 00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:22,990 Art. 425 00:30:24,633 --> 00:30:27,003 I've spent my life trying to play like him. 426 00:30:27,613 --> 00:30:29,251 Most of these guys have. 427 00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:31,691 But we're like forgers. 428 00:30:32,994 --> 00:30:34,796 We're competent fakes. 429 00:30:38,077 --> 00:30:40,279 His successor wasn't here tonight. 430 00:30:43,135 --> 00:30:44,602 He wasn't here. 431 00:30:47,069 --> 00:30:49,509 He's asleep in his room in your house. 432 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,169 Your son creates like Fischer. 433 00:30:55,591 --> 00:30:57,181 He sees like him... 434 00:30:58,151 --> 00:30:59,392 Inside. 435 00:31:00,236 --> 00:31:01,293 You can tell that 436 00:31:01,327 --> 00:31:03,392 by watching him play some drunks in the park? 437 00:31:03,417 --> 00:31:04,951 Yes! 438 00:31:08,736 --> 00:31:10,853 You want to know what I want? 439 00:31:11,492 --> 00:31:13,087 I'll tell you what I want. 440 00:31:13,583 --> 00:31:14,816 I want back 441 00:31:15,558 --> 00:31:18,657 what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared. 442 00:31:24,388 --> 00:31:25,814 Yeah, look at that. 443 00:31:29,205 --> 00:31:30,260 Oh! 444 00:31:35,061 --> 00:31:37,063 You're his father. It's your decision. 445 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:55,580 Josh. 446 00:31:56,550 --> 00:31:58,508 I... I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. 447 00:31:58,650 --> 00:31:59,650 Hi, Josh. 448 00:31:59,824 --> 00:32:01,292 This is Bruce. 449 00:32:01,528 --> 00:32:02,528 Hi. 450 00:32:05,230 --> 00:32:07,027 Well, I'll let you two, um... 451 00:32:07,848 --> 00:32:09,516 I'll be downstairs. 452 00:32:52,114 --> 00:32:53,745 I love water basketball. 453 00:32:54,354 --> 00:32:57,354 Well, supposedly, he used to, uh, really be someone. 454 00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:00,237 Some sort of, uh... Master level... 455 00:33:01,454 --> 00:33:02,721 Something or other. 456 00:33:03,130 --> 00:33:04,464 Used to. 457 00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:07,456 Well, yeah. Well, he doesn't play anymore... 458 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,201 On the circuit... 459 00:33:10,874 --> 00:33:12,964 Or... or whatever, um... They call it. 460 00:33:15,219 --> 00:33:16,888 Well, he's interesting. 461 00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:33,374 All right, this is it. 462 00:33:37,342 --> 00:33:39,385 Mr. Green in the conservatory 463 00:33:39,410 --> 00:33:40,878 with the candlestick. 464 00:33:46,156 --> 00:33:47,390 Wrench. 465 00:33:49,962 --> 00:33:52,044 ♪ Frère Jacques ♪ 466 00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,366 ♪ Frère Jacques ♪ 467 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,568 ♪ Dormez-vous? 468 00:33:56,527 --> 00:33:58,337 ♪ Dormez-vous? ♪ 469 00:33:58,888 --> 00:34:02,240 I need to talk to your dad a minute. I'll see you next week, o.K.? 470 00:34:02,646 --> 00:34:05,036 - I really had a great time, Josh. - Me, too. 471 00:34:05,598 --> 00:34:07,246 - Bye. - Bye. 472 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:11,349 The first lesson went very well, I think. 473 00:34:11,561 --> 00:34:12,708 Oh, good. 474 00:34:15,063 --> 00:34:16,063 So, uh... 475 00:34:16,118 --> 00:34:17,568 Uh, were you guys... 476 00:34:17,784 --> 00:34:18,885 Talking about... 477 00:34:19,293 --> 00:34:20,443 Chess up there? 478 00:34:20,911 --> 00:34:22,661 No, it didn't come up. 479 00:34:25,731 --> 00:34:27,927 So I'll see you next Saturday then? 480 00:34:29,051 --> 00:34:30,693 Uh, right. 481 00:34:40,347 --> 00:34:41,448 That's great. 482 00:34:44,092 --> 00:34:45,226 So long. 483 00:34:49,849 --> 00:34:52,169 How about some pac man next week, Josh? 484 00:34:52,245 --> 00:34:53,396 Pac man and pizza. 485 00:34:53,421 --> 00:34:54,083 Great. 486 00:34:54,187 --> 00:34:55,187 O.k. 487 00:34:56,362 --> 00:34:57,779 I'll see myself out. 488 00:34:58,108 --> 00:34:59,977 It was very nice meeting you. 489 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,509 Mate is four moves 490 00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:12,583 from the position in front of you. 491 00:35:13,030 --> 00:35:15,794 Don't move until you figure it out in your head. 492 00:35:16,862 --> 00:35:18,599 Don't look to me for a hint. 493 00:35:20,044 --> 00:35:22,350 I can't do it without moving the pieces. 494 00:35:22,414 --> 00:35:23,583 Yes, you can. 495 00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:26,372 Clear the lines of men in your head, 496 00:35:26,544 --> 00:35:27,818 one at a time, 497 00:35:28,444 --> 00:35:30,813 and the king will be left standing alone, 498 00:35:31,111 --> 00:35:33,044 like a guy on a street corner. 499 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:39,193 Here, I'll make it easier for you. 500 00:36:07,114 --> 00:36:08,615 Knight to c8. 501 00:36:09,405 --> 00:36:10,790 Good. 502 00:36:28,767 --> 00:36:31,315 I want to show you something else. 503 00:36:41,891 --> 00:36:43,510 This is very rare. 504 00:36:44,173 --> 00:36:46,479 It says, "master chess certificate... 505 00:36:46,827 --> 00:36:48,127 Awarded to..." 506 00:36:49,096 --> 00:36:51,104 And there's a blank here for a name... 507 00:36:51,408 --> 00:36:53,643 "For highest achievement 508 00:36:54,410 --> 00:36:57,885 on this day of blank, nineteen hundred and blank." 509 00:36:59,476 --> 00:37:00,783 Careful with it. 510 00:37:07,319 --> 00:37:09,803 It's a mysterious and powerful thing. 511 00:37:10,553 --> 00:37:12,577 It's only been given out... 512 00:37:14,034 --> 00:37:15,288 I don't know... 513 00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:17,694 A few times in history. 514 00:37:20,017 --> 00:37:24,492 And then only to those who achieve a lot of master-class points. 515 00:37:25,123 --> 00:37:27,789 Then there's a big ceremony and so on. 516 00:37:28,703 --> 00:37:31,898 - How do you get master-class points? - You earn them. 517 00:37:32,997 --> 00:37:34,617 You just earned 10... 518 00:37:35,421 --> 00:37:37,265 For that knight to c8. 519 00:37:37,843 --> 00:37:38,867 10. 520 00:37:39,396 --> 00:37:40,664 10... 521 00:37:42,016 --> 00:37:43,117 Master... 522 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:44,735 Class... 523 00:37:45,198 --> 00:37:46,465 Points. 524 00:38:25,727 --> 00:38:27,529 O.k., Josh, let's go! 525 00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:40,386 Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 526 00:38:40,419 --> 00:38:42,454 Take two! Go! Go! Go! Go! 527 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,424 Hi. 528 00:38:47,469 --> 00:38:49,236 You're overdressed, Bruce. 529 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:52,598 Two, four, six, eight, 530 00:38:52,631 --> 00:38:53,978 who do we appreciate? 531 00:38:54,061 --> 00:38:54,907 Eagles! 532 00:38:54,964 --> 00:38:55,744 Eagles! 533 00:38:55,769 --> 00:38:57,606 Yeah, eagles! 534 00:38:58,637 --> 00:38:59,814 O.k., yeah! 535 00:39:01,607 --> 00:39:02,941 Nice game guys. 536 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:05,677 Let's get that equipment in and head on out! 537 00:39:05,711 --> 00:39:07,579 Good game, fellas. 