I'd venture to say few would think about chess competition when asked about Intermediate School 318, a Brooklyn middle school. As director Katie Dellamaggiore notes, 70-75% of the students' families exist below the poverty level. And, oh yes, I.S.318 is a chess powerhouse, as she details in her fine documentary "Brooklyn Castle."

I’d venture to say that few people would think about chess competition when asked about associations for Intermediate School 318, called I.S. 318, a Brooklyn middle school. As director Katie Dellamaggiore notes, 70-75% of the students’ families exist below the poverty level. And, oh yes, I.S.318 is a chess powerhouse.