Ex felon, Eugene Brown, establishes a Chess Club for inner city teenagers in Washington, D C
Charlie, an unmotivated man in his mid 20s still living at home with his mother and stepfather, falls for a young woman who has a serious boyfriend
Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for