1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.SubtitleDB.org today 2 00:00:50,226 --> 00:00:52,644 In the days before the event, 3 00:00:52,727 --> 00:00:57,690 he had the whole world wondering if he would show up. 4 00:01:03,153 --> 00:01:06,614 Plane after plane waited on the runway 5 00:01:06,656 --> 00:01:11,160 while he napped or took walks and ate sandwiches. 6 00:01:12,661 --> 00:01:17,165 Henry Kissinger called and asked him to go for his country's honor. 7 00:01:19,625 --> 00:01:23,336 Soon after arriving, he offended the Icelanders 8 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,338 by calling their country inadequate 9 00:01:25,422 --> 00:01:29,216 because they had no bowling alleys. 10 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:31,927 He complained about the TV cameras, 11 00:01:32,011 --> 00:01:33,428 about the lighting, 12 00:01:33,511 --> 00:01:35,430 about the table and chairs, 13 00:01:35,513 --> 00:01:38,974 and the contrast of the squares on the board. 14 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:43,437 His hotel room, he said, had too nice a view. 15 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,440 None of this had anything to do with chess, of course... 16 00:01:47,482 --> 00:01:50,026 or maybe it did. 17 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:55,614 If he won, he'd be the first American world champion in history. 18 00:01:55,697 --> 00:02:00,618 If he lost, he'd just be another patzer from Brooklyn. 19 00:02:02,494 --> 00:02:05,538 On the 40th move of the 21st game, 20 00:02:05,622 --> 00:02:11,001 he countered Spassky's bishop to king-6 with a pawn to rook-4. 21 00:02:12,086 --> 00:02:14,171 And it was all over. 22 00:02:16,005 --> 00:02:18,674 He came home an American hero. 23 00:02:18,758 --> 00:02:23,095 He bragged to the world he'd beat the Russians. 24 00:02:23,136 --> 00:02:24,930 He delivered. 25 00:02:26,139 --> 00:02:29,718 He can now command the same money as heavyweight prizefighters. 26 00:02:31,435 --> 00:02:36,106 He was invited to dinner by statesmen and kings. 27 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:43,112 Then Bobby Fischer made the most original, unexpected move of all. 28 00:02:43,278 --> 00:02:45,071 He disappeared. 29 00:02:51,410 --> 00:02:53,161 Where is he? 30 00:02:53,245 --> 00:02:55,163 Maybe he gave up. 31 00:02:57,748 --> 00:03:00,209 Do you see anything? 32 00:03:01,627 --> 00:03:04,337 I think we lost him. 33 00:03:04,421 --> 00:03:07,590 It's cold. Let's go home. 34 00:03:07,674 --> 00:03:12,094 If he doesn't find us in two hours, I say we go. 35 00:03:13,387 --> 00:03:14,388 Hello, boys. 36 00:03:29,191 --> 00:03:33,737 Theo, what are you doing here? I thought you wanted to go home. 37 00:03:56,714 --> 00:03:59,258 I have to buckle my own shoes, right? 38 00:03:59,341 --> 00:04:03,386 You said something about rolling on your own side of the board, right? 39 00:04:03,470 --> 00:04:05,805 This is my side. Remember that? 40 00:04:05,889 --> 00:04:08,141 Roll it on your own side. 41 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,851 You talk too much. 42 00:04:10,934 --> 00:04:12,686 You talk too much. 43 00:04:55,897 --> 00:04:56,939 Josh? 44 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:00,026 Josh? 45 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:08,490 Your move. 46 00:05:08,491 --> 00:05:09,909 Josh! 47 00:05:34,513 --> 00:05:36,932 That's good. Well, there you go. 48 00:05:37,015 --> 00:05:39,517 Not too much, but that's good. 49 00:05:39,558 --> 00:05:42,978 A little more. Yeah. That's good. 50 00:05:43,062 --> 00:05:45,980 You got to be careful not to use it too much, 51 00:05:46,064 --> 00:05:50,984 but you want just enough. A little more. That's great. O.K. 52 00:05:52,935 --> 00:05:55,489 That looks pretty good. How's that look to you? 53 00:05:55,572 --> 00:05:57,990 Pretty good. Good. 54 00:05:58,074 --> 00:05:59,951 Now rub that in there. 55 00:06:00,034 --> 00:06:02,953 See how the leather drinks that up? 56 00:06:03,036 --> 00:06:05,956 That's got a great smell? Smell that. 57 00:06:07,499 --> 00:06:10,543 Yeah. Great. O.K. 58 00:06:10,626 --> 00:06:14,087 Now... 59 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:19,467 What's wrong? I forgot to buy a ball. 60 00:06:19,551 --> 00:06:20,926 Do you believe it? 61 00:06:21,009 --> 00:06:24,471 You got to put a ball in the pocket. 62 00:06:24,555 --> 00:06:27,974 A hard ball... to get the shape right. 63 00:06:33,618 --> 00:06:38,941 Yeah. That'll work. O.K. 64 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:42,736 Put that in like that... bend that over. 65 00:06:42,820 --> 00:06:44,446 All right. Get in bed. 66 00:06:44,529 --> 00:06:47,365 Tomorrow I buy a real baseball. 67 00:06:49,534 --> 00:06:50,993 You know what? 68 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:53,996 I don't believe this. 69 00:06:54,079 --> 00:06:56,497 I can't believe it. 70 00:06:56,539 --> 00:06:58,499 What? 71 00:06:58,583 --> 00:07:00,001 You're 7. 72 00:07:03,378 --> 00:07:05,338 Happy birthday. 73 00:07:08,507 --> 00:07:11,218 Good night, Josh. Good night. 74 00:07:51,543 --> 00:07:52,461 Josh! 75 00:07:52,503 --> 00:07:53,503 Bye. 76 00:07:53,504 --> 00:07:56,464 How was school? Good. 77 00:07:56,506 --> 00:07:58,966 O.K. Bye. 78 00:07:59,050 --> 00:08:00,968 Bye. See ya. How you doing? 79 00:08:01,052 --> 00:08:01,968 Fine. Bye. 80 00:08:02,052 --> 00:08:03,220 Bye-bye. See ya. 81 00:08:04,971 --> 00:08:07,390 Are you in the mood for some pizza? 82 00:08:07,474 --> 00:08:09,016 I don't know. Are you? 83 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:11,102 Are you feeling all right? 84 00:08:11,185 --> 00:08:13,187 Yeah. Why? 85 00:08:13,270 --> 00:08:15,522 Where we going to get pizza? 86 00:08:15,605 --> 00:08:18,775 You want to go watch the men in the park? 87 00:08:19,983 --> 00:08:21,443 What men in the park? 88 00:08:21,485 --> 00:08:23,946 I'm going to smack this guy's ass, man. 89 00:08:27,281 --> 00:08:29,033 There's fire in the bush. 90 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:32,035 It ain't over. We still got a minute. 91 00:08:32,119 --> 00:08:34,496 When it slaps 12:00, then it's over. 92 00:08:34,579 --> 00:08:35,831 Then it's over. 93 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:44,504 We playing chess. What we playing here? 94 00:08:44,587 --> 00:08:49,967 We playing chess. Now we playing chess. 95 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,927 Come on, Josh, let's go. 96 00:08:53,006 --> 00:08:56,055 Is that the best you got? That's the best you got? 97 00:08:56,139 --> 00:08:57,991 You ain't got nothing. You sure you've played this game? 98 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,382 Maybe you want to go to Chinatown and play Chinese checkers? 99 00:09:01,827 --> 00:09:04,920 No, that ain't it. That ain't that either. 100 00:09:05,751 --> 00:09:08,037 You want that? O.K. You can have that. 101 00:09:08,149 --> 00:09:10,080 But you can't have that. That's my baby. 102 00:09:10,085 --> 00:09:14,338 You got to leave with that. You can't trade queens with me. 103 00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:17,949 I ain't in the trading business. What you trying to do? 104 00:09:18,032 --> 00:09:20,409 You're going to have to do better than that. 105 00:09:20,451 --> 00:09:21,702 That's Kamran Shirazi. 106 00:09:21,785 --> 00:09:22,995 That's Kamran Shirazi. 107 00:09:23,078 --> 00:09:26,414 That's Kamran Shirazi, man. 108 00:09:29,686 --> 00:09:34,254 Shirazi! The Grandmaster's here. You come to hustle the hustler. 109 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:38,287 Don't look at my clock. My time is fine. 110 00:09:38,941 --> 00:09:43,636 I want to go home. Come on Josh. Let's go. 111 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,533 Come on, Grandmaster. Show me something. 112 00:09:45,992 --> 00:09:49,036 Show me something Grandmaster. All right. Check to his majesty. 113 00:09:49,933 --> 00:09:53,604 No, no. Back up. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. 114 00:09:53,687 --> 00:09:55,396 You can't have it. 115 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,733 Hello? That's right. Run. 116 00:09:58,816 --> 00:10:00,068 Run. 117 00:10:00,151 --> 00:10:01,943 Run. 118 00:10:03,109 --> 00:10:05,214 Somebody call the police. The man is loitering. 119 00:11:16,357 --> 00:11:17,625 Excuse me, sir. 120 00:11:21,844 --> 00:11:26,347 I noticed your sign. Where is your camera? 121 00:11:26,431 --> 00:11:29,851 No. My son would like to play a game of chess with you. 122 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:10,551 Check. 123 00:12:31,526 --> 00:12:33,653 Nyet. Nyet. 124 00:12:33,737 --> 00:12:36,156 It's over. You lose. 125 00:12:41,185 --> 00:12:42,119 Thanks. 126 00:12:43,884 --> 00:12:45,330 What's his name? 127 00:12:45,413 --> 00:12:47,332 Josh. Josh what? 128 00:12:47,374 --> 00:12:49,075 Don't tell him your last name. Waitzkin. 129 00:12:49,249 --> 00:12:53,170 Josh Waitzkin. 130 00:12:53,253 --> 00:12:56,255 I'm going to watch out for you, Josh Waitzkin. 131 00:12:56,339 --> 00:12:59,467 Tell these patzers I watched you play like Bobby Fischer used to. 132 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:04,215 Show them this. Your boy used pieces in combination to attack, lady. 133 00:13:06,056 --> 00:13:08,516 Shut up, man. Look what you did. 134 00:13:16,940 --> 00:13:20,693 And here's the pitch. A short grounder to second base. 135 00:13:20,776 --> 00:13:23,320 Here's the throw. And he got it. 136 00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:26,572 Hey, babe. Hi. 137 00:13:30,076 --> 00:13:30,993 Hi. 138 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:33,995 Where's Josh? He's over there. 139 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:37,248 Hey, Josh. How's it going? Eddie. 140 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,292 Come here. Give me a hand. 141 00:13:42,086 --> 00:13:44,921 What did I miss? No score. 