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Author Weinreb, Michael.

Title The kings of New York : a year among the geeks, oddballs, and geniuses who make up America's top high school chess team / Michael Weinreb.

Publication Info. New York : Gotham Books, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV1325.N49 W35 2007    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 288 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289).
Contents Prologue -- Do the math -- Bruckner's gambit -- Freedom of choice -- An academic challenge -- A game unlike any other -- The Orangutan -- Chess and the city -- All the president's men -- The thirty-ninth annual greater New York scholastic team and individual chess championships -- The women in the room -- Tiresome days and sleepless nights -- The 2005 New York state scholastic championships -- It's impossible to change your destiny -- Supernationals III -- Summertime -- Epilogue.
Subject Chess -- New York (State) -- New York.
Chess.
New York (State) -- New York.
Chess players -- New York (State) -- New York.
Chess players.
High school students -- New York (State) -- New York.
High school students.
ISBN 1592402615 hardcover
9781592402618 hardcover