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Checkmate

The Black Schoolboy Who Beat a Chess Grandmaster at 12

Language EnglishEnglish
E-book Adobe ePub DRM
Publishers Brian Lewis, October 2021
A moving account of how a chess team made up of council estate children inspired an entire working-c... Full description
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A moving account of how a chess team made up of council estate children inspired an entire working-class community to take up the game that had normally been played by those from a more privileged background.Micklefield School in the heart of a working-class community was inspired by a formidable teacher called Mr. Green who made it his quest to form a chess team that would make the school and the area proud. After two years of training the school produced 5 individual chess champions, the school started winning the chess league and produced a player (Brian Lewis) that beat an International Grandmaster within 4 years at the age of 12.

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Full name Checkmate
Author Brian Lewis
Language English
Binding E-book - Adobe ePub DRM
Date of issue 2021
Number of pages 79
EAN 9781739812126
Libristo code 47603066
Publishers Brian Lewis
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