538 00:39:14,414 --> 00:39:15,451 Come on, Josh. 539 00:39:15,809 --> 00:39:19,825 His chess ideas are like pieces of his body he's reluctant to give up. 540 00:39:20,601 --> 00:39:23,304 For instance, he simply can't cope with being told 541 00:39:23,508 --> 00:39:25,977 not to bring his queen out too early in the game. 542 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:27,295 Why shouldn't he? 543 00:39:27,381 --> 00:39:30,170 He's won many a game in Washington square doing exactly that. 544 00:39:30,195 --> 00:39:31,347 Why is this suddenly wrong? 545 00:39:31,706 --> 00:39:34,074 Try getting him to brush his teeth sometime. 546 00:39:34,828 --> 00:39:37,632 What I'm trying to teach him and what he's learning there 547 00:39:37,657 --> 00:39:39,268 are two very different things. 548 00:39:39,661 --> 00:39:41,881 Park hustlers play tactics, not position. 549 00:39:42,740 --> 00:39:45,310 They rely on wild, unpredictable moves 550 00:39:45,335 --> 00:39:46,836 meant to intimidate their opponents. 551 00:39:47,011 --> 00:39:49,980 Great in a two-minute speed game for drug money, 552 00:39:50,123 --> 00:39:52,514 but it'll cost Josh dearly in real games. 553 00:39:53,492 --> 00:39:56,027 Well, he's learning some new words. 554 00:39:58,041 --> 00:40:00,957 Could you keep him from playing there so much? 555 00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:02,532 Sure. 556 00:40:02,620 --> 00:40:03,620 No. 557 00:40:06,257 --> 00:40:09,160 Not playing in the park would kill him. He loves it. 558 00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:11,495 Just makes my job harder. 559 00:40:13,512 --> 00:40:15,128 Then your job's harder. 560 00:40:26,272 --> 00:40:27,679 What are you talking about? 561 00:40:27,704 --> 00:40:29,469 We're already packed. We're, like, out the door. 562 00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:31,734 Make sure his laces are tight if there's escalators. 563 00:40:31,931 --> 00:40:34,300 I don't know why I o.K.'d this anyway. 564 00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:36,272 Well, you didn't. He wants to do this. 565 00:40:36,553 --> 00:40:38,124 I should've dissuaded him. 566 00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:39,943 I grew up playing in tournaments. 567 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:42,540 They have nothing to do with what's important. 568 00:40:42,575 --> 00:40:44,811 They're about all winning and losing. So? 569 00:40:45,852 --> 00:40:47,153 It's not chess. 570 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:48,580 Ah. Chess is art. 571 00:40:48,614 --> 00:40:50,115 That's right. 572 00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:52,918 No. Chess is you appreciate the beauty of Josh's play 573 00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:54,653 at 60 bucks an hour. 574 00:40:54,990 --> 00:40:58,256 Will you be ready to go in 30 minutes or not? 575 00:40:58,603 --> 00:40:59,709 He's not coming. 576 00:40:59,773 --> 00:41:00,773 May I talk to him? 577 00:41:01,291 --> 00:41:02,291 Hold on. 578 00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:03,370 Josh! 579 00:41:03,895 --> 00:41:05,130 I don't... 580 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:09,801 Telephone. 581 00:41:12,983 --> 00:41:14,084 Hi. 582 00:41:14,195 --> 00:41:16,322 Josh, how are you doing? You excited? 583 00:41:16,389 --> 00:41:17,389 Yeah. 584 00:41:17,694 --> 00:41:19,396 Listen, I can't make it. 585 00:41:19,492 --> 00:41:22,213 I've got some things I have to take care of. 586 00:41:22,973 --> 00:41:24,107 Hmm. 587 00:41:24,578 --> 00:41:25,578 That's o.K. 588 00:41:26,002 --> 00:41:28,541 I'll be thinking of you. You'll do great, I know it. 589 00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:31,002 And I'll see you when you get back. 590 00:41:31,027 --> 00:41:32,027 O.k. 591 00:41:32,431 --> 00:41:33,431 Bye. 592 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,940 O.k. Bye. Don't bring your queen out too soon... 593 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,927 This is great. 594 00:42:14,065 --> 00:42:15,701 Which one's yours? 595 00:42:17,936 --> 00:42:19,420 Over there by the steps. 596 00:42:19,445 --> 00:42:21,006 Oh. That... That one's mine. 597 00:42:21,031 --> 00:42:22,399 All right, yeah. What? 598 00:42:22,447 --> 00:42:24,583 Looks like they're friends already. 599 00:42:27,641 --> 00:42:29,543 Uh, what's his rating? 600 00:42:37,307 --> 00:42:38,474 15. 601 00:42:39,871 --> 00:42:41,006 15 hundred? 602 00:42:42,821 --> 00:42:43,904 Yeah. 603 00:42:47,708 --> 00:42:49,109 How old is he? 604 00:42:49,494 --> 00:42:50,494 7. 605 00:42:50,949 --> 00:42:51,949 7. 606 00:42:53,857 --> 00:42:56,486 Well, I doubt that they'll be playing each other then. 607 00:42:56,511 --> 00:42:58,173 Morgan's not rated 1,000 yet. 608 00:42:58,579 --> 00:42:59,647 Oh. 609 00:43:06,755 --> 00:43:08,190 15 hundred? 610 00:43:09,671 --> 00:43:12,474 Questions during the course of the game, 611 00:43:13,258 --> 00:43:14,993 raise your hand. 612 00:43:15,026 --> 00:43:19,064 He was cheating. He tried to castle when I had him checked. 613 00:43:20,438 --> 00:43:23,485 O.k., I want to remind you to conduct yourselves 614 00:43:23,854 --> 00:43:25,221 like adults. 615 00:43:25,763 --> 00:43:27,665 I don't want any trouble. 616 00:43:28,112 --> 00:43:31,082 And you know exactly what I'm talking about. 617 00:43:31,649 --> 00:43:33,571 If you're going to watch the game, 618 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,546 do so from behind the player. 619 00:43:37,408 --> 00:43:39,144 No throat noises. 620 00:43:40,468 --> 00:43:42,136 No comments. 621 00:43:43,282 --> 00:43:45,518 No eye contact. 622 00:43:46,161 --> 00:43:48,593 Nobody cares if you're guilty or not. 623 00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:51,269 If you all behave yourselves, 624 00:43:51,887 --> 00:43:54,273 I think we'll all have a very good time. 625 00:43:55,475 --> 00:43:56,943 I'm not kidding. 626 00:43:58,763 --> 00:44:01,065 Listen, my son can't play with these pieces. 627 00:44:01,090 --> 00:44:03,359 My daughter needs her own clock. 628 00:44:06,899 --> 00:44:10,135 Oh, this is unfair. 629 00:44:10,597 --> 00:44:11,999 Start... 630 00:44:12,310 --> 00:44:13,644 Your clocks. 631 00:44:45,416 --> 00:44:48,319 I did not pull on my ear! 632 00:44:48,353 --> 00:44:50,321 You pulled on your ear! 633 00:44:50,355 --> 00:44:52,958 I did not! I scratched my ear! 634 00:44:52,991 --> 00:44:54,960 You're a liar! Break it up! 635 00:44:54,993 --> 00:44:56,494 He's out of his mind! 636 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:57,796 Break it up! 637 00:44:57,829 --> 00:44:59,197 I don't care! 638 00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:01,132 Take your hands off me! 639 00:45:01,166 --> 00:45:03,501 You're the one who's trying to... 640 00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:05,436 We just came to have fun. 641 00:45:05,470 --> 00:45:07,143 I don't understand this. 642 00:45:07,529 --> 00:45:08,497 Hey! 643 00:45:08,522 --> 00:45:09,990 Hey, what... hey! 644 00:45:25,518 --> 00:45:28,362 See, you can call me the man of many signals. 645 00:45:28,864 --> 00:45:29,999 Many signals. 646 00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:31,744 Knock it off, for Christ's sake. 647 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,770 I don't want to "knock it off, for Christ's sake." 648 00:45:35,013 --> 00:45:36,698 I'm a man of many signals. 649 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,580 Yeah, I pull my nose, my elbow... 650 00:45:40,316 --> 00:45:42,408 And whatever else I want to pull. 651 00:45:44,468 --> 00:45:47,963 You play the game fair. That's the way it's played. 