num_pages: 304
description: Documents a season with the highly competitive Edward R. Murrow High School chess team, from cash games in Washington Square Park to the SuperNationals in Nashville, citing the contributions of their calculus teacher coach and a prospective grand-master player.
language: English
title: The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team
titlecomplete: The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team
genres: New York, History, Education, Games, Biography Memoir, Biography, Sports, Memoir, Nonfiction, Chess
ratings_count: 693
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Sports
publisher: Gotham