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	Chess (musical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA.
		Chess developed something of a cult following based primarily on the score as heard on the concept album, but even cuts for time and good word of mouth was not enough to keep it from closing on 25 June after it won no Tony Awards.
		Chess was, even in 1990, trying to keep itself modern; the ending of the Cold War was noted in all versions of the show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_(musical) (2958 words)

	ipedia.com: Chess Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game for two players played on a square board divided into eight rows (or ranks) and eight columns (or files) of 64 individual squares which alternate in color orthogonally (traditionally as white and fl, though other colours are sometimes used).
		Chess is one of the humanity's most popular games; it has been described not only as a game, but also as an art, science, and sport.
		Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art", and teaching chess has been advocated as a way to increase mental prowess.
	www.ipedia.com /chess_1.html (1404 words)

	Chess - Info, Tricks, Cheats, Walkthroughs, & Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game for two players played on a square board divided into eight rows (or ranks) and eight columns (or files) creating 64 individual squares which alternate in color orthogonally (traditionally as white and fl although other colours are sometimes used).
		Chess is not a game of chance; it is based solely on tactics and strategy, and for this reason, it is sometimes known by the sobriquet "The Game of Kings".
		Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art", and teaching chess has been advocated as a way of enhancing mental prowess.
	www.kurdistanline.com /Chess.html (821 words)

	Jim Colyer :: News
		Chess is reminiscent of Evita in that all the dialogue is contained within musical numbers.
		It was in this context that the Chess musical was conceived.
		Chess reflects the thinking of the 1970's even though it was written and performed in the 1980's.
	jimcolyer.com /papers/entry?id=30 (1914 words)

	Chess (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		River Chess and Chess Valley, in Buckinghamshire in England
		CHESS magazine, published monthly in the UK chess, a type of brome grass often considered a weed.
		Chess (character), an archer and henchman to the villain Wapol in the manga/anime One Piece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_(disambiguation) (139 words)

	Chess the musical
		In 1972 a new era began in the chess world when the Russian world champion of the time, Boris Spassky, was challenged by an American CHESS genius, Bobby Fischer, in Iceland.
		Fischer was an obnoxious, self-centered primadonna who voiced his opinions readily, complaining about everything from the colour of the squares on the board to the noise of childrens' sweet wrappers.
		The story was not about the game of CHESS itself but rather to mirror it in such a way that the actual players become pawns in a political game.
	www.philiphatch.com /wwosorguk/chessatct.html (167 words)

	John Greschak - Connections between Music and Chess
		Chess is a musical written by Benny Andersson (music), Björn Ulvaeus (music), and Tim Rice (lyrics).
		The recorded music (of duration 7:48) was performed on piano by Margaret Leng Tan, who transcribed the score that is embedded in the painting.
		For example, in chess, a person who creates puzzles and problems to be solved is called a composer, and two different sequences of moves that lead from one given position to another are said to be related by transposition.
	www.greschak.com /muschess.htm (4220 words)

	thestar.com.my: Lifestyle
		Indeed, music has played such a big role in my life that at times it is hard even for me to say whether chess or music holds a greater fascination.
		The musical, which ran at London's Barbican Centre and later on Broadway, was based very loosely on the 1972 world championship match in Iceland between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.
		While CHESS was about a chess story set to music and E2-E4 was music with various chess themes, I have my doubts whether their authors or song writers--Rice, Andersson, Ulvaeus or Gottsching--had ever played competitive chess in their lives.
	chesscolumn.20m.com /2000/00sep08.html (1079 words)

	Benny_andersson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess is the story of a love triangle told against the backdrop of an international chess tournament during the height of the cold war.
		Everything You Always Wanted in a Musical : If they've missed a worthy musical, I don't know what it is. The selections aren't always the ones I would have made, but it is a GREAT compilation...
		If you like "Chess: the Musical", you need this CD : I have owned, and have been a huge fan of, the original London cast recording of Chess since 1985.
	music.mysic.com /Benny_Andersson.html (532 words)

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		Chess - The Musical's history is nothing short of astounding, its score nothing short of breathtaking, its many plot incarnations, like the game itself, nothing short of baffling in their complexity.
		The Swedish show, known as 'CHESS på svenska' ('CHESS In Swedish') opened at Cirkus, Stockholm on the 23rd February 2002 and ended its run on the 15th June 2003.
		Two long and informative articles to the background of CHESS can be found on this site, as well as reviews of the show from both Broadway and London (including New York Times' critic Frank Rich's review which effectively ended CHESS' Broadway run).
	www.icethesite.com /chess.htm (636 words)

	Sandbaggers--Chess
		Chess first saw the light of day in 1984 as a concept album.
		Fischer, even on his good days before he went completely out of his tree, was prideful primadonna whose temper tantrums altered the staid reputation of the ancient board game- it was East versus West and at the peak of the Cold War the world's attention was grabbed.
		Chess was heavily revised for the American market.
	www.opsroom.org /pages/intelligence/chess.html (461 words)

	jaced.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although Philidor was the greatest chess player of his time, he professed to be just a musical composer (of which he was great in his day), because chess was not fully understood by the masses.
		This is where he learned chess, as musicians in those days were very knowledgeable in chess, or at least, more than the average person.
		He was invited to the courts of Europe to play chess in front of the royalties.
	dev.jaced.com:8080 /htm/c/cbios/cbios_philidor.htm (628 words)