652 00:45:48,362 --> 00:45:50,846 So... you see me pulling my ear, 653 00:45:51,397 --> 00:45:52,931 it's not an itch. 654 00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:58,056 You might think it's an itch, but it's not an itch. 655 00:45:59,248 --> 00:46:01,650 So watch for the subtleness. 656 00:46:02,571 --> 00:46:05,368 You're lucky you don't get nervous at these things. 657 00:46:32,591 --> 00:46:33,692 Hi. 658 00:46:35,130 --> 00:46:36,194 If your son wins his game 659 00:46:36,227 --> 00:46:37,929 and my son wins his, 660 00:46:37,963 --> 00:46:40,716 they'll be playing each other in the final round. 661 00:46:41,631 --> 00:46:42,998 I can hardly wait. 662 00:46:43,086 --> 00:46:45,396 Hey! It's only a game. 663 00:46:48,412 --> 00:46:50,341 I'm going to get myself a tuna fish sandwich. 664 00:46:50,375 --> 00:46:52,490 Can I get you a sandwich? No, that's... 665 00:46:52,515 --> 00:46:55,117 I'm going to get you a tuna fish sandwich. 666 00:47:16,634 --> 00:47:18,303 Queen takes pawn. 667 00:47:24,401 --> 00:47:27,196 Josh is in trouble. He's down another pawn. 668 00:47:30,725 --> 00:47:33,395 Don't you believe it. Your boy'll pull it out. 669 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,060 No, he's down too much material. 670 00:47:37,085 --> 00:47:38,754 He's going to lose. 671 00:47:51,236 --> 00:47:53,238 Knight takes rook. 672 00:47:57,865 --> 00:47:59,927 Petey just hung his rook! 673 00:48:04,739 --> 00:48:06,782 He probably sacrificed it for position. 674 00:48:07,272 --> 00:48:09,602 He's probably still got the advantage. 675 00:48:30,608 --> 00:48:32,110 It's over. 676 00:48:35,169 --> 00:48:36,349 Wha... d... 677 00:48:42,812 --> 00:48:44,413 Who won? 678 00:49:29,686 --> 00:49:32,497 In school, before he dropped out, 679 00:49:33,227 --> 00:49:34,729 Bobby studied chess books 680 00:49:35,036 --> 00:49:37,560 while his teachers taught other things. 681 00:49:39,185 --> 00:49:41,630 When they told him to put his books away, 682 00:49:41,714 --> 00:49:43,081 or took them away, 683 00:49:43,419 --> 00:49:45,021 he studied in his head. 684 00:49:46,591 --> 00:49:49,254 When a science report came back to him once 685 00:49:49,287 --> 00:49:51,622 with the words "not satisfactory" 686 00:49:51,656 --> 00:49:53,002 written across the top, 687 00:49:53,062 --> 00:49:54,307 he wrote under it 688 00:49:54,854 --> 00:49:56,135 just as big, 689 00:49:57,039 --> 00:49:58,182 "tough." 690 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:00,596 He was 14 691 00:50:00,621 --> 00:50:04,948 and had already beaten the strongest adult players in the country 692 00:50:05,127 --> 00:50:08,297 to become the youngest U.S. champion ever. 693 00:50:16,647 --> 00:50:19,350 Welch is on the mound. Now Casey signals. 694 00:50:19,384 --> 00:50:21,127 He winds up... The pitch! 695 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:31,287 Bye, mom. 696 00:50:31,312 --> 00:50:32,814 Have fun. 697 00:50:32,839 --> 00:50:34,874 We'll call you when we get there. 698 00:50:34,899 --> 00:50:35,966 Bye! 699 00:50:43,174 --> 00:50:44,742 There's your dad. 700 00:50:51,649 --> 00:50:52,386 Yes! 701 00:50:52,597 --> 00:50:54,511 Look at this. Look at this. See this? 702 00:50:54,536 --> 00:50:57,239 None of you patzers ever won anything like this. 703 00:50:57,558 --> 00:51:00,060 Shut up. We're trying to play a game. 704 00:51:00,234 --> 00:51:01,370 He gets it, 705 00:51:01,507 --> 00:51:02,737 throws to first... 706 00:51:04,262 --> 00:51:05,330 Gets him! 707 00:51:05,363 --> 00:51:06,683 And one out. 708 00:51:09,267 --> 00:51:10,335 Thanks. 709 00:51:14,890 --> 00:51:19,462 That's a high-15 instead of a high-5. 710 00:51:21,971 --> 00:51:24,322 I think we got it in the bag now. 711 00:51:25,146 --> 00:51:26,580 Come on, Bruce! 712 00:51:28,156 --> 00:51:29,224 All right. 713 00:51:39,368 --> 00:51:40,818 The windup and... 714 00:51:41,095 --> 00:51:42,229 The pitch! 715 00:51:44,024 --> 00:51:45,092 Great. 716 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:48,308 He's out. 717 00:51:55,846 --> 00:51:57,515 Oop! 718 00:51:58,140 --> 00:52:00,142 And in first place... Josh Waitzkin. 719 00:52:23,962 --> 00:52:24,962 Mr. Waitzkin? 720 00:52:25,491 --> 00:52:26,624 Oh, hi. How you doing? 721 00:52:26,649 --> 00:52:28,725 Hi. I'm so glad you could make it. 722 00:52:28,750 --> 00:52:30,397 Me, too. This is really great. 723 00:52:31,416 --> 00:52:33,918 Isn't it? The children worked very hard on it. 724 00:52:33,951 --> 00:52:36,921 I understand from Josh you just got back from Washington. 725 00:52:36,954 --> 00:52:38,140 I think that's super. 726 00:52:38,228 --> 00:52:39,596 Yeah, it was great. 727 00:52:39,621 --> 00:52:41,311 He told us all about the hotel. 728 00:52:41,336 --> 00:52:43,038 He was impressed with that. 729 00:52:43,763 --> 00:52:46,132 You've been taking him a lot of places lately. 730 00:52:46,431 --> 00:52:47,577 I think it's good. 731 00:52:47,845 --> 00:52:49,814 It's important for kids to travel. 732 00:52:49,839 --> 00:52:52,421 It's a great education. They start to realize 733 00:52:52,452 --> 00:52:55,422 there's more to the world than Washington square. 734 00:52:55,706 --> 00:52:59,677 Yes. He's been talking a lot about Washington square, too. 735 00:52:59,702 --> 00:53:00,678 Uh... 736 00:53:00,711 --> 00:53:02,247 Uh, let's see... 737 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:03,648 We've heard about hotels 738 00:53:03,681 --> 00:53:05,706 in, uh, Syracuse, Philadelphia, 739 00:53:05,731 --> 00:53:06,699 Boston... 740 00:53:06,724 --> 00:53:07,825 Washington now. 741 00:53:07,871 --> 00:53:09,816 That seems to be all he can remember. 742 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,569 Not the white house 743 00:53:11,610 --> 00:53:12,978 or the capitol building 744 00:53:13,011 --> 00:53:14,580 or the Lincoln memorial. 745 00:53:15,293 --> 00:53:17,262 And you're wondering why that is. 746 00:53:18,511 --> 00:53:20,556 It's because I'm a rotten father. You're right. 747 00:53:20,581 --> 00:53:22,066 I drag him all over the country 748 00:53:22,091 --> 00:53:23,692 for my own selfish reasons. 749 00:53:23,738 --> 00:53:26,637 Fred! Is Josh falling behind in his schoolwork? 750 00:53:26,671 --> 00:53:29,675 He is, but I'm more concerned about other things... 751 00:53:30,029 --> 00:53:31,297 Like his friendships. 752 00:53:31,322 --> 00:53:32,891 There's a problem there? Possibly. 753 00:53:33,112 --> 00:53:34,988 Well, is there or isn't there? 754 00:53:35,318 --> 00:53:36,542 Mr. Waitzkin... 755 00:53:36,836 --> 00:53:38,971 I'm sure he's very good at this chess thing, 756 00:53:38,996 --> 00:53:40,965 but that isn't really the issue... 757 00:53:40,990 --> 00:53:41,990 Chess thing. 758 00:53:42,409 --> 00:53:43,054 I'm sorry? 759 00:53:43,079 --> 00:53:43,648 Chess thing. 760 00:53:43,673 --> 00:53:46,359 I'm sure he's good at it, but I'm worried. 761 00:53:46,650 --> 00:53:48,018 If I can make an analogy. 762 00:53:48,551 --> 00:53:49,836 If it was like, say... 763 00:53:49,861 --> 00:53:51,430 Oh, I don't know... 764 00:53:52,334 --> 00:53:53,368 Um, cards, 765 00:53:53,598 --> 00:53:54,565 pinochle. 766 00:53:54,599 --> 00:53:55,566 Pinochle. 767 00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:56,567 For instance. 768 00:53:56,601 --> 00:53:57,070 Pinochle. 769 00:53:57,210 --> 00:53:58,277 Fred... 770 00:53:59,845 --> 00:54:01,213 Bonnie... 771 00:54:01,590 --> 00:54:03,292 She's comparing chess to pinochle. 772 00:54:03,317 --> 00:54:05,685 What am I supposed to say to that? 773 00:54:06,351 --> 00:54:07,812 She's trying to make a point. 774 00:54:08,242 --> 00:54:09,429 Maybe we should listen. 775 00:54:10,468 --> 00:54:13,179 Vinnie thinks he's spending too much time at it, too. 776 00:54:13,390 --> 00:54:15,353 Vinnie? Vinnie's a drug addict. 777 00:54:15,386 --> 00:54:17,992 I'm supposed to listen to his opinion, too? 778 00:54:18,632 --> 00:54:20,343 I'm sorry, but your analogy 779 00:54:20,368 --> 00:54:21,851 is a very bad one. 780 00:54:21,955 --> 00:54:25,406 If you want to make a comparison to something, have it make sense. 781 00:54:25,665 --> 00:54:27,828 Compare it to math or music or art, 782 00:54:27,853 --> 00:54:31,804 because otherwise it belittles him and it and me. 783 00:54:31,829 --> 00:54:33,804 I don't mean to belittle you. 784 00:54:33,838 --> 00:54:36,648 Oh, but you are, even the way you're looking at me. 785 00:54:36,919 --> 00:54:38,633 Mr. Waitzkin, I think perhaps. 786 00:54:38,658 --> 00:54:41,961 I'll tell you how good he is. He's better at this 787 00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:45,816 than I've ever been at anything in my life. 788 00:54:46,116 --> 00:54:49,640 He's better at this than you'll ever be at anything. 789 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,089 My son has a gift. 790 00:54:52,765 --> 00:54:55,453 He has a gift, and once you acknowledge that, 791 00:54:55,538 --> 00:54:56,906 then maybe 792 00:54:57,541 --> 00:54:59,898 we'll have something to talk about. 793 00:55:01,901 --> 00:55:03,039 Josh. 794 00:55:04,186 --> 00:55:06,155 Chess is what it's called. 795 00:55:06,180 --> 00:55:08,149 Not the "chess thing." 796 00:55:08,494 --> 00:55:09,662 Chess. 797 00:55:19,161 --> 00:55:20,327 What's its number? 798 00:55:20,352 --> 00:55:23,923 It doesn't have a number. It's a private school. 799 00:55:24,555 --> 00:55:26,827 Only the public schools have numbers. 800 00:55:27,017 --> 00:55:28,523 It's called Dalton. 801 00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:34,679 You can still see your friends whenever you want. 802 00:55:34,704 --> 00:55:36,437 After school or on weekends, 803 00:55:37,535 --> 00:55:39,390 when there's not a tournament. 804 00:55:43,476 --> 00:55:45,044 Your friend Morgan goes there. 805 00:55:45,109 --> 00:55:46,343 Morgan goes there? 806 00:55:46,510 --> 00:55:47,510 Oh, yeah. 807 00:55:47,598 --> 00:55:50,534 He wouldn't go there unless it was great, right? 808 00:55:50,856 --> 00:55:52,224 Ah, it's the best. 809 00:55:53,226 --> 00:55:56,500 They, um, even have a chess class. 810 00:55:57,421 --> 00:55:58,968 What's the yard like? 811 00:55:59,490 --> 00:56:00,586 The yard? 812 00:56:00,845 --> 00:56:02,484 Do they have good stuff to climb on? 813 00:56:02,522 --> 00:56:04,190 I'm sure it does. 814 00:56:04,301 --> 00:56:06,648 Um, I haven't seen it, but 815 00:56:07,541 --> 00:56:09,195 I'm sure it's great. 816 00:56:11,623 --> 00:56:13,601 So, um... What do you think? 817 00:56:14,928 --> 00:56:17,328 If you say it's great, 818 00:56:18,275 --> 00:56:19,664 then it has to be. 819 00:56:36,795 --> 00:56:38,463 It's a mistake. 820 00:56:50,541 --> 00:56:53,143 What was wrong with the old school? 821 00:56:53,177 --> 00:56:55,475 I don't know. I guess it was no good. 822 00:56:56,178 --> 00:56:57,615 And the new one's better? 823 00:56:58,783 --> 00:57:00,303 They have a chess class? 824 00:57:00,818 --> 00:57:02,389 They have a chess class. 825 00:57:10,961 --> 00:57:12,586 Are you o.K.? 826 00:57:24,174 --> 00:57:26,535 What the hell's going on over there? 827 00:57:29,847 --> 00:57:31,616 Bobby Fischer. 828 00:58:01,159 --> 00:58:03,128 Young Fischer. 829 00:58:11,229 --> 00:58:12,430 Check. 830 00:58:13,434 --> 00:58:14,568 Check. 831 00:58:28,213 --> 00:58:30,024 Trick or treat. 832 00:58:38,544 --> 00:58:40,544 Why is black better? Take your time. 833 00:58:40,569 --> 00:58:42,333 White has more pawn islands. 834 00:58:42,546 --> 00:58:44,093 Which is white's weakest island? 835 00:58:44,305 --> 00:58:45,672 The isolated pawn. 836 00:58:45,714 --> 00:58:47,241 Only the king can save it. 837 00:58:48,648 --> 00:58:49,679 That's right. 838 00:58:50,004 --> 00:58:51,030 That's very good. 839 00:58:51,158 --> 00:58:53,761 You just earned 20 master-class points. 840 00:59:23,620 --> 00:59:26,202 You studying up on your end game, Bruce? 841 00:59:28,311 --> 00:59:29,311 Josh, 842 00:59:29,431 --> 00:59:31,671 go get yourself a coke. We're through here. 843 00:59:33,513 --> 00:59:35,482 Get yourself a coke. 844 00:59:43,104 --> 00:59:44,479 What do you want? 845 00:59:45,330 --> 00:59:47,533 Hello. How are you? How have you been? 846 00:59:47,777 --> 00:59:49,026 How's your health? 847 00:59:49,609 --> 00:59:51,677 Any one of these would be appropriate. 848 00:59:55,942 --> 00:59:57,697 I want to join the club. 849 00:59:57,749 --> 01:00:00,719 Well, actually, not me, my young friend Jonathan here. 850 01:00:06,804 --> 01:00:09,501 I suggest you bring him back in a couple of years. 851 01:00:10,524 --> 01:00:12,209 We'd like an application, 852 01:00:12,492 --> 01:00:14,298 if it's not too much trouble. 853 01:00:52,325 --> 01:00:55,052 He's been my student since he was 4 years old. 854 01:00:55,575 --> 01:00:57,615 His parents have given him to me. 855 01:00:58,171 --> 01:01:00,139 Does nothing but play chess. 856 01:01:00,923 --> 01:01:02,290 No other interests. 857 01:01:02,816 --> 01:01:04,700 - He goes to school? - Oh, no. 858 01:01:05,837 --> 01:01:08,106 Well, that's great. You should be proud of yourself. 859 01:01:08,452 --> 01:01:09,919 I am. 860 01:01:17,545 --> 01:01:20,282 You should watch him play. He reminds me of you, 861 01:01:20,588 --> 01:01:21,865 only he never gives up. 862 01:01:21,890 --> 01:01:22,396 Josh. 863 01:01:22,771 --> 01:01:24,536 It's not a part of his character. 864 01:01:27,804 --> 01:01:30,075 He's not going to disappoint his teacher. 865 01:01:51,834 --> 01:01:55,302 "And when he knew that the cottage was entirely destroyed, 866 01:01:55,869 --> 01:01:59,440 "the monster screamed once more in agony and hatred 867 01:01:59,755 --> 01:02:03,458 and retreated backward to seek refuge in the woods." 868 01:02:06,722 --> 01:02:09,357 Wow! Then it gets really scary 869 01:02:09,638 --> 01:02:10,928 because they chase him 870 01:02:10,961 --> 01:02:12,450 and light torches and stuff. 871 01:02:12,783 --> 01:02:15,404 So we'll get to that tomorrow. 872 01:02:16,756 --> 01:02:17,841 Good night, tiger. 873 01:02:18,001 --> 01:02:19,002 Good night. 874 01:02:28,483 --> 01:02:29,550 Dad... 875 01:02:35,536 --> 01:02:38,012 Maybe we shouldn't go to the state finals. 876 01:02:48,933 --> 01:02:50,559 What are you talking about? 877 01:02:50,850 --> 01:02:52,036 Of course we're going. 878 01:02:52,061 --> 01:02:54,051 That's what we've worked so hard for. 879 01:02:55,731 --> 01:02:56,887 If I win... 880 01:03:01,508 --> 01:03:04,477 Everybody will say, "well, of course he won. 881 01:03:05,011 --> 01:03:07,152 He's a top-ranked player" 882 01:03:08,464 --> 01:03:10,270 but if I lose... 883 01:03:12,938 --> 01:03:14,773 You won't lose, Josh. 884 01:03:15,159 --> 01:03:16,544 What if I do? 885 01:03:16,972 --> 01:03:18,129 You won't. 886 01:03:18,562 --> 01:03:19,934 I'm afraid I might. 887 01:03:20,223 --> 01:03:23,294 Josh... they're afraid. 888 01:03:24,559 --> 01:03:26,739 They're terrified of you. 889 01:03:34,020 --> 01:03:35,689 Now you get some sleep. 890 01:03:44,273 --> 01:03:46,942 Maybe it's better not to be the best. 891 01:03:51,847 --> 01:03:54,637 Then you can lose, and it's o.K. 892 01:04:13,250 --> 01:04:16,575 It took people a while to realize he was really gone. 893 01:04:18,442 --> 01:04:20,426 He disappeared before. 894 01:04:21,028 --> 01:04:22,551 Once for 18 months 895 01:04:22,741 --> 01:04:26,356 before the crushing defeat of Petrosian in Belgrade. 896 01:04:29,299 --> 01:04:31,919 But when he didn't show up in Manila in '75 897 01:04:31,958 --> 01:04:33,700 to defend his title, 898 01:04:34,004 --> 01:04:37,411 they took it away from him and gave it back to the Russians. 899 01:04:45,093 --> 01:04:46,270 O.k., let's go. 900 01:04:46,804 --> 01:04:48,773 I'm standing here with Fred Waitzkin. 901 01:04:48,798 --> 01:04:50,038 I hope I pronounced that right. 902 01:04:50,066 --> 01:04:52,239 Fred, what's it like being a chess parent? 903 01:04:53,155 --> 01:04:54,833 In my case, the hardest part 904 01:04:54,923 --> 01:04:57,200 is keeping track of my son's toy cars, 905 01:04:57,279 --> 01:05:00,649 making sure he eats something other than French fries... 906 01:05:08,599 --> 01:05:09,700 Hi. 907 01:05:12,062 --> 01:05:13,062 Hi. 908 01:05:13,089 --> 01:05:15,430 Your son's the odds-on favorite, I understand. 909 01:05:15,681 --> 01:05:17,898 He's rated number one in his division, yes. 910 01:05:18,075 --> 01:05:20,758 So every other parent in this room hates you. 911 01:05:21,513 --> 01:05:23,147 I'm just kidding, Fred. 912 01:05:27,403 --> 01:05:29,859 Thank you, sir. He can go to his table now. 913 01:05:30,204 --> 01:05:31,272 Next, please. 914 01:06:03,355 --> 01:06:04,578 Oh, my god. 915 01:06:11,145 --> 01:06:12,363 That was quick. 916 01:06:15,190 --> 01:06:16,349 I hate this part. 917 01:06:19,951 --> 01:06:20,982 What? 918 01:06:26,783 --> 01:06:27,974 No. 919 01:06:56,413 --> 01:06:58,515 Seven moves. 920 01:07:00,707 --> 01:07:02,176 Seven. 921 01:07:03,282 --> 01:07:07,877 How is it possible to lose in seven moves? 922 01:07:12,053 --> 01:07:14,025 Maybe I don't really have it. 923 01:07:14,345 --> 01:07:16,134 Well, you know that's not true. 924 01:07:17,007 --> 01:07:18,374 That's not why this happened. 925 01:07:19,791 --> 01:07:21,560 I don't understand why this happened. 926 01:07:21,585 --> 01:07:23,220 Why did this happen? 927 01:07:26,810 --> 01:07:28,744 Well, think. 928 01:07:29,955 --> 01:07:31,557 Take your time. 929 01:07:31,715 --> 01:07:36,087 Take more time than you took losing to that patzer and figure it out. 930 01:07:36,974 --> 01:07:38,580 Did you fall for a trap? 931 01:07:40,462 --> 01:07:42,626 Did you bring your queen out early 932 01:07:42,659 --> 01:07:46,212 even though Bruce warned you time and again about that? 933 01:07:48,033 --> 01:07:49,916 Maybe he's just better than me. 934 01:07:50,065 --> 01:07:53,658 No, don't tell me that kid's better than you because he isn't. 935 01:08:07,145 --> 01:08:09,673 Why are you standing so far away from me? 936 01:08:23,271 --> 01:08:24,361 Come here. 937 01:08:31,913 --> 01:08:33,348 It's o.K. 938 01:08:36,562 --> 01:08:38,031 It's o.K. 939 01:08:40,250 --> 01:08:41,551 I'm sorry. 940 01:08:45,001 --> 01:08:47,971 For all his natural ability, Bobby Fischer studied harder 941 01:08:48,266 --> 01:08:49,793 than any player who ever lived. 942 01:08:49,826 --> 01:08:51,795 He woke up thinking about chess. 943 01:08:51,828 --> 01:08:54,798 He went to bed thinking about it. He dreamt about it. 944 01:08:54,831 --> 01:08:57,735 Why? Isn't it enough to be a natural? 945 01:08:58,852 --> 01:09:00,375 If you don't care about winning, it's enough, 946 01:09:00,399 --> 01:09:01,771 but he wanted to win. 947 01:09:01,805 --> 01:09:03,469 He had to be champion, 948 01:09:03,985 --> 01:09:06,141 and in order to do that, he had to work, 949 01:09:06,254 --> 01:09:08,024 which is what we're going to do. 950 01:09:08,049 --> 01:09:09,316 O.k. 951 01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:10,359 All right. 952 01:09:11,211 --> 01:09:13,336 Promise you won't argue moves with me, 953 01:09:13,412 --> 01:09:15,586 no matter how much you think you're right. 954 01:09:15,611 --> 01:09:16,611 I promise. 955 01:09:16,672 --> 01:09:19,868 Everything I tell you imagine is coming from him 956 01:09:20,072 --> 01:09:22,441 because I know every game he ever played, 957 01:09:22,685 --> 01:09:26,355 so, in effect, he's going to be teaching you, and you'll become him. 958 01:09:26,380 --> 01:09:27,380 Promise. 959 01:09:28,155 --> 01:09:29,160 All right. 960 01:09:30,673 --> 01:09:32,542 Some new rules. 961 01:09:33,972 --> 01:09:35,606 No more speed chess. 962 01:09:36,129 --> 01:09:39,035 I know you like it, I know it's fun, 963 01:09:39,313 --> 01:09:40,681 but it's no good. 964 01:09:41,558 --> 01:09:43,566 It ruined Arbakov, and it'll ruin you. 965 01:09:44,738 --> 01:09:47,121 And no more games in Washington square. 966 01:09:47,146 --> 01:09:50,649 They're patzers, and they're teaching you all the wrong things. 967 01:09:51,629 --> 01:09:53,043 They're not patzers. 968 01:09:53,473 --> 01:09:54,558 They're losers, 969 01:09:55,230 --> 01:09:57,559 and unless you want to end up just like them, 970 01:09:57,894 --> 01:09:59,129 you'll stay away. 971 01:10:00,277 --> 01:10:01,957 They're not patzers. 972 01:10:04,468 --> 01:10:05,840 I mean it. 973 01:10:08,347 --> 01:10:09,415 Now... 974 01:10:16,778 --> 01:10:18,163 Which one is you? 975 01:10:19,132 --> 01:10:20,406 What do you mean? 976 01:10:21,398 --> 01:10:24,257 I mean, which one is you? 977 01:10:25,194 --> 01:10:27,264 None of them. They're just pieces. 978 01:10:27,456 --> 01:10:28,562 This is you. 979 01:10:49,116 --> 01:10:50,616 So what's your best move? 980 01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:51,695 Rook to d1. 981 01:10:51,843 --> 01:10:53,327 What about taking on e5? 982 01:10:53,359 --> 01:10:55,077 What about it? 983 01:10:55,101 --> 01:10:57,702 You didn't consider it. You're still not considering it. 984 01:10:57,751 --> 01:10:58,751 Sit up. 985 01:10:59,963 --> 01:11:02,070 I'm right. Rook to d1 is the best move. 986 01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:04,489 That’s not the point. You didn't study the board. 987 01:11:04,514 --> 01:11:07,319 You're moving before I know the answers. Give me your book. 988 01:11:09,406 --> 01:11:10,140 Why? 989 01:11:10,165 --> 01:11:11,491 Give me your book. 990 01:11:11,540 --> 01:11:12,540 Why? 991 01:11:12,993 --> 01:11:15,463 You just lost some master-class points, tiger. 992 01:11:16,176 --> 01:11:17,544 I can't lose points. 993 01:11:17,569 --> 01:11:20,882 No? You just lost some more for arguing with me. 994 01:11:27,384 --> 01:11:28,686 Fine, Tim, it's not enough. 995 01:11:28,711 --> 01:11:29,679 What's happening? 996 01:11:29,704 --> 01:11:30,780 What's happening? 997 01:11:30,805 --> 01:11:33,952 I hear a whole lot of talk and don't get much for it. 998 01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:38,114 Ooh, it hurts! 999 01:11:42,218 --> 01:11:43,385 Damn! 1000 01:11:46,419 --> 01:11:47,686 Damn! 1001 01:11:52,481 --> 01:11:54,983 Do you know what the word contempt means? 1002 01:12:00,614 --> 01:12:04,228 It's to think of others as being beneath you, 1003 01:12:04,755 --> 01:12:07,837 to be unworthy of being in the same room with you. 1004 01:12:13,430 --> 01:12:14,718 I don't feel that. 1005 01:12:15,333 --> 01:12:17,194 Well, you better start. 1006 01:12:20,670 --> 01:12:23,893 Because if you don't think it's a part of winning, you're wrong. 1007 01:12:24,354 --> 01:12:26,697 You have to have contempt for your opponents. 