142 00:13:44,963 --> 00:13:49,550 I took Josh to the park today. He played chess. 143 00:13:51,719 --> 00:13:55,763 Josh doesn't know how to play chess. 144 00:13:55,805 --> 00:13:58,808 Don't ask me how, but he does. 145 00:13:58,891 --> 00:14:02,000 You going to write about sports like your dad, or you going to play? 146 00:14:02,411 --> 00:14:05,230 I'll play second base for the Yanks. 147 00:14:06,031 --> 00:14:08,649 Make that a four-game streak! 148 00:14:08,733 --> 00:14:10,776 They could use a second baseman. 149 00:14:22,953 --> 00:14:26,956 Careful. Careful, careful. Here. 150 00:14:27,298 --> 00:14:29,959 Hey... look what I found. 151 00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:39,574 Want to play a game? 152 00:14:41,952 --> 00:14:43,578 Why? 153 00:14:43,662 --> 00:14:45,454 For fun. 154 00:14:46,956 --> 00:14:50,833 Let's go to a dealership instead and get some brochures. 155 00:14:50,917 --> 00:14:53,795 Well, show him. 156 00:14:53,836 --> 00:14:56,639 Your dad wants to see you play, like with the men in the park. 157 00:14:57,131 --> 00:15:02,176 Hey, it'll be fun. Then we'll go to a dealership. 158 00:15:17,022 --> 00:15:21,109 Now go easy on me. It's been a while since I've played. 159 00:15:58,273 --> 00:15:59,020 Check. 160 00:16:14,111 --> 00:16:16,947 ... checkmate. 161 00:16:17,031 --> 00:16:21,826 You see, I've got you here and here. See? 162 00:16:21,910 --> 00:16:24,329 Can we go to the dealership now? 163 00:16:25,603 --> 00:16:29,249 Sure. Pee and get your coat. 164 00:16:32,877 --> 00:16:34,642 Yeah, I know. I should've let him win one. 165 00:16:34,650 --> 00:16:37,800 I gave him every opportunity. He wasn't trying to win. 166 00:16:43,180 --> 00:16:44,195 Oh no? 167 00:16:45,888 --> 00:16:49,068 Come on, Bonnie. It doesn't matter. 168 00:16:49,163 --> 00:16:51,132 No. Say what you mean. 169 00:16:52,809 --> 00:16:54,271 You don't get it? 170 00:16:55,956 --> 00:16:59,148 He doesn't want to beat his daddy. 171 00:17:04,973 --> 00:17:06,432 Dad. 172 00:17:06,516 --> 00:17:08,433 She thinks you're throwing the game. 173 00:17:08,517 --> 00:17:11,270 You know what that means, throwing the game? 174 00:17:12,479 --> 00:17:13,438 No. 175 00:17:13,479 --> 00:17:17,024 Well, this time, really try. 176 00:17:17,108 --> 00:17:18,776 I was trying. 177 00:17:18,860 --> 00:17:20,317 Well, I know you were, 178 00:17:20,318 --> 00:17:24,489 but we're going to play one more just for fun, O.K.? 179 00:17:25,083 --> 00:17:30,065 Josh... it's O.K. to beat him. You won't hurt his feelings. 180 00:17:52,637 --> 00:17:54,472 It's your move. 181 00:18:15,156 --> 00:18:17,825 Your move, Josh! 182 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:38,800 I can't. 183 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:41,344 I'm playing chess with my dad. 184 00:18:41,345 --> 00:18:44,472 Chess. It's a game, like Monopoly. 185 00:18:44,555 --> 00:18:45,473 Josh! 186 00:18:45,556 --> 00:18:47,183 Don't hang up. 187 00:19:00,486 --> 00:19:01,444 Hi. 188 00:19:15,331 --> 00:19:17,500 Your move, Josh! 189 00:19:17,542 --> 00:19:19,960 Did you move that pawn? 190 00:19:20,001 --> 00:19:21,962 I moved a pawn, yeah. 191 00:19:22,003 --> 00:19:23,255 Yeah, that one. 192 00:19:23,338 --> 00:19:25,798 Move my horse in front of my king. 193 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,424 You mean your knight. 194 00:19:27,508 --> 00:19:29,260 Yeah. 195 00:19:34,305 --> 00:19:36,432 O.K. 196 00:19:37,516 --> 00:19:39,768 He's going to lose his queen. 197 00:19:39,852 --> 00:19:41,937 Really? 198 00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:43,479 Did you do it? 199 00:19:43,521 --> 00:19:44,480 Yeah. 200 00:19:44,522 --> 00:19:47,024 Can we go out now? 201 00:19:47,108 --> 00:19:51,111 Well, the game's not over yet, Josh. 202 00:19:51,194 --> 00:19:52,737 Yes, it is. 203 00:20:04,038 --> 00:20:07,690 Bobby Fischer was 6, when his mother moved the family.. 204 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:09,864 to a small apartment near Ebbets Field. 205 00:20:12,171 --> 00:20:15,590 At night, when the traffic noise died down, 206 00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:18,593 you could hear the roar of the crowd from the stadium. 207 00:20:21,036 --> 00:20:23,513 His sister brought home games to amuse him 208 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:25,723 while their mother was at work. 209 00:20:27,381 --> 00:20:32,301 Monopoly... Parcheesi... chess. 210 00:20:33,719 --> 00:20:36,639 Even though she was five years older, 211 00:20:36,722 --> 00:20:39,683 she was soon no match for him. 212 00:20:39,724 --> 00:20:43,602 It became more interesting for him to play against himself. 213 00:20:43,686 --> 00:20:48,149 He'd play both sides of the board equally hard, 214 00:20:48,232 --> 00:20:52,861 careful to be fair... and he always won. 215 00:20:54,945 --> 00:20:59,533 And up... 3... 4. 216 00:20:59,616 --> 00:21:03,119 Now over. Arms long, girls, and down. 217 00:21:03,202 --> 00:21:05,371 Let's go to the other side. 218 00:21:07,205 --> 00:21:08,665 Long neck. 219 00:21:10,959 --> 00:21:12,294 And plié. 220 00:21:12,335 --> 00:21:13,919 And down. 221 00:21:19,924 --> 00:21:22,760 3... 4. Very nice. 222 00:21:24,118 --> 00:21:25,304 J'adoube. What are you doing? 223 00:21:25,345 --> 00:21:26,472 J'adoube. 224 00:21:26,555 --> 00:21:28,363 J'adoube? You moved the piece. 225 00:21:28,557 --> 00:21:31,142 No, I did not move the piece. I adjusted the piece. J'adoube. 226 00:21:31,184 --> 00:21:33,144 No, you moved it, then took it back. 227 00:21:33,186 --> 00:21:36,272 No, I adjusted... Who are you with again? 228 00:21:36,355 --> 00:21:38,273 No, you picked up the piece... 229 00:21:38,356 --> 00:21:40,275 The Hadassah chapter on Sutton Island. 230 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:44,278 What did you have in mind? 231 00:21:44,961 --> 00:21:46,755 Lecture? Exhibition? 232 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,324 I'm looking for Bruce Pandolfini. 233 00:21:49,407 --> 00:21:51,367 What are you prepared to pay? 234 00:21:52,702 --> 00:21:54,120 $30. 235 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:59,333 Do you know how much I'm accustomed to getting for a lecture? 236 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,957 Want to play? 237 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:26,338 Can I have one of those? 238 00:22:45,604 --> 00:22:47,105 Yes, I'll be there. 239 00:22:47,189 --> 00:22:51,192 Yes, I... I'm agreeing to the $30. 240 00:22:52,131 --> 00:22:53,027 Yes, I have it. 241 00:22:54,695 --> 00:22:55,821 Bye. 242 00:23:09,999 --> 00:23:12,502 I work for a newspaper. I wanted... 243 00:23:12,585 --> 00:23:15,587 I don't know where Bobby Fischer is. 244 00:23:18,757 --> 00:23:22,009 I was talking to the guy who writes the chess column. 245 00:23:22,051 --> 00:23:26,513 He told me I could find Bruce Pandolfini here. 246 00:23:26,555 --> 00:23:29,474 I'm looking for a teacher for my son. 247 00:23:29,558 --> 00:23:31,017 I don't teach anymore. 248 00:23:31,101 --> 00:23:33,853 He was sure that you did. 249 00:23:35,104 --> 00:23:36,939 I don't. 250 00:23:53,619 --> 00:23:54,996 Come on, Josh. 251 00:23:55,079 --> 00:23:57,164 Just a second. 252 00:25:18,023 --> 00:25:19,273 Thanks. 253 00:25:22,777 --> 00:25:24,237 What was the score? 254 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,487 33 to 8. 255 00:25:25,570 --> 00:25:27,948 33 to 8? What did you do? 256 00:25:28,031 --> 00:25:31,450 3 home runs, 3 triples, and 2 singles. 257 00:25:31,492 --> 00:25:34,245 I almost had 4 home runs, 258 00:25:34,328 --> 00:25:36,121 but I slipped coming home from third. 259 00:25:36,205 --> 00:25:38,540 I ain't playing this game. 260 00:25:40,041 --> 00:25:42,293 Caught you looking. 261 00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:45,462 Never play defensive. Always attack. 262 00:25:45,546 --> 00:25:48,465 Even when you retreat, you attack. You understand? 263 00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:51,717 Yeah. There you go. Now you're playing chess. 264 00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:53,261 That's right. Make him run. 265 00:25:53,344 --> 00:25:56,138 Got me in trouble. I'm on the run. 266 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:59,141 What can I do? Where can I go? 267 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:00,100 Young Fischer. 268 00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:01,433 Come after me. 269 00:26:01,517 --> 00:26:05,146 There you go. Outstanding. Outstanding. 270 00:26:05,187 --> 00:26:06,939 Nothing I can do now. 271 00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:12,402 I'm in major trouble, major trouble. I got big problems now. 272 00:26:12,485 --> 00:26:15,487 What's this? This goes like this. 273 00:26:15,571 --> 00:26:19,323 And this goes like this. And this can go over pieces. 274 00:26:19,365 --> 00:26:23,244 That piece should go over here. And the pawn go... 275 00:26:24,370 --> 00:26:27,581 And the pawns... The pawns can take like this. 276 00:26:27,664 --> 00:26:29,123 This is a pawn... 277 00:26:29,124 --> 00:26:31,355 You sneak in here again, Katya? Yeah. 278 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,421 Come on. It's way past your bedtime. 279 00:26:35,504 --> 00:26:39,215 Say good night to your brother. Good night. 280 00:26:41,634 --> 00:26:42,635 There. 281 00:26:45,095 --> 00:26:47,304 Mom? Yeah? 282 00:26:48,098 --> 00:26:51,559 Does Vinnie sleep in the park? 283 00:26:53,102 --> 00:26:56,438 I have no idea where he lives. 284 00:26:56,521 --> 00:26:57,898 Well, I was thinking... 285 00:26:57,939 --> 00:27:01,192 maybe he could sleep in my top bunk instead. 286 00:27:01,275 --> 00:27:06,197 Then when I get old enough, he could sleep down here. 287 00:27:07,572 --> 00:27:10,241 You have a good heart. 288 00:27:12,118 --> 00:27:15,788 And that's the most important thing in the world. 