Janai+-+Chess

==**This semester, our topic was to find out How a Game of Chess is Like Life. Mostly, I have been focusing on Chess the Musical. Most of my was work based on Chess the Musical because it was so interesting.**==

In this Power Point, it shows the similarities and the differences between Twister and Chess.


= The True Story Behind Josh Waitzkin =

Josh Waitzkin was an internationally ranked chess player. He was born in New York City on the 4 December, 1976. He was also a martial arts competitor and now an author.
==Josh Waitzkin started playing chess at the young age of six. He found the game by wandering through Washington Square Park in New York City. I was there that while playing chess with men in the park, Bruce Pandolfini(chess teacher and author) later took Josh 'under his wing' for a number of years.==

In his years as a student at The Dalton School in New York City, he led his school to seven national chess championships between the third and ninth grades ending victorious.
==The first master that Josh had ever defeated was Edward Frumkin. It was in a game featuring a cautious sacrifice of Josh's queen and rook in exchange, a checkmate in six moves. Josh was only the age of 10 at the time.==

==He and his following prodigy K.K. Karanja were the only two children to draw with World Champion Garry Kasparov. It was in an exhibition match where Garry played simultaneously against another 59 youngsters. Two years later, he earned the title of National Master, and at age 16 was titled the International Master.==

==Joshua Waitzkin has not played in a U.S. Federal Championship since 1999. Nevertheless, he still remains a well-known and popular chess figure, largely owing to Paramount Pictures' 1993 hit movie //Searching For Bobby Fischer//. The script for this mvie was based on a book by his father(Fred Waitzkin) called //Searching For Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess.//==

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= = = = = = = = = The Chess Competition = =This semester, Connor, Jack, Chris and I ran a chess competition. So, we went around to years 3, 4, 5 & 6 and asked people to sign up. About 55 people tried out. It was a very successful competition with grand finalists Abie Angelo and Will. They were the champions for this year.=