1008 01:12:27,420 --> 01:12:29,089 You have to hate them. 1009 01:12:33,801 --> 01:12:35,236 But I don't. 1010 01:12:36,061 --> 01:12:37,752 They hate you. 1011 01:12:43,803 --> 01:12:45,370 They hate you, Josh. 1012 01:12:49,567 --> 01:12:51,401 I don't hate them. 1013 01:12:52,624 --> 01:12:55,596 Bobby Fischer held the world in contempt. 1014 01:13:01,144 --> 01:13:03,057 I'm not him. 1015 01:13:12,831 --> 01:13:14,600 You're telling me. 1016 01:13:16,807 --> 01:13:18,696 In the primary division, 1017 01:13:18,721 --> 01:13:21,097 in first place with a perfect six out of six. 1018 01:13:21,130 --> 01:13:23,099 Jonathan Poe. 1019 01:13:27,297 --> 01:13:30,467 Let's give a round of applause for all the winners. 1020 01:13:40,317 --> 01:13:41,892 It's white's move. 1021 01:13:48,580 --> 01:13:50,923 Can we expect it any time soon? 1022 01:13:51,135 --> 01:13:52,985 How many points is it worth? 1023 01:13:53,409 --> 01:13:55,040 To make the opening move? 1024 01:13:55,349 --> 01:13:56,349 Yes. 1025 01:13:58,079 --> 01:13:59,290 Forget the points. 1026 01:13:59,569 --> 01:14:01,509 How much is it worth if I do it? 1027 01:14:01,694 --> 01:14:04,329 Do it for its own sake. 1028 01:14:04,505 --> 01:14:07,564 I want to know how close I am to getting the certificate. 1029 01:14:08,052 --> 01:14:09,052 Forget that. 1030 01:14:09,491 --> 01:14:10,592 I want to know. 1031 01:14:10,617 --> 01:14:13,187 I don't know. What do you mean? 1032 01:14:13,266 --> 01:14:14,600 I don't care. 1033 01:14:15,939 --> 01:14:17,509 I don't understand. 1034 01:14:17,952 --> 01:14:20,962 It's white's move. 1035 01:14:26,368 --> 01:14:27,888 I want the certificate. 1036 01:14:28,071 --> 01:14:29,679 You want the certificate? 1037 01:14:29,704 --> 01:14:31,650 You have to have the certificate? 1038 01:14:31,716 --> 01:14:34,150 You won't move until you get the certificate? 1039 01:14:34,288 --> 01:14:35,288 You win. 1040 01:14:36,320 --> 01:14:39,523 Here's your certificate. Fill it out. 1041 01:14:41,452 --> 01:14:43,487 Doesn't mean anything. It's a piece of paper. 1042 01:14:43,536 --> 01:14:46,478 It's a xerox of a piece of paper. Do you want another one? 1043 01:14:48,235 --> 01:14:49,290 Do you want 10? 1044 01:14:52,782 --> 01:14:54,284 You want 20? 1045 01:14:55,462 --> 01:14:56,462 30? 1046 01:14:56,823 --> 01:14:59,376 I've got a briefcase full of them. They mean nothing. 1047 01:15:05,301 --> 01:15:07,103 They mean nothing. 1048 01:15:13,324 --> 01:15:15,040 Get out of my house. 1049 01:15:34,923 --> 01:15:37,233 To put a child in a position to care about winning 1050 01:15:37,266 --> 01:15:40,540 and not to prepare him is wrong. - Get out of my house. 1051 01:15:59,738 --> 01:16:02,750 Look, I know you don't want to admit it, but he's right. 1052 01:16:04,273 --> 01:16:06,970 I mean, you wouldn't sign your kid up for little league 1053 01:16:07,223 --> 01:16:09,259 and then not get him a glove. 1054 01:16:09,390 --> 01:16:10,407 You equip him. 1055 01:16:10,499 --> 01:16:11,500 It's over. 1056 01:16:11,534 --> 01:16:14,104 Bonnie, he's in a slump. 1057 01:16:14,199 --> 01:16:16,168 This is a slump. It happens. 1058 01:16:16,662 --> 01:16:18,631 When you get into a slump, 1059 01:16:18,656 --> 01:16:21,298 you get out of it eventually. You don't give up. 1060 01:16:21,343 --> 01:16:22,743 This is like baseball to you. 1061 01:16:22,868 --> 01:16:26,150 If you're afraid to lose, you lose. If you loose, you get more afraid. 1062 01:16:26,175 --> 01:16:28,353 He's not afraid of losing. 1063 01:16:28,378 --> 01:16:30,423 He's afraid of losing your love. 1064 01:16:32,322 --> 01:16:33,782 How many ballplayers grow up 1065 01:16:33,807 --> 01:16:35,423 afraid of losing their father's love 1066 01:16:35,448 --> 01:16:36,838 every time they come up to the plate? 1067 01:16:36,862 --> 01:16:37,876 All of them! 1068 01:16:43,337 --> 01:16:45,249 He knows you disapprove of him. 1069 01:16:46,130 --> 01:16:48,022 He knows you think he's weak, 1070 01:16:48,381 --> 01:16:50,022 but he's not weak. 1071 01:16:51,266 --> 01:16:52,694 He's decent. 1072 01:16:53,911 --> 01:16:57,421 And if you or Bruce, or anyone else 1073 01:16:57,687 --> 01:16:59,290 tries to beat that out of him, 1074 01:16:59,463 --> 01:17:01,796 I swear to god I'll take him away. 1075 01:17:05,525 --> 01:17:07,921 When did you start to get serious about chess? 1076 01:17:08,179 --> 01:17:10,682 Uh, I got serious, oh... 1077 01:17:13,162 --> 01:17:15,665 Hmm, oh, well, I was always pretty serious about it. 1078 01:17:15,699 --> 01:17:18,247 You know, when I was maybe 7. 1079 01:17:21,925 --> 01:17:25,614 People say they've received letters from him over the years, 1080 01:17:26,904 --> 01:17:28,762 but never show them. 1081 01:17:30,572 --> 01:17:32,607 They say he lost his nerve, 1082 01:17:33,294 --> 01:17:35,372 and he'll never play again. 1083 01:17:37,440 --> 01:17:39,742 They say he lost his mind 1084 01:17:39,986 --> 01:17:42,567 and roams the streets of Los Angeles 1085 01:17:43,055 --> 01:17:45,057 hiding out under assumed names. 1086 01:17:45,895 --> 01:17:47,864 Check. 1087 01:17:47,897 --> 01:17:48,865 Check. 1088 01:17:48,898 --> 01:17:50,599 Some people say... 1089 01:17:52,500 --> 01:17:53,601 He's dead. 1090 01:17:56,205 --> 01:17:59,175 I think he's lying low and getting stronger, 1091 01:17:59,944 --> 01:18:02,561 waiting for just the right moment to come back 1092 01:18:03,316 --> 01:18:05,249 and reclaim his crown. 1093 01:18:33,076 --> 01:18:33,897 Hey, Josh. 1094 01:18:34,076 --> 01:18:35,076 Shh. 1095 01:18:41,227 --> 01:18:43,324 What happened to your room? 1096 01:18:44,022 --> 01:18:45,791 I cleaned it. 1097 01:18:52,686 --> 01:18:54,285 Hey, you know, 1098 01:18:54,448 --> 01:18:56,472 you don't have to do this anymore. 1099 01:18:57,059 --> 01:18:59,886 You could give it up, and that's all right with me. 1100 01:19:06,928 --> 01:19:08,329 In fact... 1101 01:19:10,596 --> 01:19:12,198 I want you to. 1102 01:19:14,404 --> 01:19:16,112 How can I do that? 1103 01:19:17,445 --> 01:19:19,573 What do you mean? You just do it. 1104 01:19:23,135 --> 01:19:25,159 But I have to win. 1105 01:19:27,066 --> 01:19:29,292 No, that's what I'm saying, you don't. 1106 01:19:30,268 --> 01:19:32,018 But you told me I did. 1107 01:19:33,229 --> 01:19:36,307 Well, I'm telling you now that you don't. 1108 01:19:37,700 --> 01:19:39,018 But I do. 1109 01:19:39,672 --> 01:19:40,714 I do. 1110 01:19:42,113 --> 01:19:43,181 Why? 1111 01:19:45,882 --> 01:19:47,409 Because I have to. 1112 01:19:49,996 --> 01:19:51,030 Why? 1113 01:19:51,431 --> 01:19:53,127 It doesn't mean anything. 1114 01:19:53,746 --> 01:19:55,675 It's just a game. 1115 01:19:58,561 --> 01:19:59,948 No, it isn't. 1116 01:20:52,484 --> 01:20:53,807 Good morning. 1117 01:21:00,212 --> 01:21:02,014 These belong to you. 1118 01:21:33,023 --> 01:21:34,409 Want to play? 1119 01:21:41,900 --> 01:21:43,238 Two minutes. 1120 01:21:48,337 --> 01:21:49,305 What's that? 1121 01:21:49,338 --> 01:21:50,573 Schleimann attack. 1122 01:21:50,606 --> 01:21:52,375 Where'd you learn that from, a book? 1123 01:21:52,408 --> 01:21:53,977 My teacher taught me. 1124 01:21:54,010 --> 01:21:56,946 Forget it. Play like you used to from the gut. 1125 01:21:56,980 --> 01:21:59,348 Get your pawns rolling on the queen's side. 1126 01:21:59,382 --> 01:22:01,016 Put it out. Josh is playing. 1127 01:22:01,041 --> 01:22:04,019 He taught you how not to lose, not how to win. 1128 01:22:04,044 --> 01:22:07,313 You got to risk losing. You got to risk everything. 1129 01:22:07,436 --> 01:22:11,432 You got to go to the edge of defeat. 