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10.0 1h 57m

Chess in Concert

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

    Björn Ulvaeus

    Narrator

  • Judy Kuhn

    Judy Kuhn

    Florence

  • Murray Head

    Murray Head

    Freddie

  • Tommy Körberg

    Tommy Körberg

    Anatoly

  • Sissel Kyrkjebø

    Sissel Kyrkjebø

    Svetlana

  • Johan Schinkler

    Johan Schinkler

    Molokov

  • Anders Glenmark

    Anders Glenmark

    Arbiter

Overview

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.

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