Chess in Concert

Plot Summary

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

Top Cast

Björn Ulvaeus Narrator

Judy Kuhn Florence

Murray Head Freddie

Tommy Körberg Anatoly

Sissel Kyrkjebø Svetlana