1130 01:22:11,471 --> 01:22:13,167 - But... - But what? Play. 1131 01:22:13,629 --> 01:22:15,917 Never play the board, always the man. 1132 01:22:16,271 --> 01:22:19,284 You got to play the man playing the board. Play me. 1133 01:22:19,339 --> 01:22:21,708 You have to beat me, not the board. 1134 01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:24,292 - You're not who I have to play. - You're playing me now. 1135 01:22:24,331 --> 01:22:25,331 Come on, beat me. 1136 01:22:29,645 --> 01:22:30,645 Better. 1137 01:22:31,771 --> 01:22:33,305 All right. 1138 01:22:33,682 --> 01:22:35,698 Better! Yes! Come on, move. 1139 01:22:37,003 --> 01:22:38,054 Good! 1140 01:22:38,087 --> 01:22:39,087 Yeah! 1141 01:22:39,388 --> 01:22:40,878 All right! 1142 01:22:41,102 --> 01:22:42,437 Better! 1143 01:22:43,026 --> 01:22:44,026 Yeah! 1144 01:22:45,528 --> 01:22:47,088 Good move! 1145 01:22:47,208 --> 01:22:48,208 Yeah! 1146 01:22:48,415 --> 01:22:49,799 Yeah! Uh-huh! 1147 01:22:50,794 --> 01:22:51,929 Yes! 1148 01:22:52,268 --> 01:22:53,469 Move! 1149 01:22:53,502 --> 01:22:56,105 Ooh, yeah! Good, good, good! Move! 1150 01:22:56,139 --> 01:22:57,773 Yeah, that's it! 1151 01:22:57,806 --> 01:22:59,435 Ooh, good! Yeah! 1152 01:22:59,808 --> 01:23:00,615 What's that? 1153 01:23:00,660 --> 01:23:01,412 Mate. 1154 01:23:01,467 --> 01:23:02,801 Yeah. 1155 01:23:37,034 --> 01:23:38,169 How's it going? 1156 01:23:39,064 --> 01:23:39,771 All right. 1157 01:23:39,934 --> 01:23:41,102 How's Josh? 1158 01:23:41,354 --> 01:23:42,810 Well, he's good. Sit down. 1159 01:23:42,936 --> 01:23:45,612 Still planning on going to Chicago for the nationals? 1160 01:23:45,637 --> 01:23:46,705 Yeah. 1161 01:23:47,419 --> 01:23:49,165 I've seen you both at the park. 1162 01:23:49,425 --> 01:23:51,970 Yeah. We've been hanging out there a lot. 1163 01:23:52,161 --> 01:23:53,845 Think that's a good idea? 1164 01:23:55,589 --> 01:23:56,956 Yes, I do. 1165 01:23:58,392 --> 01:23:59,908 He's playing better than ever. 1166 01:24:00,352 --> 01:24:01,915 How would you know that? 1167 01:24:06,120 --> 01:24:06,798 You're right. 1168 01:24:06,823 --> 01:24:08,204 I... I don't know. 1169 01:24:10,246 --> 01:24:13,353 But what I do know is that he likes playing again 1170 01:24:14,217 --> 01:24:15,923 for the first time in a long time. 1171 01:24:16,759 --> 01:24:19,033 I know you think you're doing what's best, 1172 01:24:19,058 --> 01:24:22,634 but you're setting him up for the biggest disappointment of his life. 1173 01:24:23,359 --> 01:24:26,295 That other kid isn't spending his afternoons riding bikes 1174 01:24:26,329 --> 01:24:28,380 and playing pac man, I can guarantee you that. 1175 01:24:28,405 --> 01:24:29,712 I'm doing the only thing 1176 01:24:29,766 --> 01:24:32,469 I know how to do for Josh. 1177 01:24:33,323 --> 01:24:35,384 I don't know what else to do. 1178 01:24:36,429 --> 01:24:38,400 Don't let him go down there to lose. 1179 01:24:43,384 --> 01:24:45,238 That's what you can do for him. 1180 01:24:45,366 --> 01:24:46,868 You're his father. Forbid it. 1181 01:24:48,290 --> 01:24:49,493 I can't do that. 1182 01:24:49,518 --> 01:24:50,184 Fred... 1183 01:24:50,439 --> 01:24:51,707 He's going to killed. 1184 01:24:52,154 --> 01:24:54,340 There's not going to be much left of him. 1185 01:24:54,416 --> 01:24:57,340 You have no idea what a fall like this can do to you. 1186 01:24:59,897 --> 01:25:01,395 I think I do. 1187 01:25:08,028 --> 01:25:09,028 You know what? 1188 01:25:10,165 --> 01:25:11,903 You should come down with us. 1189 01:25:13,053 --> 01:25:15,558 It would mean a lot to him to have you there. 1190 01:25:18,635 --> 01:25:20,231 That I can't do. 1191 01:25:44,807 --> 01:25:45,934 There you go. 1192 01:25:45,959 --> 01:25:47,060 Thank you. 1193 01:25:47,710 --> 01:25:48,710 Thanks. 1194 01:25:49,478 --> 01:25:50,668 Come on, Katya. 1195 01:25:58,249 --> 01:26:00,592 O.k. That's not bad, but that's not right, o.K.? 1196 01:26:00,617 --> 01:26:01,951 That's not what Casablanca did. 1197 01:26:02,351 --> 01:26:03,986 See? You want to be patient. 1198 01:26:04,011 --> 01:26:04,967 Fools rush in. 1199 01:26:04,992 --> 01:26:06,944 You want to go to the 7th rank. 1200 01:26:07,110 --> 01:26:08,495 Hi, Morgan. 1201 01:26:08,845 --> 01:26:10,401 Josh, where you been? 1202 01:26:11,437 --> 01:26:12,643 Fishing. 1203 01:26:13,702 --> 01:26:15,479 Whoa. Look at this. 1204 01:26:17,690 --> 01:26:19,729 No chess boards, no chess books. 1205 01:26:20,306 --> 01:26:23,475 I wasn't allowed to talk about chess for two whole weeks. 1206 01:26:23,565 --> 01:26:24,901 Just fish. 1207 01:26:25,407 --> 01:26:26,408 Whoa. 1208 01:26:26,715 --> 01:26:28,354 It was my dad's idea. 1209 01:26:28,709 --> 01:26:29,971 Hey, Kalev. 1210 01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:31,080 How's it going? 1211 01:26:32,446 --> 01:26:33,481 Fishing? 1212 01:26:34,357 --> 01:26:35,611 Sure. 1213 01:26:42,223 --> 01:26:45,135 The 200 young players finding their seats behind me 1214 01:26:45,160 --> 01:26:47,704 represent some of the strongest chess minds 1215 01:26:47,729 --> 01:26:49,378 of any age in the country. 1216 01:26:49,458 --> 01:26:52,113 Traveling from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii, 1217 01:26:52,251 --> 01:26:54,887 they've come here to compete against each other 1218 01:26:54,912 --> 01:26:57,730 over the course of the next two long, grueling days. 1219 01:26:57,755 --> 01:26:58,966 To become champion, 1220 01:26:58,991 --> 01:27:00,960 one must win all seven games. 1221 01:27:01,423 --> 01:27:02,423 That's right. 1222 01:27:02,645 --> 01:27:04,520 This is Donovan Dennan, 1223 01:27:04,553 --> 01:27:06,889 director of the national scholastic championship. 1224 01:27:06,922 --> 01:27:10,055 Tell me, is the next Bobby Fischer somewhere in this room? 1225 01:27:11,269 --> 01:27:12,605 Hi, mom. 1226 01:27:27,810 --> 01:27:30,391 This girl you're playing is ranked 82nd. 1227 01:27:31,093 --> 01:27:32,561 All right. Get through it quick, 1228 01:27:32,586 --> 01:27:35,281 and you can rest before the next round, o.K.? 1229 01:27:35,458 --> 01:27:36,250 O.k. 1230 01:27:36,350 --> 01:27:38,149 I'll see you in a little while. 1231 01:27:39,192 --> 01:27:40,192 Bye. 1232 01:27:40,271 --> 01:27:41,271 Bye. 1233 01:27:42,791 --> 01:27:43,946 Josh... 1234 01:27:46,028 --> 01:27:47,028 Good luck. 1235 01:27:51,414 --> 01:27:55,579 Some of you may be unfamiliar with sudden death rules. 1236 01:27:56,224 --> 01:28:00,494 If you're writing moves down while a player gets down 1237 01:28:00,545 --> 01:28:04,787 to where there's less than five minutes left, 1238 01:28:05,614 --> 01:28:08,029 it's no longer your responsibility to... 1239 01:28:08,843 --> 01:28:09,843 Hi. 1240 01:28:09,985 --> 01:28:11,037 Hi. 1241 01:28:11,189 --> 01:28:12,459 Is that clear? 1242 01:28:13,051 --> 01:28:14,252 Good luck. 1243 01:28:14,433 --> 01:28:15,662 One more thing. 1244 01:28:16,825 --> 01:28:18,301 If you have a problem... 1245 01:28:18,326 --> 01:28:19,162 Morgan. 1246 01:28:19,222 --> 01:28:21,959 If you have a problem, you don't have to discuss it 1247 01:28:22,278 --> 01:28:23,780 with your opponent. 1248 01:28:24,212 --> 01:28:26,914 All these people with purple hats around here, 1249 01:28:26,939 --> 01:28:28,469 they'll be wandering around. 1250 01:28:29,004 --> 01:28:31,649 Just put your hand up, and they'll straighten it up. 1251 01:28:32,007 --> 01:28:34,196 O.k. Just hold up your hand, and they'll see it. 1252 01:28:34,358 --> 01:28:37,352 Don't argue with your opponent. 1253 01:28:37,427 --> 01:28:38,628 That's ridiculous. 1254 01:28:39,106 --> 01:28:41,469 O.k. Good luck. 1255 01:28:41,546 --> 01:28:43,248 Start your clocks. 