Josh Waitzkin

Yeah. And not their approach, the individual and the patterns of their approach. Not that we would do things the way they did before, but I have a lot of humility. Like I don't think that I know the way. I don't think there is a way. I think we all have our own way we need to discover.

Yeah. And not their approach, the individual and the patterns of their approach. Not that we would do things the way they did before, but I have a lot of humility. Like I don't think that I know the way. I don't think there is a way. I think we all have our own way we need to discover.

Yeah. And not their approach, the individual and the patterns of their approach. Not that we would do things the way they did before, but I have a lot of humility. Like I don't think that I know the way. I don't think there is a way. I think we all have our own way we need to discover.

The coaches who have been most damaging to me, for example, when I was in that same period when I was 15, 16 years old, I had a coach who was part of the Russian school of chess who essentially had me move away from my self-expression, move away from my style. My style of chess play at that point my whole life had been creative, attacking, improvisational.

The coaches who have been most damaging to me, for example, when I was in that same period when I was 15, 16 years old, I had a coach who was part of the Russian school of chess who essentially had me move away from my self-expression, move away from my style. My style of chess play at that point my whole life had been creative, attacking, improvisational.

The coaches who have been most damaging to me, for example, when I was in that same period when I was 15, 16 years old, I had a coach who was part of the Russian school of chess who essentially had me move away from my self-expression, move away from my style. My style of chess play at that point my whole life had been creative, attacking, improvisational.

I loved to create chaos and find hidden harmonies in chaos. I loved to battle. he urged me to stop playing that way, stop studying that style of play, play like these cold-blooded prophylactic chess players like Petrosian or Karpov.

I loved to create chaos and find hidden harmonies in chaos. I loved to battle. he urged me to stop playing that way, stop studying that style of play, play like these cold-blooded prophylactic chess players like Petrosian or Karpov.

I loved to create chaos and find hidden harmonies in chaos. I loved to battle. he urged me to stop playing that way, stop studying that style of play, play like these cold-blooded prophylactic chess players like Petrosian or Karpov.

I played much more in the style, not the strength, but the style of like Garry Kasparov or Mikhail Tal or Bobby Fischer, like players who were aggressive, who had a lot of red blood flowing through their body, like I was hot-blooded. And he urged me to play in the opposite style from what was natural to me. Think, what would Karpov do here? Not what would Josh do here.

I played much more in the style, not the strength, but the style of like Garry Kasparov or Mikhail Tal or Bobby Fischer, like players who were aggressive, who had a lot of red blood flowing through their body, like I was hot-blooded. And he urged me to play in the opposite style from what was natural to me. Think, what would Karpov do here? Not what would Josh do here.

I played much more in the style, not the strength, but the style of like Garry Kasparov or Mikhail Tal or Bobby Fischer, like players who were aggressive, who had a lot of red blood flowing through their body, like I was hot-blooded. And he urged me to play in the opposite style from what was natural to me. Think, what would Karpov do here? Not what would Josh do here.

Yes. There is absolutely a benefit to that. But there's also the movement of a young competitor away from their self-expression, a love from their love for the game, a love from their passion. Right. I think I had this there's this brilliant man named Yuri Razdavaev, who is on the other pillar of the Russian school of chess, who said this amazing thing to me.

Yes. There is absolutely a benefit to that. But there's also the movement of a young competitor away from their self-expression, a love from their love for the game, a love from their passion. Right. I think I had this there's this brilliant man named Yuri Razdavaev, who is on the other pillar of the Russian school of chess, who said this amazing thing to me.

Yes. There is absolutely a benefit to that. But there's also the movement of a young competitor away from their self-expression, a love from their love for the game, a love from their passion. Right. I think I had this there's this brilliant man named Yuri Razdavaev, who is on the other pillar of the Russian school of chess, who said this amazing thing to me.

He said to me, Josh, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. And I didn't understand what he meant for many, many years after that. And it was a little too late in my chess life to take that in. But what he was saying is that you can learn the great defense of chess by studying the defense of the great attackers.

He said to me, Josh, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. And I didn't understand what he meant for many, many years after that. And it was a little too late in my chess life to take that in. But what he was saying is that you can learn the great defense of chess by studying the defense of the great attackers.

He said to me, Josh, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. And I didn't understand what he meant for many, many years after that. And it was a little too late in my chess life to take that in. But what he was saying is that you can learn the great defense of chess by studying the defense of the great attackers.

Well, good question. It's just when he said it to me, like I was in my early 20s and I'd lost my love for chess. Like it had gotten static, stale. You know, good challenge. It probably wasn't late, but I couldn't hear it. I didn't... Like I would have had to go into the cave, go away, go through an existential crisis and come back to chess.

Well, good question. It's just when he said it to me, like I was in my early 20s and I'd lost my love for chess. Like it had gotten static, stale. You know, good challenge. It probably wasn't late, but I couldn't hear it. I didn't... Like I would have had to go into the cave, go away, go through an existential crisis and come back to chess.