Checkmate: The Black Schoolboy Who Beat a Chess Grandmaster at 12

by Brian Lewis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739812107
• ISBN13: 9781739812102
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Brian Lewis
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"