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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.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Gotham Books, 2007.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1270880~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  794.10974 WEI    AVAILABLE
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Description 288 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [287-290]).
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 players -- New York (State) -- New York.
High school students -- New York (State) -- New York.
ISBN 1592402615 (hardcover)
9781592402618 (hardcover)
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