22 Jan 07
Originally posted by amolv06I believe I've heard Pandolfini say that even they only later found a drawing line for "Poe" after thinking they had constructed a great win...oops!
In the movie his opponent's name was Johnathan Poe, although in real life his name was Jeff Sarwer. Also, the position depicted in the movie never arose in a real game. Furthermore, I believe the position is flawed. Poe could have gotten a draw. The win for Josh relied on Poe to make a blunder.
In real life, at least as depicted in the book, Josh pulled out a miraculous draw after thinking he was lost against Sarwer in the final round of the nationals, leaving them both with 6.5/7 scores. Josh won on tiebreaks.