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

    By Brian Lewis

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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

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Lewis
    Release dateOct 1, 2021
    ISBN9781739812126
    Checkmate: The Black Schoolboy Who Beat a Chess Grandmaster at 12

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