Chess (musical)

Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. The story involves a romantic triangle between two players in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other...

The "Chess In Concert" album

This is a recording of a concert performance (not a full stage production) in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1994. The songs and lyrics are largely identical to the studio album, with the addition of "Someone Else's Story" (from the Broadway version) and "The Soviet Machine".

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Gothenburg - Sweden - 1994

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Principal cast

• Florence - Karin Glenmark
• The Russian - Tommy Körberg
• The American - Anders Glenmark
• Svetlana - Lena Ericsson
• Molokov - Johan Schinkler
• The Arbiter - Lars Risberg

Songs

• Merano
• The Russian and Molokov / Where I Want To Be
• Opening Ceremony
• Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)
• The American and Florence / Nobody's Side
• Chess
• Mountain Duet
• Florence Quits
• Someone Else's Story
• Embassy Lament
• Anthem
• Bangkok / One Night in Bangkok
• The Soviet Machine
• Heaven Help My Heart
• Argument
• I Know Him So Well
• The Deal (No Deal)
• Pity The Child
• Endgame
• Epilogue: You And I / The Story of Chess