Analysis Of The Movie Searching For Bobby Fisher

Searching for Bobby Fisher is based on the true life story of Josh Waitzkin, a seven year old boy, who fell in love with the game of chess. Although this film isn’t just about Josh’s life, he’s always being compared to the chess genius Bobby Fisher. For many chess players Bobby Fischer is as much a rule model to the game of chess as Roberto Clemente is to the game of baseball. Josh Waitzkin is faced with multiple challenges that he must over come to become one of the best chess players of all time. Just like in reality everyone is faced with challenges that they must overcome, within this movie I find that Josh Waitzkin and I have many similarities and also many differences. Throughout the movie, Josh Waitzkins’ family is extremely supportive