289 00:27:22,251 --> 00:27:24,796 Good night. Good night, Mom. 290 00:27:57,072 --> 00:27:59,032 Glad you could make it. 291 00:28:05,371 --> 00:28:06,789 So how's it going? 292 00:28:07,872 --> 00:28:08,790 All right. 293 00:28:08,873 --> 00:28:10,792 Great. 294 00:28:10,875 --> 00:28:11,918 That's great. 295 00:28:13,043 --> 00:28:15,545 So what do you think? 296 00:28:15,546 --> 00:28:17,476 Have you ever been to a tournament before? 297 00:28:18,048 --> 00:28:20,633 No. You're in luck then. 298 00:28:20,716 --> 00:28:22,050 This is one of the most prestigious. 299 00:28:22,051 --> 00:28:24,473 The talent gathered here's the strongest in the country. 300 00:28:24,475 --> 00:28:25,357 Everybody's here. 301 00:28:26,721 --> 00:28:30,308 Joel Benjamin... Former U.S. Champion, 302 00:28:30,392 --> 00:28:34,270 among the six highest-rated players in the country. 303 00:28:36,730 --> 00:28:40,984 The man in the corner's Roman Dzindzichashvili... 304 00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:42,527 Two-time U.S. Champion. 305 00:28:42,569 --> 00:28:48,407 A few years ago, he was ranked among the top 10 players of the world. 306 00:28:53,744 --> 00:28:55,537 Asa Hoffman. 307 00:28:55,579 --> 00:28:57,539 He's the son of two lawyers. 308 00:28:57,581 --> 00:29:01,584 He grew up on Park Avenue, went to Columbia and Horace Mann 309 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:03,961 before dropping out to play chess full-time. 310 00:29:04,044 --> 00:29:06,797 He plays about 200 chess tournaments a year. 311 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,423 Asa. 312 00:29:08,506 --> 00:29:09,466 Asa. 313 00:29:13,343 --> 00:29:16,138 How much do you make at the tournaments altogether... 314 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:17,681 about $2,000 a year? 315 00:29:17,765 --> 00:29:20,683 Look at that. I got him thinking. I got him thinking. 316 00:29:20,767 --> 00:29:23,811 Maybe I can win a pawn. 317 00:29:32,026 --> 00:29:37,071 Clearly, you had me come here so I could see all this. 318 00:29:37,155 --> 00:29:40,575 But if you really wanted me to say no 319 00:29:40,658 --> 00:29:44,077 to letting my son play, you wouldn't have bothered. 320 00:29:45,370 --> 00:29:49,081 You want me to think you want me to say no, 321 00:29:49,123 --> 00:29:54,170 but you actually... want me to say yes. 322 00:29:56,338 --> 00:29:58,757 You have no idea, what I want. 323 00:30:01,592 --> 00:30:04,261 What is chess, do you think? 324 00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:07,263 Those who play for fun, or not at all, 325 00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:09,265 dismiss it as a game. 326 00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:12,768 The ones who devote their lives to it, for the most part, 327 00:30:12,851 --> 00:30:15,270 insist it is a science. It's neither. 328 00:30:17,106 --> 00:30:20,358 Bobby Fischer got underneath it like no one before him 329 00:30:20,441 --> 00:30:23,861 and found at its center... art. 330 00:30:23,945 --> 00:30:27,364 I've spent my life trying to play like him. 331 00:30:27,405 --> 00:30:30,158 Most of these guys have. 332 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:31,826 But we're like forgers. 333 00:30:33,119 --> 00:30:34,662 We're competent fakes. 334 00:30:38,081 --> 00:30:40,166 His successor wasn't here tonight. 335 00:30:42,627 --> 00:30:44,002 He wasn't here. 336 00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:49,549 He's asleep in his room in your house. 337 00:30:51,926 --> 00:30:54,053 Your son creates like Fischer. 338 00:30:55,512 --> 00:30:59,558 He sees like him... inside. 339 00:30:59,641 --> 00:31:03,644 You can tell that by watching him play some drunks in the park? 340 00:31:03,727 --> 00:31:05,271 Yes! 341 00:31:08,314 --> 00:31:11,484 You want to know what I want? 342 00:31:11,568 --> 00:31:15,487 I'll tell you what I want. I want back 343 00:31:15,571 --> 00:31:18,865 what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared. 344 00:31:24,579 --> 00:31:25,996 Yeah, look at that. 345 00:31:35,087 --> 00:31:38,214 You're his father. It's your decision. 346 00:31:54,604 --> 00:31:55,687 Josh. 347 00:31:55,771 --> 00:31:58,815 I... I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. 348 00:31:58,899 --> 00:31:59,816 Hi, Josh. 349 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:01,442 This is Bruce. 350 00:32:01,484 --> 00:32:02,526 Hi. 351 00:32:05,529 --> 00:32:09,491 Well, I'll let you two... I'll be downstairs. 352 00:32:52,068 --> 00:32:53,528 I love water basketball. 353 00:32:53,611 --> 00:32:57,531 Well, supposedly, he used to, really be someone. 354 00:32:57,614 --> 00:33:00,534 Some sort of... master level... 355 00:33:01,659 --> 00:33:03,244 something or other. 356 00:33:03,327 --> 00:33:04,453 Used to. 357 00:33:04,537 --> 00:33:09,290 Well, yeah. Well, he doesn't play anymore...on the circuit... 358 00:33:11,126 --> 00:33:14,169 or... or whatever,... they call it. 359 00:33:15,504 --> 00:33:16,964 Well, he's interesting. 360 00:33:32,017 --> 00:33:33,978 All right, this is it. 361 00:33:37,397 --> 00:33:41,359 Mr. Green in the conservatory with the candlestick. 362 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:47,406 Wrench. 363 00:33:58,081 --> 00:34:00,583 I need to talk to your dad a minute. 364 00:34:00,666 --> 00:34:02,585 I'll see you next week, O.K.? 365 00:34:02,668 --> 00:34:05,046 I really had a great time, Josh. Me, too. 366 00:34:05,964 --> 00:34:08,506 Bye. Bye. 367 00:34:08,590 --> 00:34:11,509 The first lesson went very well, I think. 368 00:34:11,593 --> 00:34:12,801 Good. 369 00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:17,806 So... were you guys... 370 00:34:17,890 --> 00:34:20,516 talking about... chess up there? 371 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,061 No, it didn't come up. 372 00:34:25,604 --> 00:34:28,523 So I'll see you next Saturday then? 373 00:34:29,649 --> 00:34:31,275 Right. 374 00:34:40,575 --> 00:34:41,576 That's great. 375 00:34:44,244 --> 00:34:45,245 So long. 376 00:34:49,624 --> 00:34:52,293 How about some Pac-Man next week, Josh? 377 00:34:52,377 --> 00:34:54,669 Pac-Man and pizza. Great. 378 00:34:54,711 --> 00:34:56,046 O.K. 379 00:34:56,088 --> 00:35:00,008 I'll see myself out. It was very nice meeting you. 380 00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:10,266 Mate is four moves 381 00:35:10,350 --> 00:35:12,976 from the position in front of you. 382 00:35:13,060 --> 00:35:16,980 Don't move until you figure it out in your head. 383 00:35:17,064 --> 00:35:19,482 Don't look to me for a hint. 384 00:35:19,565 --> 00:35:22,026 I can't do it without moving the pieces. 385 00:35:22,068 --> 00:35:23,486 Yes, you can. 386 00:35:23,569 --> 00:35:26,488 Clear the lines of men in your head, 387 00:35:26,571 --> 00:35:28,031 one at a time, 388 00:35:28,073 --> 00:35:30,491 and the king will be left standing alone, 389 00:35:30,574 --> 00:35:33,494 like a guy on a street corner. 390 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,499 Here, I'll make it easier for you. 391 00:36:07,188 --> 00:36:08,815 Knight to c8. 392 00:36:08,898 --> 00:36:11,276 Yes. 393 00:36:28,832 --> 00:36:31,500 I want to show you something else. 394 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,836 This is very rare. 395 00:36:43,919 --> 00:36:46,547 It says, "Master Chess Certificate..." 396 00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:48,007 awarded to..." 397 00:36:48,089 --> 00:36:51,009 and there's a blank here for a name... 398 00:36:51,092 --> 00:36:54,012 "for highest achievement 399 00:36:54,053 --> 00:36:58,474 on this day of blank, nineteen hundred and blank." 400 00:36:59,558 --> 00:37:00,975 Careful with it. 401 00:37:07,230 --> 00:37:09,816 It's a mysterious and powerful thing. 402 00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:12,568 It's only been given out... 403 00:37:14,070 --> 00:37:17,573 I don't know... a few times in history. 404 00:37:19,741 --> 00:37:24,661 And then only to those who achieve a lot of master-class points. 405 00:37:24,745 --> 00:37:27,664 Then there's a big ceremony and so on. 406 00:37:27,748 --> 00:37:30,666 How do you get master-class points? 407 00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:32,794 You earn them. 408 00:37:32,877 --> 00:37:34,796 You just earned 10... 409 00:37:34,879 --> 00:37:37,714 for that knight to c8. 410 00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:39,508 10. 411 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:40,550 10... 412 00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:45,930 master... class... points. 413 00:38:25,629 --> 00:38:27,256 O.K., Josh, let's go! 414 00:38:37,305 --> 00:38:39,766 Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 415 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:41,727 Take two! Go! Go! Go! Go! 416 00:38:43,728 --> 00:38:44,687 Hi. 417 00:38:47,231 --> 00:38:49,482 You're overdressed, Bruce. 418 00:38:49,524 --> 00:38:51,985 Two, four, six, eight, 419 00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:53,820 who do we appreciate? 420 00:38:53,903 --> 00:38:54,820 Eagles! 421 00:38:54,903 --> 00:38:55,821 Eagles! 422 00:38:55,904 --> 00:38:57,990 Yay, Eagles! 423 00:38:58,073 --> 00:38:59,742 O.K., yeah! 424 00:39:01,117 --> 00:39:02,452 Nice game, guys. 425 00:39:02,535 --> 00:39:05,121 Let's get that equipment in and head on out! 426 00:39:05,204 --> 00:39:06,830 Good game, fellas. 427 00:39:14,045 --> 00:39:15,463 Come on, Josh. 428 00:39:15,504 --> 00:39:18,631 His chess ideas are like pieces of his body 429 00:39:18,715 --> 00:39:20,258 he's reluctant to give up. 430 00:39:20,341 --> 00:39:22,969 For instance, he simply can't cope with being told 431 00:39:23,053 --> 00:39:25,971 not to bring his queen out too early in the game. 432 00:39:26,013 --> 00:39:27,473 Why shouldn't he? 433 00:39:27,556 --> 00:39:30,475 He's won many a game in Washington Square doing exactly that. 434 00:39:30,558 --> 00:39:32,101 Why is this suddenly wrong? 435 00:39:32,185 --> 00:39:34,645 Try getting him to brush his teeth sometime. 436 00:39:34,729 --> 00:39:37,981 What I'm trying to teach him and what he's learning there 437 00:39:38,065 --> 00:39:39,983 are two very different things. 438 00:39:40,025 --> 00:39:42,485 Park hustlers play tactics, not position. 439 00:39:42,568 --> 00:39:44,987 They rely on wild, unpredictable moves 440 00:39:45,071 --> 00:39:46,614 meant to intimidate their opponents. 441 00:39:46,697 --> 00:39:49,657 Great in a two-minute speed game for drug money, 442 00:39:49,699 --> 00:39:52,827 but it'll cost Josh dearly in real games. 443 00:39:52,911 --> 00:39:55,412 Well, he's learning some new words. 444 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,459 Could you keep him from playing there so much? 445 00:40:01,542 --> 00:40:02,502 Sure. 446 00:40:02,543 --> 00:40:03,878 No. 447 00:40:06,088 --> 00:40:08,965 Not playing in the park would kill him. He loves it. 448 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:11,426 Just makes my job harder. 449 00:40:12,885 --> 00:40:14,637 Then your job's harder. 450 00:40:26,113 --> 00:40:27,600 What are you talking about? 451 00:40:27,610 --> 00:40:29,254 We're already packed. We're, like, out the door. 452 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,608 Make sure his laces are tied if there's escalators. 453 00:40:31,739 --> 00:40:34,158 I don't know why I said it's O.K. in the first place 454 00:40:34,241 --> 00:40:36,701 Well, you didn't. He wants to do this. 455 00:40:36,743 --> 00:40:38,161 I should've dissuaded him then. 456 00:40:38,244 --> 00:40:40,163 I played in tournaments. 457 00:40:40,246 --> 00:40:42,706 They have nothing to do with what's important. 458 00:40:42,789 --> 00:40:45,000 They're about all winning and losing. So? 459 00:40:45,083 --> 00:40:46,460 It's not chess. 460 00:40:46,543 --> 00:40:47,835 Chess is art. 461 00:40:47,877 --> 00:40:49,170 That's right. 462 00:40:49,212 --> 00:40:53,798 No. Chess is you appreciating the beauty of Josh's play at 60 bucks an hour. 463 00:40:53,882 --> 00:40:57,844 Now, will you be ready to go in 30 minutes or not? That what I need to know. 464 00:40:57,886 --> 00:40:59,429 He's not coming. 465 00:40:59,513 --> 00:41:01,096 May I talk to him? 466 00:41:01,180 --> 00:41:02,097 Hold on. 467 00:41:02,181 --> 00:41:03,098 Josh! 468 00:41:03,182 --> 00:41:04,308 I don't... 469 00:41:07,519 --> 00:41:08,895 Telephone. 470 00:41:12,523 --> 00:41:13,607 Hi. 471 00:41:13,690 --> 00:41:16,026 Josh, how are you doing? You excited? 472 00:41:16,109 --> 00:41:17,027 Yeah. 473 00:41:17,110 --> 00:41:18,694 Listen, I can't make it. 474 00:41:18,778 --> 00:41:22,698 I've got some things I have to take care of. 475 00:41:24,249 --> 00:41:25,208 That's O.K. 476 00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:28,753 I'll be thinking of you. You'll do great, I know it. 477 00:41:28,837 --> 00:41:31,255 And I'll see you when you get back. 478 00:41:31,338 --> 00:41:32,256 O.K. 479 00:41:32,339 --> 00:41:33,423 Bye. 480 00:41:33,507 --> 00:41:37,176 O.K. bye. Don't bring your queen out too soon... 481 00:41:55,324 --> 00:41:57,869 This is great. 482 00:42:14,007 --> 00:42:15,383 Which one's yours? 483 00:42:17,844 --> 00:42:19,678 Over there by the steps. 484 00:42:19,762 --> 00:42:21,555 That... That one's mine. 485 00:42:21,638 --> 00:42:23,098 All right, yeah. What? 486 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,099 Looks like they're friends already. 487 00:42:28,019 --> 00:42:29,729 What's his rating? 488 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:38,778 15. 489 00:42:40,029 --> 00:42:41,572 15 hundred? 490 00:42:43,198 --> 00:42:44,532 Yeah. 491 00:42:47,869 --> 00:42:49,369 How old is he? 492 00:42:49,453 --> 00:42:51,121 7. 493 00:42:51,205 --> 00:42:52,748 7. 494 00:42:54,015 --> 00:42:56,300 Well, I doubt that they'll be playing each other then. 495 00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:58,961 Morgan's not rated 1,000 yet. 496 00:43:06,934 --> 00:43:08,260 15 hundred? 497 00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:13,090 Questions during the course of the game, 498 00:43:13,131 --> 00:43:14,591 raise your hand. 499 00:43:14,633 --> 00:43:18,636 He was cheating. He tried to castle when I had him checked. 500 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:25,850 O.K., I want to remind you to conduct yourselves like adults. 501 00:43:25,934 --> 00:43:27,769 I don't want any trouble. 502 00:43:27,852 --> 00:43:30,813 And you know exactly what I'm talking about. 503 00:43:30,854 --> 00:43:33,816 If you're going to watch the game, 504 00:43:33,857 --> 00:43:37,610 do so from behind the player. 505 00:43:37,652 --> 00:43:39,153 No throat noises. 506 00:43:40,696 --> 00:43:42,114 No comments. 507 00:43:43,532 --> 00:43:45,826 No eye contact. 508 00:43:45,867 --> 00:43:49,703 Nobody cares if you're guilty or not. 509 00:43:49,745 --> 00:43:51,705 If you all behave yourselves, 510 00:43:51,747 --> 00:43:55,333 I think we'll all have a very good time. 511 00:43:55,375 --> 00:43:56,793 I'm not kidding. 512 00:43:58,586 --> 00:44:00,963 Listen, my son can't play with these pieces. 513 00:44:01,046 --> 00:44:03,006 My daughter needs her own clock. 514 00:44:06,843 --> 00:44:10,138 This is unfair. 515 00:44:10,221 --> 00:44:13,765 Start... your clocks. 516 00:44:45,083 --> 00:44:47,918 I did not pull on my ear! 517 00:44:48,002 --> 00:44:49,920 You pulled on your ear! 518 00:44:50,004 --> 00:44:52,465 I did not! I scratched my ear! 519 00:44:52,548 --> 00:44:54,507 - You're a liar! - Break it up! 520 00:44:54,549 --> 00:44:56,134 He's out of his mind! 521 00:44:56,217 --> 00:44:57,260 Break it up! 522 00:44:57,302 --> 00:44:58,762 I don't care! 523 00:44:58,845 --> 00:45:00,721 Take your hands off me! 524 00:45:00,763 --> 00:45:03,140 You're the one who's trying to... 525 00:45:03,223 --> 00:45:05,058 We just came to have fun. 526 00:45:05,142 --> 00:45:06,392 I don't understand this. 527 00:45:07,602 --> 00:45:08,519 Hey! 528 00:45:08,603 --> 00:45:09,979 Hey, what... Hey! 529 00:45:24,282 --> 00:45:28,745 See, you can call me the man of many signals. 530 00:45:28,828 --> 00:45:29,745 Many signals. 531 00:45:29,828 --> 00:45:31,747 Knock it off, for Christ's sake. 532 00:45:31,830 --> 00:45:34,750 I don't want to "knock it off, for Christ's sake." 533 00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:36,751 I'm a man of many signals. 534 00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:39,796 Yeah, I pull my nose, my elbow... 535 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:42,255 and whatever else I want to pull. 536 00:45:44,341 --> 00:45:48,260 You play the game fair. That's the way it's played. 537 00:45:48,344 --> 00:45:51,263 So... you see me pulling my ear, 538 00:45:51,347 --> 00:45:52,848 it's not an itch. 539 00:45:54,349 --> 00:45:57,435 You might think it's an itch, but it's not an itch. 540 00:45:59,354 --> 00:46:01,647 So watch for the subtleness. 541 00:46:03,023 --> 00:46:06,692 You're lucky you don't get nervous at these things. 542 00:46:32,673 --> 00:46:33,757 Hi. 543 00:46:33,799 --> 00:46:35,717 If your son wins his game 544 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,427 and my son wins his, 545 00:46:37,510 --> 00:46:41,431 they'll be playing each other in the final round. 546 00:46:41,514 --> 00:46:42,931 I can hardly wait. 547 00:46:42,973 --> 00:46:45,434 Hey! It's only a game. 548 00:46:47,352 --> 00:46:49,937 I'm going to get myself a tuna fish sandwich. 549 00:46:49,979 --> 00:46:52,398 - Can I get you a sandwich? - No, that's... 550 00:46:52,481 --> 00:46:55,108 I'm going to get you a tuna fish sandwich. 551 00:47:16,293 --> 00:47:17,710 Queen takes pawn. 552 00:47:24,841 --> 00:47:28,303 Josh is in trouble. He's down another pawn. 553 00:47:30,804 --> 00:47:33,223 Don't you believe it. Your boy'll pull it out. 554 00:47:34,433 --> 00:47:36,893 No, he's down too much material. 555 00:47:36,976 --> 00:47:38,394 He's going to lose. 556 00:47:50,821 --> 00:47:52,698 Knight takes rook. 557 00:47:57,619 --> 00:47:59,953 Petey just hung his rook! 558 00:48:04,583 --> 00:48:07,043 He probably sacrificed it for position. 559 00:48:07,085 --> 00:48:10,004 He's probably still got the advantage. 560 00:48:30,270 --> 00:48:31,480 It's over. 561 00:48:35,150 --> 00:48:36,776 Wha... d... 562 00:48:42,614 --> 00:48:44,157 Who won? 563 00:49:29,737 --> 00:49:33,198 In school, before he dropped out, 564 00:49:33,282 --> 00:49:34,700 Bobby studied chess books 565 00:49:34,742 --> 00:49:37,368 while his teachers taught other things. 566 00:49:38,953 --> 00:49:41,913 When they told him to put his books away, 567 00:49:41,997 --> 00:49:45,417 or took them away, he studied in his head. 568 00:49:45,500 --> 00:49:48,961 When a science report came back to him once 569 00:49:49,003 --> 00:49:51,338 with the words "not satisfactory" 570 00:49:51,380 --> 00:49:54,340 written across the top, he wrote under it 571 00:49:54,424 --> 00:49:58,053 just as big, "Tough." 572 00:49:59,803 --> 00:50:04,266 He was 14, and had already beaten the strongest adult players 573 00:50:04,308 --> 00:50:08,853 in the country to become the youngest U.S. champion ever. 574 00:50:16,318 --> 00:50:18,500 Welch is on the mound. Now Casey signals. 575 00:50:18,786 --> 00:50:20,403 He winds up... the pitch! 576 00:50:30,412 --> 00:50:31,330 Bye, mom. 577 00:50:31,413 --> 00:50:32,414 Have fun. 578 00:50:32,498 --> 00:50:34,875 We'll call you when we get there. 579 00:50:34,917 --> 00:50:35,875 Bye! 580 00:50:42,756 --> 00:50:44,299 There's your dad. 581 00:50:51,389 --> 00:50:52,765 Yes! 582 00:50:52,807 --> 00:50:55,266 Look at this. Look at this. See this? 583 00:50:55,350 --> 00:50:57,936 None of you patzers ever won anything like this. 584 00:50:58,019 --> 00:51:00,562 Shut up. We're trying to play a game. 585 00:51:00,646 --> 00:51:04,942 He gets it, throws to first... Gets him! 586 00:51:05,025 --> 00:51:06,943 And one out. 587 00:51:08,861 --> 00:51:09,821 Thanks. 