The kings of New York : a year among the geeks, oddballs, and geniuses who make up America's top high school chess team /
Weinreb, Michael.
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. - 1st ed. - New York : Gotham Books, 2007. - 288, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287-289]).
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.
1592402615 (hardcover) 9781592402618 (hardcover)
2006027864
Chess--New York (State)--New York.
Chess players--New York (State)--New York.
High school students--New York (State)--New York.
/ W423k 2007
794.109747/2
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. - 1st ed. - New York : Gotham Books, 2007. - 288, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287-289]).
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.
1592402615 (hardcover) 9781592402618 (hardcover)
2006027864
Chess--New York (State)--New York.
Chess players--New York (State)--New York.
High school students--New York (State)--New York.
/ W423k 2007
794.109747/2