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Edward R Murrow School, Brooklyn, New York. An unconventional group of kids at an unconventional school located in the heart of the most unconventional city in America is making headlines. With a chess club. In Kings of New York, writer Michael Weinreb spends a year with the Murrow chess team, from cash games in Washington Square Park to state tournaments in Nashville, bringing to life an eccentric cast of characters. Meet Sal, Lithuanian self-proclaimed stupid, lazy genius ; Ilya, a shy Ukrainian immigrant; Oscar Santana, a Puerto Rican teen; Nataliya, the only girl on the team; and coach Eliot Weiss a former pro ice-hockey player turned maths teacher. They re a true cross-section of New York- immigrants, natives, rich, poor, black, and white, kids who couldn t be more different except when it comes to one thing chess. Kings of New York is the story of how these eight boys and girls battle their differences to come together as a team, and how they face their victories and disappointments. Above all, it s the story of a group of gifted misfits searching for the silence and order and strange beauty that can be found within those sixty-four squares on a chess board.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224077712
eBay Product ID (ePID)87244581
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Kings of New York
AuthorMichael Weinreb
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
GenreSports
Dimensions
Item Height213mm
Item Width135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMichael Weinreb
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom