Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-09-09
Books mentioned on #319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Queen's gambit
The Queen's Gambit by Walter S.
Discussed“is there some factual um hallucination like uh to the uh queen's gambit like those scenes”
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin is a non-fiction book that explores the high-stakes world of competitive youth chess through the experiences of prodigy Josh Waitzkin.
Discussed“i wonder is it there's that movie searching for bobby fisher was that related because didn't have a young somebody who's supposed to be kind of like bobby fischer played by josh wadeskin yeah i think he ended up being an international master it wasn't based on bobby fischer was based on another player but i liked how they told”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Queen's gambit
“It's the trap that Beth Harmon falls for in the Queen's Gambit during her first game against the janitor. She gets really mad because she gets checkmated very early.”