588 00:51:15,701 --> 00:51:20,121 That's a high-15 instead of a high-5. 589 00:51:20,162 --> 00:51:23,915 I think we got it in the bag now. 590 00:51:24,958 --> 00:51:26,376 Come on, Bruce! 591 00:51:28,420 --> 00:51:29,378 All right. 592 00:51:39,262 --> 00:51:41,888 The windup and... the pitch! 593 00:51:43,849 --> 00:51:44,766 Great. 594 00:51:48,102 --> 00:51:49,228 He's out. 595 00:51:57,230 --> 00:52:00,300 And in first place... Josh Waitzkin. 596 00:52:23,753 --> 00:52:24,670 Mr. Waitzkin? 597 00:52:24,754 --> 00:52:26,339 Hi. How you doing? 598 00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:28,841 Hi. I'm so glad you could make it. 599 00:52:28,925 --> 00:52:30,842 Me, too. This is really great. 600 00:52:30,926 --> 00:52:33,511 Isn't it? The children worked very hard on it. 601 00:52:33,595 --> 00:52:36,513 I understand from Josh you just got back from Washington. 602 00:52:36,597 --> 00:52:39,516 I think that's super. Yeah, it was great. 603 00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:43,686 He told us all about the hotel. He was impressed with that. 604 00:52:43,728 --> 00:52:46,189 You've been taking him a lot of places lately. 605 00:52:46,272 --> 00:52:49,691 I think it's good. It's important for kids to travel. 606 00:52:49,733 --> 00:52:52,194 It's a great education. They start to realize 607 00:52:52,277 --> 00:52:55,196 there's more to the world than Washington Square. 608 00:52:55,279 --> 00:52:59,199 Yes. He's been talking a lot about Washington Square, too. 609 00:52:59,282 --> 00:53:03,161 ... let's see... we've heard about hotels 610 00:53:03,245 --> 00:53:06,622 in, Syracuse, Philadelphia, Boston... 611 00:53:06,705 --> 00:53:07,623 Washington now. 612 00:53:07,706 --> 00:53:10,125 That seems to be all he can remember. 613 00:53:10,209 --> 00:53:13,127 Not the White House or the Capitol building 614 00:53:13,211 --> 00:53:14,671 or the Lincoln Memorial. 615 00:53:14,712 --> 00:53:16,673 And you're wondering why that is. 616 00:53:16,714 --> 00:53:19,132 It's because I'm a rotten father. You're right. 617 00:53:19,216 --> 00:53:21,677 I drag him all over the country 618 00:53:21,718 --> 00:53:23,469 for my own selfish reasons. 619 00:53:23,553 --> 00:53:26,430 Fred! Is Josh falling behind in his schoolwork? 620 00:53:26,514 --> 00:53:30,058 He is, but I'm more concerned about other things... 621 00:53:30,141 --> 00:53:31,434 like his friendships. 622 00:53:31,518 --> 00:53:32,936 - There's a problem there? - There could be. 623 00:53:32,978 --> 00:53:35,437 Well, is there or isn't there? 624 00:53:35,479 --> 00:53:36,605 Mr. Waitzkin... 625 00:53:36,689 --> 00:53:39,191 I'm sure he's very good at this chess thing, 626 00:53:39,275 --> 00:53:41,234 but that isn't really the issue... 627 00:53:41,276 --> 00:53:42,235 Chess thing. 628 00:53:42,277 --> 00:53:43,100 I'm sorry? 629 00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:43,802 Chess thing. 630 00:53:43,815 --> 00:53:46,948 I'm sure he's good at it, but it worries me. 631 00:53:47,030 --> 00:53:48,448 If I could make an analogy... 632 00:53:48,490 --> 00:53:51,952 If it was like, say... I don't know... 633 00:53:52,035 --> 00:53:53,995 cards, pinochle. 634 00:53:54,078 --> 00:53:55,997 Pinochle. For instance. 635 00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:57,999 Pinochle. Fred... 636 00:53:59,875 --> 00:54:03,003 Bonnie... She's comparing chess to pinochle. 637 00:54:03,086 --> 00:54:05,546 What am I supposed to say to that? 638 00:54:05,588 --> 00:54:07,548 She's trying to make a point. 639 00:54:07,590 --> 00:54:09,008 Maybe we should listen. 640 00:54:09,091 --> 00:54:12,302 Vinnie thinks he's spending too much time at it, too. 641 00:54:12,385 --> 00:54:14,762 Vinnie? Vinnie's a drug addict. 642 00:54:14,804 --> 00:54:17,389 I'm supposed to listen to his opinion, too? 643 00:54:18,473 --> 00:54:20,100 I'm sorry, but your analogy 644 00:54:20,184 --> 00:54:21,768 is a very bad one. 645 00:54:21,852 --> 00:54:24,395 If you want to make a comparison to something, 646 00:54:24,478 --> 00:54:25,813 have it make sense. 647 00:54:25,897 --> 00:54:28,274 Compare it to math or music or art, 648 00:54:28,357 --> 00:54:31,318 because otherwise it belittles him and it and me. 649 00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:33,320 I don't mean to belittle you... 650 00:54:33,361 --> 00:54:36,655 But you are, even the way you're looking at me. 651 00:54:36,739 --> 00:54:38,657 Mr. Waitzkin, I think perhaps... 652 00:54:38,741 --> 00:54:42,160 I'll tell you how good he is. He's better at this 653 00:54:42,202 --> 00:54:45,663 than I've ever been at anything in my life. 654 00:54:45,747 --> 00:54:49,666 He's better at this than you'll ever be at anything. 655 00:54:49,708 --> 00:54:51,627 My son has a gift. 656 00:54:51,710 --> 00:54:55,171 He has a gift, and once you acknowledge that, 657 00:54:55,254 --> 00:54:56,631 then maybe 658 00:54:56,714 --> 00:54:59,466 we'll have something to talk about. 659 00:55:01,843 --> 00:55:03,094 Josh. 660 00:55:04,179 --> 00:55:06,138 Chess is what it's called. 661 00:55:06,180 --> 00:55:08,140 Not the "chess thing." 662 00:55:08,182 --> 00:55:09,225 Chess. 663 00:55:19,024 --> 00:55:20,484 What's its number? 664 00:55:20,567 --> 00:55:23,986 It doesn't have a number. It's a private school. 665 00:55:24,028 --> 00:55:26,781 Only the public schools have numbers. 666 00:55:26,822 --> 00:55:29,241 It's called Dalton. 667 00:55:31,660 --> 00:55:35,120 You can still see your friends whenever you want... 668 00:55:35,204 --> 00:55:36,872 After school or on weekends, 669 00:55:36,956 --> 00:55:39,124 when there's not a tournament. 670 00:55:43,545 --> 00:55:45,004 Your friend Morgan goes there. 671 00:55:45,088 --> 00:55:46,506 Morgan goes there? 672 00:55:46,548 --> 00:55:47,714 Yeah. 673 00:55:47,798 --> 00:55:50,843 He wouldn't go there unless it was great, right? 674 00:55:50,926 --> 00:55:52,344 It's the best. 675 00:55:52,386 --> 00:55:56,430 They,... even have a chess class. 676 00:55:56,514 --> 00:55:58,850 What's the yard like? 677 00:55:58,932 --> 00:56:00,684 The yard? 678 00:56:00,767 --> 00:56:03,687 Do they have good stuff to climb on? 679 00:56:03,770 --> 00:56:04,979 I'm sure it does. 680 00:56:05,062 --> 00:56:08,983 I haven't seen it, but I'm sure it's great. 681 00:56:11,484 --> 00:56:15,864 So,... what do you think? 682 00:56:15,905 --> 00:56:19,700 If you say it's great, then it has to be. 683 00:56:36,630 --> 00:56:38,048 It's a mistake. 684 00:56:49,933 --> 00:56:52,686 What was wrong with the old school? 685 00:56:52,728 --> 00:56:56,147 I don't know. I guess it was no good. 686 00:56:56,230 --> 00:56:58,191 And the new one's better? 687 00:56:58,232 --> 00:57:00,233 They have a chess class. 688 00:57:00,317 --> 00:57:02,319 They have a chess class. 689 00:57:10,451 --> 00:57:12,285 Are you O.K.? 690 00:57:23,753 --> 00:57:26,756 What the hell's going on over there? 691 00:57:29,299 --> 00:57:30,842 Bobby Fischer. 692 00:58:00,992 --> 00:58:02,828 Young Fischer. 693 00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:12,126 Check. 694 00:58:13,503 --> 00:58:14,504 Check. 695 00:58:28,391 --> 00:58:30,433 Trick or treat. 696 00:58:37,439 --> 00:58:40,276 Why is black better? Take your time. 697 00:58:40,359 --> 00:58:42,277 White has more pawn islands. 698 00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:44,112 Which is white's weakest island? 699 00:58:44,154 --> 00:58:45,613 The isolated pawn. 700 00:58:45,697 --> 00:58:47,531 Only the king can save it. 701 00:58:47,614 --> 00:58:49,950 That's right. 702 00:58:49,992 --> 00:58:50,993 That's very good. 703 00:58:51,034 --> 00:58:53,411 You just earned 20 master-class points. 704 00:59:23,394 --> 00:59:26,355 You studying up on your end game, Bruce? 705 00:59:27,940 --> 00:59:31,443 Josh, go get yourself a Coke. We're through here. 706 00:59:33,445 --> 00:59:35,237 Get yourself a Coke. 707 00:59:41,784 --> 00:59:44,162 What do you want? 708 00:59:44,245 --> 00:59:47,206 Hello. How are you? How have you been? 709 00:59:47,289 --> 00:59:49,500 How's your health? 710 00:59:49,583 --> 00:59:51,543 Any one of these would be appropriate. 711 00:59:55,963 --> 00:59:58,382 I want to join the club. 712 00:59:58,424 --> 01:00:01,259 Well, actually, not me, my young friend Jonathan here. 713 01:00:07,063 --> 01:00:09,156 I suggest you bring him back in a couple of years. 714 01:00:09,850 --> 01:00:14,979 We'd like an application, if it's not too much trouble. 715 01:00:51,426 --> 01:00:54,554 He's been my student since he was 4 years old. 716 01:00:54,637 --> 01:00:58,516 His parents have given him to me. 717 01:00:58,557 --> 01:01:00,517 Does nothing but play chess. 718 01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:01,977 No other interests. 719 01:01:02,060 --> 01:01:03,770 He goes to school? 720 01:01:03,854 --> 01:01:05,396 No. 721 01:01:05,479 --> 01:01:07,773 Well, that's great. You should be proud of yourself. 722 01:01:07,815 --> 01:01:09,525 I am. 723 01:01:17,656 --> 01:01:20,242 You should watch him play. He reminds me of you, 724 01:01:20,325 --> 01:01:22,286 only he never gives up. 725 01:01:22,327 --> 01:01:23,286 Josh. 726 01:01:23,327 --> 01:01:25,913 It's not a part of his character. 727 01:01:27,797 --> 01:01:31,633 He's not going to disappoint his teacher. 728 01:01:51,894 --> 01:01:55,855 "And when he knew that the cottage was entirely destroyed," 729 01:01:55,897 --> 01:01:59,316 the monster screamed once more in agony and hatred 730 01:01:59,399 --> 01:02:03,320 "and retreated backward to seek refuge in the woods." 731 01:02:06,405 --> 01:02:10,367 Then it gets really scary because they chase him 732 01:02:10,409 --> 01:02:12,368 and light torches and stuff. 733 01:02:12,410 --> 01:02:15,163 So we'll get to that tomorrow. 734 01:02:16,414 --> 01:02:17,830 Good night, tiger. 735 01:02:17,831 --> 01:02:18,791 Good night. 736 01:02:28,382 --> 01:02:29,299 Dad... 737 01:02:35,387 --> 01:02:38,099 Maybe we shouldn't go to the state finals. 738 01:02:48,398 --> 01:02:50,526 What are you talking about? 739 01:02:50,609 --> 01:02:51,985 Of course we're going. 740 01:02:52,069 --> 01:02:55,029 That's what we've worked so hard for. 741 01:02:55,071 --> 01:02:56,823 If I win... 742 01:03:01,409 --> 01:03:04,329 Everybody will say, "Well, of course he won. 743 01:03:04,412 --> 01:03:06,914 He's a top-ranked player." 744 01:03:07,998 --> 01:03:10,583 But if I lose... 745 01:03:12,794 --> 01:03:14,587 You won't lose, Josh. 746 01:03:14,671 --> 01:03:16,422 What if I do? 747 01:03:16,463 --> 01:03:18,048 You won't. 748 01:03:18,132 --> 01:03:19,550 I'm afraid I might. 749 01:03:19,591 --> 01:03:23,136 Josh... they're afraid. 750 01:03:24,220 --> 01:03:26,764 They're terrified of you. 751 01:03:33,979 --> 01:03:35,396 Now you get some sleep. 752 01:03:44,362 --> 01:03:47,322 Maybe it's better not to be the best. 753 01:03:51,577 --> 01:03:55,455 Then you can lose, and it's O.K. 754 01:04:12,886 --> 01:04:16,306 It took people a while to realize he was really gone. 755 01:04:17,723 --> 01:04:22,435 He disappeared before... Once for 18 months 756 01:04:22,518 --> 01:04:26,731 before the crushing defeat of Petrosian in Belgrade. 757 01:04:28,940 --> 01:04:31,610 But when he didn't show up in Manila in '75 758 01:04:31,693 --> 01:04:35,237 to defend his title, they took it away from him 759 01:04:35,321 --> 01:04:38,240 and gave it back to the Russians. 760 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:46,455 O.K., let's go. 761 01:04:46,538 --> 01:04:48,499 I'm standing here with Fred Waitzkin. 762 01:04:48,540 --> 01:04:50,501 I hope I pronounced that right. 763 01:04:50,542 --> 01:04:53,002 Tell me Fred, what's it like being a chess parent? 764 01:04:53,086 --> 01:04:55,004 In my case, the hardest part 765 01:04:55,046 --> 01:04:58,174 is keeping track of my son's toy cars, 766 01:04:58,257 --> 01:05:01,301 making sure he eats something other than French fries... 767 01:05:08,599 --> 01:05:09,558 Hi. 768 01:05:11,768 --> 01:05:12,894 Hi. 769 01:05:12,977 --> 01:05:15,772 Your son's the odds-on favorite, I understand. 770 01:05:15,855 --> 01:05:18,774 He's rated number one in his division, yes. 771 01:05:18,857 --> 01:05:21,693 So every other parent in this room hates you. 772 01:05:21,777 --> 01:05:23,152 I'm just kidding, Fred. 773 01:05:27,698 --> 01:05:30,617 Thank you, sir. He can go to his table now. 774 01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:31,618 Next, please. 775 01:06:03,395 --> 01:06:06,021 My God. 776 01:06:10,984 --> 01:06:12,652 That was quick. 777 01:06:15,196 --> 01:06:17,030 I hate this part. 778 01:06:19,992 --> 01:06:21,827 What? 779 01:06:26,456 --> 01:06:28,749 No. 780 01:06:55,980 --> 01:06:57,940 Seven moves. 781 01:07:00,442 --> 01:07:01,610 Seven. 782 01:07:02,944 --> 01:07:07,865 How is it possible to lose in seven moves? 783 01:07:11,951 --> 01:07:14,412 Maybe I don't really have it. 784 01:07:14,496 --> 01:07:16,497 Well, you know that's not true. 785 01:07:16,580 --> 01:07:17,915 That's not why this happened. 786 01:07:17,956 --> 01:07:20,834 I don't understand why this happened. 787 01:07:20,918 --> 01:07:22,710 Why did this happen? 788 01:07:26,381 --> 01:07:28,882 Well, think. 789 01:07:30,217 --> 01:07:31,635 Take your time. 790 01:07:31,676 --> 01:07:36,680 Take more time than you took losing to that patzer and figure it out. 791 01:07:36,764 --> 01:07:39,141 Did you fall for a trap? 792 01:07:39,225 --> 01:07:42,143 Did you bring your queen out early 793 01:07:42,227 --> 01:07:46,022 even though Bruce warned you time and again about that? 794 01:07:47,940 --> 01:07:50,359 Maybe he's just better than me. 795 01:07:50,401 --> 01:07:54,862 No, don't tell me that kid's better than you because he isn't. 796 01:08:06,163 --> 01:08:09,542 Why are you standing so far away from me? 797 01:08:22,969 --> 01:08:24,470 Come here. 798 01:08:31,727 --> 01:08:33,061 It's O.K. 799 01:08:36,439 --> 01:08:37,606 It's O.K. 800 01:08:39,692 --> 01:08:40,942 I'm sorry. 801 01:08:44,946 --> 01:08:48,838 For all his natural ability, Bobby Fischer studied harder 802 01:08:48,845 --> 01:08:52,414 than any player who ever lived. He woke up thinking about chess. 803 01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:54,828 He went to bed thinking about it. He dreamt about it. 804 01:08:54,912 --> 01:08:57,373 Why? Isn't it enough to be a natural? 805 01:08:58,898 --> 01:09:01,834 If you don't care about winning, it's enough, but he wanted to win. 806 01:09:01,918 --> 01:09:03,878 He had to be champion, 807 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,016 and in order to do that, he had to work, 808 01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:10,716 which is what we're going to do. O.K. 809 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:13,380 Promise you won't argue moves with me, 810 01:09:13,400 --> 01:09:14,890 no matter how much you think you're right. 811 01:09:15,326 --> 01:09:16,598 I promise. 812 01:09:16,692 --> 01:09:19,968 Everything I tell you imagine is coming from him 813 01:09:19,980 --> 01:09:21,757 because I know every game he ever played, 814 01:09:21,789 --> 01:09:25,965 so, in effect, he's going to be teaching you, and you'll become him. 815 01:09:26,481 --> 01:09:27,439 Promise. 816 01:09:28,281 --> 01:09:29,282 All right. 817 01:09:30,683 --> 01:09:32,393 Some new rules... 818 01:09:34,019 --> 01:09:35,770 No more speed chess. 819 01:09:35,853 --> 01:09:39,056 I know you like it, I know it's fun, but it's no good. 820 01:09:39,211 --> 01:09:43,114 It ruined Arbakov, and it'll ruin you. 821 01:09:44,319 --> 01:09:47,238 And no more games in Washington Square. 822 01:09:47,279 --> 01:09:50,908 They're patzers, and they're teaching you all the wrong things. 823 01:09:50,991 --> 01:09:53,243 They're not patzers. 824 01:09:53,326 --> 01:09:54,411 They're losers, 825 01:09:54,494 --> 01:09:57,789 and unless you want to end up just like them, 826 01:09:57,831 --> 01:09:59,415 you'll stay away. 827 01:09:59,498 --> 01:10:02,042 They're not patzers. 828 01:10:04,294 --> 01:10:06,379 I mean it. 829 01:10:08,473 --> 01:10:09,590 Now... 830 01:10:16,971 --> 01:10:18,347 which one is you? 831 01:10:18,431 --> 01:10:20,641 What do you mean? 832 01:10:20,725 --> 01:10:24,561 I mean, which one is you? 833 01:10:24,602 --> 01:10:27,480 None of them. They're just pieces. 834 01:10:27,564 --> 01:10:29,481 This is you. 835 01:10:49,206 --> 01:10:50,626 So what's your best move? 836 01:10:50,911 --> 01:10:53,570 Rook to d1. What about taking on e5? 837 01:10:53,575 --> 01:10:54,146 What about it? 838 01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:58,756 You didn't consider it. You're still not considering it. 839 01:10:58,839 --> 01:10:59,840 Sit up. 840 01:10:59,923 --> 01:11:02,754 But I'm right. Rook to d1 is the best move. 841 01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:04,580 That's not the point. You didn't study the board. 842 01:11:04,590 --> 01:11:08,806 You're moving before I know the answers. Give me your book. 843 01:11:08,848 --> 01:11:10,349 Why? 844 01:11:10,432 --> 01:11:12,365 Give me your book. Why? 845 01:11:13,071 --> 01:11:16,045 You just lost some master-class points, tiger. 846 01:11:16,079 --> 01:11:17,497 I can't lose points. 847 01:11:17,580 --> 01:11:21,209 No? You just lost some more for arguing with me. 848 01:11:26,755 --> 01:11:28,756 Fine, Tim, it's not enough. 849 01:11:28,798 --> 01:11:29,715 What's happening? 850 01:11:29,799 --> 01:11:31,008 What's happening? 851 01:11:31,092 --> 01:11:34,719 I hear a whole lot of talk and don't get much for it. 852 01:11:34,803 --> 01:11:37,222 It hurts! 853 01:11:42,226 --> 01:11:43,269 Damn! 854 01:11:46,104 --> 01:11:47,272 Damn! 855 01:11:52,776 --> 01:11:54,986 Do you know what the word contempt means? 856 01:12:00,824 --> 01:12:04,994 It's to think of others as being beneath you, 857 01:12:05,077 --> 01:12:08,623 to be unworthy of being in the same room with you. 858 01:12:13,293 --> 01:12:15,796 I don't feel that. 859 01:12:15,837 --> 01:12:18,464 Well, you better start. 860 01:12:20,925 --> 01:12:22,996 Because if you don't think it's a part of winning, you're wrong. 861 01:12:24,253 --> 01:12:27,537 You have to have contempt for your opponents. 862 01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:29,389 You have to hate them. 863 01:12:34,069 --> 01:12:36,154 But I don't. 864 01:12:36,237 --> 01:12:38,406 They hate you. 865 01:12:44,077 --> 01:12:45,662 They hate you, Josh. 866 01:12:49,582 --> 01:12:51,542 I don't hate them. 867 01:12:52,709 --> 01:12:56,546 Bobby Fischer held the world in contempt. 868 01:13:01,383 --> 01:13:03,219 I'm not him. 869 01:13:12,893 --> 01:13:14,436 You're telling me. 870 01:13:16,562 --> 01:13:17,980 In the primary division, 871 01:13:18,064 --> 01:13:20,942 In first place with a perfect six out of six... 872 01:13:21,025 --> 01:13:22,776 Jonathan Poe. 873 01:13:27,530 --> 01:13:30,491 Let's give a round of applause for all the winners. 874 01:13:40,541 --> 01:13:42,543 It's white's move. 875 01:13:48,506 --> 01:13:51,050 Can we expect it any time soon? 876 01:13:51,133 --> 01:13:53,343 How many points is it worth? 877 01:13:53,426 --> 01:13:55,220 To make the opening move? 878 01:13:55,262 --> 01:13:56,555 Yes. 879 01:13:56,638 --> 01:13:59,139 Forget the points. 880 01:13:59,223 --> 01:14:01,892 How much is it worth if I do it? 881 01:14:01,976 --> 01:14:04,769 Do it for its own sake. 882 01:14:04,852 --> 01:14:08,606 I want to know how close I am to getting the certificate. 883 01:14:08,690 --> 01:14:09,607 Forget that. 884 01:14:09,691 --> 01:14:10,732 I already know. 885 01:14:10,816 --> 01:14:13,235 - I don't know. - What do you mean? 886 01:14:13,318 --> 01:14:14,736 I don't care. 887 01:14:14,778 --> 01:14:17,738 I don't understand. 888 01:14:17,822 --> 01:14:20,908 It's white's move. 889 01:14:26,496 --> 01:14:28,080 I want the certificate. 890 01:14:28,163 --> 01:14:29,582 You want the certificate? 