Athlete
Joshua Waitzkin
American chess player (born 1976)
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1976-12-04
Joshua Waitzkin is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
*Bio adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin) under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).*