Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10-year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in an irascible chess master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
as Tom Kuftinec
as Sarah Kuftinec
as Norman Wallach
as Isabella Diaz
as Laura Langer
as Aunt Diane
as Yaya
as Blackstone Head of School
as Becky Langer
as Max Kuftinec
as Jez Kuftinec
as Jaden
