The Kings of New York is a book, written by Michael Weinreb, that follows the day-to-day activities of the Edward R. Murrow High School

Edward R. Murrow High School

Edward R. Murrow High School, is located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York and is part of the New York City Department of Education....

 chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 team. The team, which included International Masters Alex Lenderman

Alex Lenderman

Aleksandr "Alex" Lenderman is a Russian-American chess player who won the U16 division of the 2005 World Youth Chess Championship, Belfort, France, July 18–29, with a score of 9/10 . He holds a title of Grandmaster...

 (who is now a Grandmaster) and Salvijus Bercys

Salvijus Bercys

Salvijus "Sal" Bercys is an American International Master. His peak FIDE rating is 2429. He is a major figure in Michael Weinreb's book The Kings of New York and was part of the "dream team" from the Edward R. Murrow school, along with Alex Lenderman .-External links:* at...

, was observed for a year starting in September 2005.

Edward R. Murrow High, situated in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, USA

United States

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, allows students the freedom to devote time to projects of their own choosing. Eliot Weiss, a math teacher and chess fanatic, started a chess club, promoted it vigorously in the media, and took it on tour across the USA. In the process he made it one of the best chess teams in the country. The New York Times called the book "thrilling, vigorously reported" and "deeply empathic." It was also named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by Amazon.com, The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor

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, and Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly

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The Kings of New York won the 2007 Quill Award as best sports book.