891 01:14:29,665 --> 01:14:32,126 You have to have the certificate? 892 01:14:32,167 --> 01:14:36,713 You won't move until you get the certificate? You win. 893 01:14:36,796 --> 01:14:39,924 Here's your certificate. Fill it out. 894 01:14:41,425 --> 01:14:43,719 Doesn't mean anything. It's a piece of paper. 895 01:14:43,802 --> 01:14:46,178 It's a Xerox of a piece of paper. 896 01:14:46,262 --> 01:14:48,180 Do you want another one? 897 01:14:48,264 --> 01:14:49,807 Do you want 10? 898 01:14:52,809 --> 01:14:54,019 You want 20? 899 01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:56,730 30? 900 01:14:56,813 --> 01:14:59,815 I've got a briefcase full of them. They mean nothing. 901 01:15:05,778 --> 01:15:07,405 They mean nothing. 902 01:15:12,659 --> 01:15:14,912 Get out of my house. 903 01:15:33,594 --> 01:15:37,013 To put a child in a position to care about winning 904 01:15:37,096 --> 01:15:39,432 and not to prepare him is wrong. 905 01:15:39,515 --> 01:15:40,891 Get out of my house. 906 01:15:59,532 --> 01:16:03,619 Look, I know you don't want to admit it, but he's right. 907 01:16:03,702 --> 01:16:07,121 I mean, you wouldn't sign your kid up for little league 908 01:16:07,205 --> 01:16:09,666 and then not get him a glove. 909 01:16:09,707 --> 01:16:11,124 You equip him. 910 01:16:11,208 --> 01:16:12,125 It's over. 911 01:16:12,209 --> 01:16:14,670 Bonnie, he's in a slump. 912 01:16:14,711 --> 01:16:16,671 This is a slump. It happens. 913 01:16:16,754 --> 01:16:18,589 When you get into a slump, 914 01:16:18,673 --> 01:16:21,592 you get out of it eventually. You don't give up. 915 01:16:21,676 --> 01:16:24,041 This is like baseball. If you're afraid to lose, you lose. 916 01:16:24,207 --> 01:16:26,650 If he lose, he gets more afraid. He's afraid. 917 01:16:26,660 --> 01:16:30,805 He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. 918 01:16:32,546 --> 01:16:35,150 How many ballplayers grow up afraid of losing their father's love 919 01:16:35,155 --> 01:16:36,713 every time they come up to the plate? 920 01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:37,962 All of them! 921 01:16:43,192 --> 01:16:45,651 He knows you disapprove of him. 922 01:16:45,693 --> 01:16:48,112 He knows you think he's weak, 923 01:16:48,196 --> 01:16:50,323 but he's not weak. 924 01:16:50,364 --> 01:16:52,365 He's decent. 925 01:16:53,700 --> 01:16:59,376 And if you or Bruce or anyone else tries to beat that out of him, 926 01:16:59,380 --> 01:17:01,624 I swear to God I'll take him away. 927 01:17:05,418 --> 01:17:08,880 When did you start to get serious about chess? 928 01:17:08,963 --> 01:17:10,464 I got serious... 929 01:17:12,174 --> 01:17:15,010 well, I was always pretty serious about it. 930 01:17:15,093 --> 01:17:18,137 You know, when I was maybe 7. 931 01:17:21,807 --> 01:17:25,727 People say they've received letters from him over the years, 932 01:17:25,769 --> 01:17:28,395 but never show them. 933 01:17:30,189 --> 01:17:32,608 They say he lost his nerve, 934 01:17:32,691 --> 01:17:35,777 and he'll never play again. 935 01:17:37,195 --> 01:17:39,613 They say he lost his mind 936 01:17:39,655 --> 01:17:43,893 and roams the streets of Los Angeles hiding out 937 01:17:43,899 --> 01:17:45,119 under assumed names. 938 01:17:45,202 --> 01:17:46,119 Check. 939 01:17:47,203 --> 01:17:48,204 Check. 940 01:17:49,046 --> 01:17:51,506 Some people say... 941 01:17:53,090 --> 01:17:54,050 he's dead. 942 01:17:56,510 --> 01:17:59,429 I think he's lying low and getting stronger, 943 01:17:59,512 --> 01:18:03,099 waiting for just the right moment to come back 944 01:18:03,183 --> 01:18:05,601 and reclaim his crown. 945 01:18:32,866 --> 01:18:34,075 Hey, Josh. 946 01:18:40,705 --> 01:18:43,124 What happened to your room? 947 01:18:44,250 --> 01:18:45,794 I cleaned it. 948 01:18:52,590 --> 01:18:54,050 Hey, you know, 949 01:18:54,092 --> 01:18:57,053 you don't have to do this anymore. 950 01:18:57,095 --> 01:19:00,555 You could give it up, and that's all right with me. 951 01:19:07,269 --> 01:19:08,354 In fact... 952 01:19:10,313 --> 01:19:12,023 I want you to. 953 01:19:14,734 --> 01:19:16,694 How can I do that? 954 01:19:16,735 --> 01:19:19,822 What do you mean? You just do it. 955 01:19:23,199 --> 01:19:25,451 But I have to win. 956 01:19:27,203 --> 01:19:29,663 No, that's what I'm saying... You don't. 957 01:19:29,746 --> 01:19:32,624 But you told me I did. 958 01:19:32,708 --> 01:19:36,794 Well, I'm telling you now that you don't. 959 01:19:37,878 --> 01:19:39,630 But I do. 960 01:19:39,714 --> 01:19:42,299 I do. 961 01:19:42,382 --> 01:19:43,300 Why? 962 01:19:45,719 --> 01:19:47,678 Because I have to. 963 01:19:50,222 --> 01:19:51,265 Why? 964 01:19:51,348 --> 01:19:53,725 It doesn't mean anything. 965 01:19:53,808 --> 01:19:56,019 It's just a game. 966 01:19:58,562 --> 01:20:00,188 No, it isn't. 967 01:20:52,231 --> 01:20:53,691 Good morning. 968 01:21:00,530 --> 01:21:02,074 These belong to you. 969 01:21:33,183 --> 01:21:34,809 Want to play? 970 01:21:41,690 --> 01:21:42,732 Two minutes. 971 01:21:48,237 --> 01:21:49,196 What's that? 972 01:21:49,238 --> 01:21:50,239 Schleimann attack. 973 01:21:50,281 --> 01:21:52,240 Where'd you learn that from, a book? 974 01:21:52,323 --> 01:21:53,741 My teacher taught me. 975 01:21:53,783 --> 01:21:56,703 Forget it. Play like you used to... From the gut. 976 01:21:56,786 --> 01:21:59,246 Get your pawns rolling on the queen's side. 977 01:21:59,288 --> 01:22:01,707 Put it out. Josh is playing. 978 01:22:01,790 --> 01:22:04,709 He taught you how not to lose, not how to win. 979 01:22:04,792 --> 01:22:07,712 You got to risk losing. You got to risk everything. 980 01:22:07,795 --> 01:22:10,755 You got to go to the edge of defeat. 981 01:22:10,797 --> 01:22:13,508 But... But what? Play. 982 01:22:13,592 --> 01:22:16,468 Never play the board, always the man. 983 01:22:16,552 --> 01:22:19,930 You got to play the man playing the board. Play me. I'm your opponent. 984 01:22:20,014 --> 01:22:21,840 You have to beat me, not the board. Beat me. 985 01:22:21,845 --> 01:22:24,300 You're not who I have to play. You're playing me now. 986 01:22:29,605 --> 01:22:31,857 Better. 987 01:22:31,940 --> 01:22:33,608 All right. 988 01:22:33,691 --> 01:22:36,068 Better! Yes! Come on, move. 989 01:22:36,152 --> 01:22:37,820 Good! 990 01:22:37,904 --> 01:22:39,196 Yeah! 991 01:22:39,280 --> 01:22:41,114 All right! 992 01:22:41,156 --> 01:22:42,574 Better! 993 01:22:42,616 --> 01:22:44,284 Yeah! 994 01:22:45,452 --> 01:22:47,244 Good move! 995 01:22:47,328 --> 01:22:48,579 Yeah! 996 01:22:48,662 --> 01:22:50,831 Yeah! 997 01:22:50,915 --> 01:22:52,040 Yes! 998 01:22:52,123 --> 01:22:53,333 Move! 999 01:22:53,374 --> 01:22:55,919 Yeah! Good, good, good! Move! 1000 01:22:56,002 --> 01:22:57,711 Yeah, that's it! 1001 01:22:57,794 --> 01:22:59,713 Good! Yeah! 1002 01:22:59,796 --> 01:23:00,714 What's that? 1003 01:23:00,797 --> 01:23:02,132 Mate. 1004 01:23:02,215 --> 01:23:03,467 Yeah. 1005 01:23:36,702 --> 01:23:38,955 How's it going? 1006 01:23:39,038 --> 01:23:40,163 All right. 1007 01:23:40,205 --> 01:23:41,373 How's Josh? 1008 01:23:41,456 --> 01:23:43,124 Well, he's good. Sit down. 1009 01:23:43,166 --> 01:23:46,043 Still planning on going to Chicago for the nationals? 1010 01:23:46,085 --> 01:23:47,044 Yeah. 1011 01:23:47,086 --> 01:23:49,213 I've seen you both at the park. 1012 01:23:49,296 --> 01:23:52,340 Yeah. We've been hanging out there a lot. 1013 01:23:52,423 --> 01:23:54,425 Think that's a good idea? 1014 01:23:56,010 --> 01:23:57,470 Yes, I do. 1015 01:23:57,552 --> 01:23:59,972 He's playing better than ever. 1016 01:24:00,055 --> 01:24:01,848 How would you know that? 1017 01:24:06,310 --> 01:24:07,270 You're right. 1018 01:24:07,353 --> 01:24:10,021 I... I don't know. 1019 01:24:10,063 --> 01:24:13,942 But what I do know is that he likes playing again 1020 01:24:14,025 --> 01:24:16,819 for the first time in a long time. 1021 01:24:16,902 --> 01:24:19,071 I know you think you're doing, is the best thing for him, 1022 01:24:19,113 --> 01:24:21,227 but I got to tell you, that I think you're setting him up for 1023 01:24:21,235 --> 01:24:23,116 the biggest disappointment of his life. 1024 01:24:23,157 --> 01:24:26,077 That other kid isn't spending his afternoons riding bikes 1025 01:24:26,119 --> 01:24:28,829 and playing Pac-Man, I can guarantee you that. 1026 01:24:28,912 --> 01:24:33,499 I'm doing the only thing I know how to do for Josh. 1027 01:24:33,583 --> 01:24:35,876 I don't know what else to do. 1028 01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:38,921 Don't let him go down there to lose. 1029 01:24:42,674 --> 01:24:45,801 That's what you can do for him. 1030 01:24:45,843 --> 01:24:47,261 You're his father. Forbid it. 1031 01:24:47,303 --> 01:24:49,346 I can't do that. 1032 01:24:49,430 --> 01:24:51,848 Fred... he's going to get killed. 1033 01:24:51,890 --> 01:24:54,517 There's not going to be much left of him. 1034 01:24:54,601 --> 01:25:00,063 You have no idea what a fall like this can do to you. 1035 01:25:00,147 --> 01:25:02,649 I think I do. 1036 01:25:06,569 --> 01:25:10,196 You know what? 1037 01:25:10,280 --> 01:25:12,574 You should come down with us. 1038 01:25:12,657 --> 01:25:16,994 It would mean a lot to him to have you there. 1039 01:25:18,954 --> 01:25:21,040 That I can't do. 1040 01:25:44,726 --> 01:25:46,352 There you go. 1041 01:25:46,435 --> 01:25:47,519 Thank you. 1042 01:25:47,603 --> 01:25:49,230 Thanks. 1043 01:25:49,313 --> 01:25:51,148 Come on, Katya. 1044 01:25:57,736 --> 01:26:00,948 O.K. That's not bad, but that's not right, O.K.? 1045 01:26:01,031 --> 01:26:02,449 That's not what Casablanca did. 1046 01:26:02,532 --> 01:26:03,991 See? You want to be patient. 1047 01:26:04,075 --> 01:26:05,409 Fools rush in. 1048 01:26:05,493 --> 01:26:07,787 You want to go to the 7th rank... 1049 01:26:07,800 --> 01:26:11,845 Hi, Morgan. Josh, where you been? 1050 01:26:11,887 --> 01:26:13,430 Fishing. 