One Right Move
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 2:08AM
Dennis Monokroussos

From Chris Falter, by email:

"One Right Move" is the most inspiring story about chess I've heard in a very long time.  Urban students are tuning out a young math teacher until he starts playing chess with them, and suddenly the kids are working diligently in class, pulling good grades, calming down.... It almost sounds fictional, except it really happened in Baltimore.  Don't miss the part where the street kid gets carried out of the tournament hall on the shoulders of his teammates after he defeats the star of Polytechnic.  Destined for a movie theater near you...

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