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Kings of New York : A Year among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Genuises Who Make up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101592402615
ISBN-139781592402618
eBay Product ID (ePID)56988895
Product Key Features
Book TitleKings of New York : A Year among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Genuises Who Make up America's Top High School Chess Team
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicChess, Student Life & Student Affairs, Sociology / Urban
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Education, Games & Activities
AuthorMichael Weinreb
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-027864
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal794.109747/2
SynopsisAt Brooklyn's prestigious Edward R. Murrow High School, the closest thing to jocks are found on the powerhouse chess team. Weinreb follows the members of the team through an entire season, capturing their eclectic differences as they prepare for the national championship., An award-winning sportswriter takes you inside a year with the nations top high school chess team. With strict admission standards and a progressive curriculum, Brooklyns Edward R. Murrow High School has long been one of New Yorks public-education success stories, serving a diverse neighborhood of immigrants and minorities and ranking among the nations best high schools. At Murrow, there are no sports teams, and the closest thing to jocks are found on the schools powerhouse chess team, which annually competes for the national championship. In "The Kings of New York" sportswriter Michael Weinreb follows the members of the Murrow chess team through an entire season, from cash games in Washington Square Park to city and state tournaments to the SuperNationals in Nashville, where this eclectic bunch competes against private schoolers and suburbanites. Along the way, Weinreb brings to life a number of colorful characters: the Yale-educated calculus teacher (and former semipro hockey player) who guides the savants while struggling to find funding for his team; an aspiring rapper and tournament hustler who plays with cutthroat instinct; the teams lone girl, a shy Ukrainian immigrant; the Puerto Rican teen from the rough neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant who plays an ingenious opening gambit named the Orangutan; and the Lithuanian immigrant and team star whose chess rating is climbing toward grandmaster status. In the bestselling tradition of such books as "Word Freak" and "Friday Night Lights, The Kings of New York" is a riveting look inside the world of competitive chess and an inspiring profile of young genius., An award-winning sportswriter takes you inside a year with the nation’s top high school chess team.With strict admission standards and a progressive curriculum, Brooklyn’s Edward R. Murrow High School has long been one of New York’s public-education success stories, serving a diverse neighborhood of immigrants and minorities and ranking among the nation’s best high schools. At Murrow, there are no sports teams, and the closest thing to jocks are found on the school’s powerhouse chess team, which annually competes for the national championship.In The Kings of New Yorksportswriter Michael Weinreb follows the members of the Murrow chess team through an entire season, from cash games in Washington Square Park to city and state tournaments to the SuperNationals in Nashville, where this eclectic bunch competes against private schoolers and suburbanites. Along the way, Weinreb brings to life a number of colorful characters: the Yale-educated calculus teacher (and former semipro hockey player) who guides the savants while struggling to find funding for his team; an aspiring rapper and tournament hustler who plays with cutthroat instinct; the team’s lone girl, a shy Ukrainian immigrant; the Puerto Rican teen from the rough neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant who plays an ingenious opening gambit named the Orangutan; and the Lithuanian immigrant and team star whose chess rating is climbing toward grandmaster status.In the bestselling tradition of such books as Word Freakand Friday Night Lights, The Kings of New Yorkis a riveting look inside the world of competitive chess and an inspiring profile of young genius.
LC Classification NumberGV1325.N49W35 2007
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