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A very nice documentary

Sad his dad didn't follow Pandolfini's advice... Who knows, he could've become one of the best.
Thanks for sharing it. The point of view of the filmmaker about Jeff's 'education' is made crystal clear in the second part of the documentary (at 1:30) when the motto United Negro College Fund adopted in 1972 is shown for some seconds on screen. Indeed, "a mind is a terrible thing to waste", which makes me feel sorry for the guy and anger towards his abusive father who robbed his children of the opportunities for a better life. Nevertheless, Jeff, being estranged from his dad for many years, made a living in real estate and poker, finally returning to chess in 2015 after a long break (en.chessbase.com/post/former-child-prodigy-returns-to-chess) to earn a Fide Master title at 37. A few years ago he gave an emotional radio interview for BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cdz33 which deserves to be heard.
Interesting story, and interesting rationalization by Jeff of his father's stubborn (abusive maybe) egocentrism.
It is one of those cases that lead us to believe that children are a pure product of their education... In Jeff's case, yes, in Julia's probably not, and for most children no at all. Each child comes into the world with a character of its own, which it is dangerous to try to bend too far backwards.
Thanks for the link, Borkon. I'm gonna take a look.

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