Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121019:19:47:00
For people, this is an extraordinary story. very poor school, and these kids are basically the best chess players their age in the country. how did this school become a national chess powerhouse? >> yeah. they have a lot of after school programs at 318. i think the late principal really placed a high value on after-school programs and enrichment programs. he didn't see them as extras. so when they had the opportunity to bring a chess teacher in and they won a national competition their first time around, irng the whole school got really excited about the potential for chess and what it could d...