维基百科的简介
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976, New York City) is a chess player, martial arts competitor, and author. As a child he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994.
He began playing the game at the age of six, having discovered it while wandering through Washington Square Park in New York City. It was there, while playing blitz chess with the hustlers, that he was "discovered" by Bruce Pandolfini, a chess author and teacher, who later took Waitzkin under his wing for a number of years. During his years as a student at The Dalton School in New York City he led the school to win six national team championships between the third and ninth grades in addition to his eight individual titles.
The first master he ever defeated was Edward Frumkin, in a game featuring a remarkable sacrifice of Waitzkin's queen and rook in exchange for a checkmate in six moves. Waitzkin was only ten years old at the time.
At age 11, he and prodigy K. K. Karanja were the only two children to draw with World Champion Garry Kasparov in an exhibition game where Kasparov played simultaneously against 59 youngsters. Two years later, he earned the title of National Master, and at age 16 became an International Master. His focus has since shifted to the martial art Tai Chi Chuan, in which he has won four pushing hands tournaments.
Nevertheless he remains a well-known and popular chess figure, largely owing to Paramount Pictures' 1993 movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, directed by Steven Zaillian. The script for this film was based on a 1988 book by Joshua's father, Fred Waitzkin: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess.
Waitzkin announced the formation of the JW foundation on April 8, 2008.
"The JW Foundation is dedicated to helping teachers, parents, and educational institutions nurture the unique potential of children and young adults. Our mission is to help students discover a creative, resilient passion for learning while embracing and overcoming challenges".
Joshua Waitzkin is the author of Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies, Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (1995) and The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance (2008). He is also the spokesperson for the Chessmaster computer game series, and is featured in the game giving advice and game analysis.
In a 2007 book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin recounts the story of his years as a chess competitor from his own perspective. He describes how movie fame challenged his concentration on the game, how he took up Tai Chi as a form of relaxation, and then discovered that the same learning techniques he employed in chess enabled him to advance rapidly in martial arts as well. He subsequently studied eastern philosophies and psychology of learning. It also gives students and parents a way to discuss about their "Art of Learning"
Waitzkin is active in the fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He does not have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; however, a close friend of his, Jonathan Wade, suffers from the medical condition.
He has not played in a US Chess Federation tournament since 1999 nor in a FIDE tournament since before 2001.
Josh is also a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under world champion and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu phenom Marcelo Garcia, with a goal of becoming a world champion in that martial art by 2010 or 2011.
小时候的josh和电影里的josh长相上还是有些神似的，都是安静漂亮的正太。
关于他的中文介绍似乎没找到，也许不在象棋那个圈是很难知道了解这样一个人的。
ps 他从21岁就开始学起我们中国的太极拳，而且还拿了奖~果然是能文能武啊~
怎样培养一位天才
