Game of Kings: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top Highschool Chess Team

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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. Contents Praise About the Author Title Page Copyright Page Dedication PART ONE - OPENING ONE - DO THE MATH TWO - BRUCKNER’S GAMBIT THREE - FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOUR - AN ACADEMIC CHALLENGE FIVE - A GAME UNLIKE ANY OTHER SIX - THE ORANGUTAN SEVEN - CHESS AND THE CITY EIGHT - ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN PART TWO - MIDDLE GAME NINE - THE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL GREATER NEW YORK SCHOLASTIC TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL ... TEN - THE WOMEN IN THE ROOM ELEVEN - TIRESOME DAYS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TWELVE - THE 2005 NEW YORK STATE SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS THIRTEEN - IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE YOUR DESTINY PART THREE - ENDGAME FOURTEEN - SUPERNATIONALS III FIFTEEN - SUMMERTIME EPILOGUE AFTERWORD Acknowledgements GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY WEB SITES