Het is het jaar 1998. Het schaakteam van de Miami Jackson Senior High School bereidt zich voor op het grote nationale schaakkampioenschap. Coach Mario Martinez gelooft in zijn team, maar volgens de voorspellingen maken zijn 'straatjongens' geen schijn van kans. Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal.
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| Directing | John Leguizamo | Director |
| Writing | Dito Montiel | Writer |
| Production | Joseph Krutel | Co-Producer |
| Production | Carla Berkowitz | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jamie Kirkpatrick | Editor |
| Production | Jason Mandl | Producer |
| Art | J. Mark Harrington | Production Design |
| Art | Mark Dane | Set Decoration |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Production | Emilio Estefan Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | John J. Brunetti Jr. | Associate Producer |
| Production | Harvey Chaplin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Scott M. Rosenfelt | Producer |
| Production | Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Santiago | Costume Design |
| Camera | Zach Zamboni | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lewis Zucker | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Raskin | Hair Department Head |
| Production | John Leguizamo | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Chris Hajian | Original Music Composer |
