Bruce Pandolfini
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Bruce Pandolfini is a chess
author, teacher and coach
. He was famously portrayed by Ben Kingsley
in the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer
, based on the book of the same name by Fred Waitzkin
. Pandolfini lives in New York
and has coached many talented chess players, the most famous being Fabiano Caruana
, the youngest Grandmaster in American history, and Josh Waitzkin, subject of the book and movie mentioned above. Pandolfini is popular with his students due to his easygoing attitude — a sharp contrast to the stern character Kingsley portrayed in the film.
Pandolfini has written over a dozen books on chess including an instructional book on positional chess called "Weapons of Chess," as well as a few others on chess-related topics. He writes a monthly column for the magazine Chess Life
entitled "The ABC's of Chess." This column once featured monthly tutorials on openings, but it has since evolved into "Solitaire Chess" that invites the reader to guess the moves played in a single game.
He appears on the box of Mattel's "Computer Chess". Pandolfini has a virtual chess school featured in the Playstation2 and PC game Chessmaster 9000. His tutorial contains extensive analysis of White's and Black's first four moves, tactics, positioning, and the endgame.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
author, teacher and coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
. He was famously portrayed by Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...
in the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a 1993 film based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Max Pomeranc. Adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father Fred, the film was written and directed by Steven Zaillian...
, based on the book of the same name by Fred Waitzkin
Fred Waitzkin
Fred Waitzkin is an American novelist and writer for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, New York, and Esquire...
. Pandolfini lives in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and has coached many talented chess players, the most famous being Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Luigi Caruana is Grandmaster and chess prodigy with dual citizenship of Italy and the United States.On 15 July 2007 Caruana became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 20 days – the youngest Grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States.In the November 2011...
, the youngest Grandmaster in American history, and Josh Waitzkin, subject of the book and movie mentioned above. Pandolfini is popular with his students due to his easygoing attitude — a sharp contrast to the stern character Kingsley portrayed in the film.
Pandolfini has written over a dozen books on chess including an instructional book on positional chess called "Weapons of Chess," as well as a few others on chess-related topics. He writes a monthly column for the magazine Chess Life
Chess Life
Chess Life is a monthly chess magazine published in the United States. The official publication of the United States Chess Federation , it reaches more than a quarter of a million readers every month. A subscription to Chess Life is one of the benefits of Full Adult, Youth, or Life membership in...
entitled "The ABC's of Chess." This column once featured monthly tutorials on openings, but it has since evolved into "Solitaire Chess" that invites the reader to guess the moves played in a single game.
He appears on the box of Mattel's "Computer Chess". Pandolfini has a virtual chess school featured in the Playstation2 and PC game Chessmaster 9000. His tutorial contains extensive analysis of White's and Black's first four moves, tactics, positioning, and the endgame.