1051 01:26:13,472 --> 01:26:16,599 Look at this. 1052 01:26:16,682 --> 01:26:20,352 No chess boards, no chess books. 1053 01:26:20,436 --> 01:26:23,605 I wasn't allowed to talk about chess for two whole weeks. 1054 01:26:23,688 --> 01:26:25,398 Just fish. 1055 01:26:26,524 --> 01:26:28,567 It was my dad's idea. 1056 01:26:28,692 --> 01:26:32,654 Hey, Kalev. How's it going? 1057 01:26:32,738 --> 01:26:33,779 Fishing? 1058 01:26:34,463 --> 01:26:36,465 Sure. 1059 01:26:41,844 --> 01:26:44,680 The 200 young players finding their seats behind me 1060 01:26:44,764 --> 01:26:49,100 represent some of the strongest chess minds of any age in the country. 1061 01:26:49,105 --> 01:26:52,525 Traveling from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii, 1062 01:26:52,530 --> 01:26:54,930 they've come here to compete against each other 1063 01:26:54,940 --> 01:26:58,053 over the course of the next two long, grueling days. 1064 01:26:58,063 --> 01:27:01,274 To become champion, one must win all seven games. 1065 01:27:01,358 --> 01:27:03,026 That's right. 1066 01:27:03,110 --> 01:27:06,696 This is Donovan Clennan, Director of the National Scholastic Championship. 1067 01:27:06,737 --> 01:27:10,865 Tell me, is the next Bobby Fischer somewhere in this room? 1068 01:27:10,907 --> 01:27:11,866 Hi, Mom. 1069 01:27:27,587 --> 01:27:30,465 This girl you're playing is ranked 82nd. 1070 01:27:30,549 --> 01:27:32,634 All right. Get through it quick, 1071 01:27:32,718 --> 01:27:35,511 and you can rest before the next round, O.K.? 1072 01:27:35,594 --> 01:27:36,637 O.K. 1073 01:27:36,721 --> 01:27:39,431 I'll see you in a little while. 1074 01:27:39,514 --> 01:27:40,432 Bye. 1075 01:27:40,515 --> 01:27:42,475 Bye. 1076 01:27:42,517 --> 01:27:44,102 Josh... 1077 01:27:45,853 --> 01:27:47,187 good luck. 1078 01:27:51,649 --> 01:27:56,279 Some of you may be unfamiliar with sudden death rules. 1079 01:27:56,362 --> 01:28:00,657 If you're writing moves down while a player gets down 1080 01:28:00,699 --> 01:28:05,244 to where there's less than five minutes left, 1081 01:28:05,327 --> 01:28:08,664 it's no longer your responsibility to... 1082 01:28:08,748 --> 01:28:09,664 Hi. 1083 01:28:09,748 --> 01:28:11,374 Hi. 1084 01:28:11,458 --> 01:28:13,501 Is that clear? 1085 01:28:13,585 --> 01:28:14,836 Good luck. 1086 01:28:14,919 --> 01:28:17,880 One more thing... If you have a problem... 1087 01:28:17,963 --> 01:28:19,256 Morgan. 1088 01:28:19,340 --> 01:28:22,508 If you have a problem, you don't have to discuss it 1089 01:28:22,592 --> 01:28:23,968 with your opponent. 1090 01:28:24,052 --> 01:28:26,888 All these people with purple hats around here, 1091 01:28:26,971 --> 01:28:28,722 they'll be wandering around. 1092 01:28:28,805 --> 01:28:31,725 Just put your hand up, and they'll straighten it up. 1093 01:28:31,808 --> 01:28:34,810 O.K. Just hold up your hand, and they'll see it. 1094 01:28:34,894 --> 01:28:37,938 Don't argue with your opponent. 1095 01:28:38,022 --> 01:28:39,230 That's ridiculous. 1096 01:28:39,314 --> 01:28:42,275 O.K. good luck. Start your clocks. 1097 01:30:33,993 --> 01:30:35,953 Can I come in? 1098 01:30:55,595 --> 01:30:57,304 How are you feeling? 1099 01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:03,184 Scared? 1100 01:31:04,810 --> 01:31:07,104 I can't beat him. 1101 01:31:09,731 --> 01:31:11,149 You might be right. 1102 01:31:11,232 --> 01:31:13,693 I'm not supposed to say that, 1103 01:31:13,777 --> 01:31:16,945 but you'd know I was lying if I said anything else. 1104 01:31:22,825 --> 01:31:24,327 I have something for you. 1105 01:31:32,584 --> 01:31:35,502 It says, 1106 01:31:35,503 --> 01:31:41,216 "This is to certify that Josh Waitzkin, on this day," 1107 01:31:41,299 --> 01:31:44,302 has in the eyes of his teacher... 1108 01:31:47,471 --> 01:31:50,516 "attained the rank of Grandmaster." 1109 01:32:19,123 --> 01:32:22,917 I have never been so proud of anyone in my life. 1110 01:32:27,838 --> 01:32:30,799 I'm honored to call myself your teacher. 1111 01:32:41,474 --> 01:32:44,436 I'm so scared. 1112 01:32:44,477 --> 01:32:45,477 I know. 1113 01:32:58,113 --> 01:33:02,367 Will you stay until it's over? 1114 01:33:02,409 --> 01:33:04,368 Will I stay? 1115 01:33:07,913 --> 01:33:11,333 I wouldn't miss it for the world. 1116 01:33:59,747 --> 01:34:02,459 It's unsettling, isn't it? 1117 01:34:02,542 --> 01:34:08,422 When you realize there are only so many things you can teach a child. 1118 01:34:08,464 --> 01:34:10,923 And finally... 1119 01:34:12,717 --> 01:34:15,219 they are who they are. 1120 01:34:18,513 --> 01:34:20,182 Good luck. 1121 01:34:23,681 --> 01:34:26,017 Good luck. 1122 01:34:29,144 --> 01:34:30,520 Start your clocks. 1123 01:34:48,910 --> 01:34:51,329 What's happening? Why isn't he moving? 1124 01:34:51,412 --> 01:34:55,082 Letting his time run. Trying to psych Josh out. 1125 01:35:24,541 --> 01:35:27,400 Don't do it, Josh. Don't even think about it. 1126 01:35:27,484 --> 01:35:28,401 Bring her out. 1127 01:35:30,862 --> 01:35:31,863 Keep her back. 1128 01:35:31,946 --> 01:35:33,072 Bring her out, Josh. 1129 01:35:38,868 --> 01:35:41,579 Jesus! What? 1130 01:36:19,653 --> 01:36:20,861 Is it over? 1131 01:36:20,870 --> 01:36:24,865 Is it over? He's setting him up. Josh is setting him up now. 1132 01:36:24,949 --> 01:36:26,450 I taught him that. 1133 01:36:50,803 --> 01:36:51,929 Check. 1134 01:37:08,818 --> 01:37:09,902 There it is! 1135 01:37:18,493 --> 01:37:19,953 Trick or treat. 1136 01:37:56,359 --> 01:37:58,068 That was a mistake. 1137 01:37:58,151 --> 01:37:59,986 What was a mistake? 1138 01:38:00,028 --> 01:38:02,197 Who made a mistake? 1139 01:38:05,491 --> 01:38:07,409 Look deep, Josh. It's there. 1140 01:38:07,493 --> 01:38:09,744 It's 12 moves away, but it's there. 1141 01:38:09,827 --> 01:38:11,245 You've got him. 1142 01:38:12,670 --> 01:38:13,706 Take his pawn with your pawn. 1143 01:38:13,790 --> 01:38:18,543 G takes f6 forking his bishop and rook. 1144 01:38:18,627 --> 01:38:20,920 Don't take back with your bishop. 1145 01:38:21,003 --> 01:38:24,131 You'll need that to guard e7. 1146 01:38:24,215 --> 01:38:27,759 He'll take back, either with his bishop or his knight. 1147 01:38:27,842 --> 01:38:32,763 When he does, this is the hard part, sacrifice your rook. 1148 01:38:32,805 --> 01:38:35,057 Capture him on f6 and get him to check. 1149 01:38:35,140 --> 01:38:37,685 King has to take your rook. He takes f6. 1150 01:38:37,768 --> 01:38:42,230 Give him the knight to check e7, forking his king and his rook. 1151 01:38:42,272 --> 01:38:45,774 He'll move to safety. King f5. 1152 01:38:45,857 --> 01:38:50,070 Take his rook with your knight. He'll take back with his king, 1153 01:38:50,112 --> 01:38:51,988 and you've got him. 1154 01:38:54,156 --> 01:38:59,869 Don't move until you see it. I can't see it. 1155 01:38:59,911 --> 01:39:05,249 Don't move until you see it. I can't see it. 1156 01:39:05,332 --> 01:39:09,127 Don't move until you see it. 1157 01:39:09,210 --> 01:39:11,629 I'm sorry, Dad. 1158 01:39:13,464 --> 01:39:16,091 Here, I'll make it easier for you. 1159 01:39:50,037 --> 01:39:51,579 He's got it. 1160 01:39:51,621 --> 01:39:53,706 He's got it? 1161 01:39:53,789 --> 01:39:55,750 How do you know he's got it? 1162 01:39:55,833 --> 01:39:57,292 He's got it. 1163 01:40:05,049 --> 01:40:06,592 What? 1164 01:40:11,012 --> 01:40:12,931 Come on, move. 1165 01:40:18,143 --> 01:40:20,686 What's that supposed to mean? 1166 01:40:20,770 --> 01:40:24,440 What's that supposed to mean? He's offering him a draw. 1167 01:40:24,523 --> 01:40:26,483 I'm offering you a draw. 1168 01:40:26,566 --> 01:40:28,818 Draw? You've got to be kidding. 1169 01:40:36,492 --> 01:40:37,785 You've lost. 1170 01:40:37,868 --> 01:40:40,161 You just don't know it. 1171 01:40:40,245 --> 01:40:41,496 I've lost? 1172 01:40:41,579 --> 01:40:43,039 Look at the board. 1173 01:40:43,122 --> 01:40:45,666 I have. 1174 01:40:45,749 --> 01:40:50,711 Take the draw, and we'll share the championship. 1175 01:40:54,423 --> 01:40:57,175 Take the draw. 1176 01:41:04,765 --> 01:41:06,225 Move. 1177 01:41:59,853 --> 01:42:01,313 Check. 1178 01:42:37,301 --> 01:42:38,218 Good game. 1179 01:42:55,942 --> 01:42:56,858 Yay! 1180 01:42:56,942 --> 01:42:58,985 Hey, you did good. 1181 01:42:59,027 --> 01:43:01,279 All right! 1182 01:43:14,289 --> 01:43:17,084 Yes! Josh, my man. 1183 01:43:17,167 --> 01:43:19,544 All right! All right! My man! 1184 01:43:25,007 --> 01:43:27,717 I'm so proud of you. I knew you could do it. 1185 01:43:27,801 --> 01:43:30,845 I told you. I told you. 1186 01:43:33,522 --> 01:43:35,599 Bobby Fischer played in Washington Square Park, too. 1187 01:43:35,641 --> 01:43:37,017 See this? Look. Josh Waitzkin. 1188 01:43:37,059 --> 01:43:41,771 Morgan, what... Morgan... will you come here? 1189 01:43:50,611 --> 01:43:53,573 I tried to give him a way out. 1190 01:43:54,767 --> 01:43:55,866 I know you did. 1191 01:44:06,417 --> 01:44:09,335 Why did you bring the queen out so early? 1192 01:44:09,419 --> 01:44:11,170 You know what I'm saying? 1193 01:44:11,254 --> 01:44:13,214 You know what I'm saying? 1194 01:44:13,256 --> 01:44:16,800 Do you understand what I'm saying? 1195 01:44:16,884 --> 01:44:18,635 Are you listening to me? 1196 01:44:21,341 --> 01:44:26,179 What happened? I lost. That's all. 1197 01:44:27,646 --> 01:44:30,066 What did your dad say? 1198 01:44:30,107 --> 01:44:32,776 "You should have taken out your knight" 1199 01:44:32,859 --> 01:44:37,072 instead of your queen. "You took out your queen too early." 1200 01:44:37,155 --> 01:44:39,490 I do that, too. 1201 01:44:41,575 --> 01:44:45,036 That's all he said? Pretty much. 1202 01:44:48,581 --> 01:44:50,041 Morgan... 1203 01:44:52,084 --> 01:44:54,503 you want to know a secret? 1204 01:44:56,837 --> 01:44:59,715 I'm going to tell you a secret. 1205 01:45:03,206 --> 01:45:06,679 You're a much stronger player than I was at your age. 1206 01:45:08,931 --> 01:45:11,266 Thanks. 1207 01:45:12,305 --> 01:45:18,326 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.SubtitleDB.org