# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-waitzkin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:06:07.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-waitzkin"
name: "Joshua Waitzkin"
slug: "joshua-waitzkin"
description: "Joshua Waitzkin is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life."
tagline: "American chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Waitzkin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1976-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.45
  momentum:             6.985488126649076
  historical:           13.10970266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joshwaitzkin.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چوشوا وايتزكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョシュ・ウェイツキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Waitzkin"
    title: "Josh Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Вайцкин, Джошуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Джошуа Вайцкін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin"
    title: "Joshua Waitzkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump