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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.
Author Weinreb, Michael.
Publication Info. New York : Gotham Books, 2007.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  794.1 WEI    Checked Out
Edition 1st ed.
Description 288, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 players -- New York (State) -- New York.
High school students -- New York (State) -- New York.
ISBN 1592402615 (hardcover)
9781592402618 (hardcover) : $26.00
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