1256 01:30:34,406 --> 01:30:35,961 Can I come in? 1257 01:30:55,507 --> 01:30:57,016 How are you feeling? 1258 01:31:01,731 --> 01:31:03,533 Scared? 1259 01:31:05,027 --> 01:31:06,703 I can't beat him. 1260 01:31:09,247 --> 01:31:10,816 You might be right. 1261 01:31:12,016 --> 01:31:13,696 I'm not supposed to say that, 1262 01:31:14,251 --> 01:31:16,860 but you'd know I was lying if I said anything else. 1263 01:31:22,714 --> 01:31:24,483 I have something for you. 1264 01:31:33,532 --> 01:31:34,782 It says, 1265 01:31:35,097 --> 01:31:40,649 "this is to certify that Josh Waitzkin, on this day, 1266 01:31:41,051 --> 01:31:43,141 "has in the eyes of his teacher... 1267 01:31:47,348 --> 01:31:50,016 Attained the rank of grandmaster." 1268 01:32:19,367 --> 01:32:22,407 I have never been so proud of anyone in my life. 1269 01:32:27,802 --> 01:32:30,546 I'm honored to call myself your teacher. 1270 01:32:41,602 --> 01:32:43,265 I'm so scared. 1271 01:32:44,701 --> 01:32:45,802 I know. 1272 01:32:59,336 --> 01:33:01,164 Will you stay until it's over? 1273 01:33:02,408 --> 01:33:03,961 Will I stay? 1274 01:33:07,821 --> 01:33:10,054 I wouldn't miss it for the world. 1275 01:33:59,844 --> 01:34:01,367 It's unsettling, isn't it? 1276 01:34:02,586 --> 01:34:06,617 When you realize there are only so many things you can teach a child. 1277 01:34:08,501 --> 01:34:09,907 And finally... 1278 01:34:12,447 --> 01:34:13,891 They are who they are. 1279 01:34:18,039 --> 01:34:19,507 Good luck. 1280 01:34:23,521 --> 01:34:24,610 Good luck. 1281 01:34:28,838 --> 01:34:30,118 Start your clocks. 1282 01:34:49,117 --> 01:34:51,345 What's happening? Why isn't he moving? 1283 01:34:51,587 --> 01:34:52,961 Letting his time run. 1284 01:34:52,986 --> 01:34:54,681 Trying to psych Josh out. 1285 01:35:24,762 --> 01:35:25,762 Don't do it, Josh. 1286 01:35:25,856 --> 01:35:27,357 Don't even think about it. 1287 01:35:27,445 --> 01:35:28,714 Bring her out. 1288 01:35:30,798 --> 01:35:31,798 Keep her back. 1289 01:35:31,831 --> 01:35:33,066 Bring her out, Josh. 1290 01:35:38,609 --> 01:35:39,609 Oh, Jesus! 1291 01:35:39,648 --> 01:35:40,648 What? 1292 01:36:19,908 --> 01:36:20,908 Is it over? 1293 01:36:20,933 --> 01:36:22,696 Is it over? He's setting him up. 1294 01:36:22,727 --> 01:36:24,266 Josh is setting him up now. 1295 01:36:24,765 --> 01:36:25,806 I taught him that. 1296 01:36:51,031 --> 01:36:52,299 Check. 1297 01:37:08,739 --> 01:37:09,940 There it is! 1298 01:37:17,806 --> 01:37:19,442 Trick or treat. 1299 01:37:56,538 --> 01:37:58,306 That was a mistake. 1300 01:37:58,340 --> 01:38:00,242 What was a mistake? 1301 01:38:00,610 --> 01:38:02,142 Who made a mistake? 1302 01:38:06,259 --> 01:38:07,615 Look deep, Josh. It's there. 1303 01:38:07,649 --> 01:38:10,322 It's 12 moves away, but it's there. You've got him. 1304 01:38:12,822 --> 01:38:14,197 Take his pawn with your pawn. 1305 01:38:14,222 --> 01:38:17,330 G takes f6 forking his bishop and rook. 1306 01:38:18,994 --> 01:38:20,759 Don't take back with your bishop. 1307 01:38:20,784 --> 01:38:22,564 You'll need that to guard e7. 1308 01:38:24,440 --> 01:38:26,009 He'll take back, 1309 01:38:26,034 --> 01:38:27,814 either with his bishop or his knight. 1310 01:38:27,839 --> 01:38:31,728 When he does, this is the hard part, sacrifice your rook. 1311 01:38:33,116 --> 01:38:35,318 Capture him on f6 and get him to check. 1312 01:38:35,343 --> 01:38:36,678 King has to take your rook. 1313 01:38:36,711 --> 01:38:37,509 He takes f6. 1314 01:38:37,534 --> 01:38:39,876 Give him the knight to check e7, 1315 01:38:40,034 --> 01:38:41,769 forking his king and his rook. 1316 01:38:42,015 --> 01:38:43,950 He'll move to safety. 1317 01:38:44,021 --> 01:38:45,657 King f5. 1318 01:38:45,800 --> 01:38:47,869 Take his rook with your knight. 1319 01:38:47,894 --> 01:38:49,996 He'll take back with his king, 1320 01:38:50,021 --> 01:38:52,023 and you've got him. 1321 01:38:54,367 --> 01:38:56,095 Don't move until you see it. 1322 01:38:57,177 --> 01:38:58,339 I can't see it. 1323 01:39:00,102 --> 01:39:02,067 Don't move until you see it. 1324 01:39:03,025 --> 01:39:04,466 I can't see it. 1325 01:39:05,594 --> 01:39:07,239 Don't move until you see it. 1326 01:39:09,469 --> 01:39:10,888 I'm sorry, dad. 1327 01:39:14,157 --> 01:39:15,958 Here, I'll make it easier for you. 1328 01:39:50,285 --> 01:39:51,469 He's got it. 1329 01:39:51,903 --> 01:39:53,523 He's got it. He's got it. 1330 01:39:53,856 --> 01:39:55,539 How do you know he's got it? 1331 01:39:55,564 --> 01:39:56,773 He's got it. 1332 01:40:05,049 --> 01:40:06,246 What? 1333 01:40:10,983 --> 01:40:12,558 Come on, move. 1334 01:40:18,446 --> 01:40:20,410 What's that supposed to mean? 1335 01:40:20,637 --> 01:40:22,338 What's that supposed to mean? 1336 01:40:22,363 --> 01:40:23,996 He's offering him a draw. 1337 01:40:24,365 --> 01:40:26,367 I'm offering you a draw. 1338 01:40:26,721 --> 01:40:29,257 Draw? You've got to be kidding. 1339 01:40:36,664 --> 01:40:37,664 You've lost. 1340 01:40:37,857 --> 01:40:39,441 You just don't know it. 1341 01:40:39,944 --> 01:40:41,212 I've lost? 1342 01:40:41,558 --> 01:40:43,127 Look at the board. 1343 01:40:43,848 --> 01:40:45,160 I have. 1344 01:40:46,832 --> 01:40:49,871 Take the draw, and we'll share the championship. 1345 01:40:54,670 --> 01:40:56,652 Take the draw. 1346 01:41:04,780 --> 01:41:06,050 Move. 1347 01:42:00,337 --> 01:42:01,582 Check. 1348 01:42:37,519 --> 01:42:38,586 Good game. 1349 01:42:55,497 --> 01:42:56,497 Yay! 1350 01:42:56,897 --> 01:42:58,932 Hey, you did good. 1351 01:42:58,957 --> 01:43:01,192 All right! 1352 01:43:14,556 --> 01:43:15,421 Yes! 1353 01:43:15,463 --> 01:43:17,023 Josh, my man. 1354 01:43:17,146 --> 01:43:18,480 All right! All right! 1355 01:43:18,607 --> 01:43:19,675 My man! 1356 01:43:24,916 --> 01:43:27,408 I'm so proud of you. I knew you could do it. 1357 01:43:27,537 --> 01:43:30,907 I told you. I told you. 1358 01:43:33,861 --> 01:43:35,763 Bobby Fischer played in Washington park, too. 1359 01:43:35,843 --> 01:43:37,206 See this? Look. Josh Waitzkin. 1360 01:43:37,277 --> 01:43:38,297 Morgan, what... 1361 01:43:38,424 --> 01:43:39,612 Morgan... 1362 01:43:40,748 --> 01:43:42,250 Will you come here? 1363 01:43:50,637 --> 01:43:52,694 I tried to give him a way out. 1364 01:43:54,837 --> 01:43:56,304 I know you did. 1365 01:44:06,002 --> 01:44:08,972 Why did you bring the queen out so early? 1366 01:44:09,677 --> 01:44:11,291 You know what I'm saying? 1367 01:44:11,513 --> 01:44:13,190 You know what I'm saying? 1368 01:44:13,581 --> 01:44:15,862 Do you understand what I'm saying? 1369 01:44:16,822 --> 01:44:18,384 Are you listening to me? 1370 01:44:21,453 --> 01:44:22,579 What happened? 1371 01:44:22,666 --> 01:44:23,634 I lost. 1372 01:44:23,659 --> 01:44:24,860 That's all. 1373 01:44:27,533 --> 01:44:29,251 What did your dad say? 1374 01:44:30,042 --> 01:44:32,251 "You should have taken out your knight 1375 01:44:32,900 --> 01:44:34,516 "instead of your queen. 1376 01:44:34,601 --> 01:44:36,680 You took out your queen too early." 1377 01:44:37,487 --> 01:44:39,149 I do that, too. 1378 01:44:41,877 --> 01:44:43,063 That's all he said? 1379 01:44:43,297 --> 01:44:44,618 Pretty much. 1380 01:44:48,401 --> 01:44:49,657 Morgan... 1381 01:44:52,256 --> 01:44:54,090 You want to know a secret? 1382 01:44:57,218 --> 01:44:59,201 I'm going to tell you a secret. 1383 01:45:03,215 --> 01:45:06,263 You're a much stronger player than I was at your age. 1384 01:45:08,951 --> 01:45:10,263 Thanks.