The kings of New York
Subtitle: a year among the geeks, oddballs, and geniuses who make up America's top high school chess team
By: Michael Weinreb.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Gotham Books; Gotham
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781592402618
Subjects: Chess -- New York (State) -- New York.; Chess players -- New York (State) -- New York.; High school students -- New York (State) -- New York.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287-289]).
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Do the math; title: Bruckner's gambit; title: Freedom of choice; title: An academic challenge; title: A game unlike any other; title: The Orangutan; title: Chess and the city; title: All the president's men; title: The thirty-ninth annual greater New York scholastic team and individual chess championships; title: The women in the room; title: Tiresome days and sleepless nights; title: The 2005 New York state scholastic championships; title: It's impossible to change your destiny; title: Supernationals III; title: Summertime; title: Epilogue.