	Chess-the Musical - dublin - theatre in dublin
		Chess- the Musical is based on an original idea and lyrics are created by Tim Rice(Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar).
		Chess the Musical is a romantic story expressing the rivalries between the East and West.
		Chess- the Musical will be directed by Norman McCausland and choreographed by Helen Mc Neive.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/14/pt/0/spid/DD224760-C540-42D8-81B89CC918142887.htm (237 words)

	Wikipedia: Chess (musical)
		Following the pattern of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, an original cast album was recorded and released in 1984, before any stage production was underway.
		In addition to Florence, Freddie has a business agent named Walter, who constantly tries to enlist Freddie for commercials and endorsements, but Freddie has no interest in making money...only in winning the tournament.
		Freddie reminisces his childhood to a sexy female reporter, and eagerly anticipates winning the match, being totally oblivious to Anatoly's troubles.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/c/ch/chess__musical_.html (1534 words)

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		On November 28th, CHESS will be the featured musical and the producer of the show has revealed that there will be a track never heard before, played on that day.
		CHESS, which originated as a double LP with a cast headed by Elaine Paige, Murray Head and Tommy Körberg, has seen numerous alterations and stagings: the original London company with Paige, Head and Körberg; a brief Broadway run with Judy Kuhn, Philip Casnoff and the late David Carroll; various U.S. tours, concerts and foreign productions.
		(CHESS fans may want to know that Freddy was a "nut" rather than a "fruit" in this version of "Decorum and Tranquility.") Florence and Molokov then proceeded with the argument-in-melody, "Florence and Molokov," where Florence revealed the traumas of her youth: a Hungarian, whose mother, father and homeland were taken from her as a child.
	www.icethesite.com /chessnews.htm (3650 words)

	Communications and Public Affairs
		On the heels of the Brickenden nominated Into the Woods, the Faculty of Education is bringing Tim Rice's musical, CHESS, to the stage from February 21 to 25.
		Rice's lyrics and the music of Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (of ABBA fame) create an unforgettable match that is played on the board and in life.
		CHESS takes place at the World Chess Championship during the Cold War, and centres around an American chess master, Freddie, and a Russian chess master, Anatoly.
	communications.uwo.ca /western_news/story.html?listing_id=20698 (365 words)

	CHESS by TIM RICE, BENNY ANDERSSON AND BJÖRN ULVAEUS - MUSIC HELP WEB REVIEW
		While listening to an old EP of that song on headphones, I became intrigued by the samples of other songs from the musical that were placed intermittently during the mix.
		The strategies, misleading moves, sacrifices, and triumphs of the game of chess are a perfect vehicle through which to examine this situation.
		I guess the breadth of the music and the depth and intricacy of the message are what keep my interest.
	www.musichelpweb.com /artists/rice/chess.htm (1211 words)

	Amazon.com: Chess (1986 London Concept Cast - 1997 Polydor Slimline Release): Music: Benny Andersson,Tim Rice,Björn ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess is a wonderfully pop musical, with a unique 1980s tone that sets it up as a cold war love story.
		The music is lush, diverse, by turns dramatic and delicate, searing and fragile, yet always possessed by one of the most acute melodic sensibilities ever to compose for the theatre: Benny Andersson.
		Perhaps the fact that "Chess" had been his obsession for many years (he had proposed the project to Lloyd Webber in the last '70s, but the composer was more interested in "Cats") contributed to Rice's performance here.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002GLR?v=glance (2704 words)

	One Night in Bangkok : Murray Head - Lyrics
		As if to prove my point that early '80s pop music was infinitely more diverse than that of the '90s and today, Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" came from a highly unusual source for top forty songs, a musical stage show.
		Chess was written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, both of ABBA fame, and renown lyricist Tim Rice.
		It was a cold-war parable taking place over a chess board, as Russians battled the West for the world title.
	www.80smusiclyrics.com /artists/murrayhead.htm (589 words)

	Chess, The Musical
		In this musical, chess is used as the medium for a story about the personal politics of love and ambition and the international politics of Soviet-US relations in the Cold War era.
		Chess championships and the people and media that surround them form the basic structure for the action, and chess is used as a metaphor for people as pieces being manipulated in games that are beyond their control.
		The actors play their parts on a fl and white chequered floor that extends up the wall in the back right corner, as if someone were pulling up the corner of a tablecloth.
	www.dailyinformation.co.uk /reviews/theatre/chess.htm (397 words)

	Wayward Musings: Chess, the Musical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The musical writing team of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber could do no wrong in the 1970's with their hit musicals, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and EVITA, but by the 1980's each seemed to be headed in a different direction.
		Rice had this idea for a musical about the Cold War as shown through the metaphor of chess, and wanted his old partner to work with him on it, but Lloyd Webber was already involved with CATS.
		As for the direction, Bell created the dumb show of the moving chess pieces that sometimes follow the principals around in the chess arena scenes, and are, of course, totally ignored by everyone on stage.
	www2.aphelion-webzine.com /features/kim_04.htm (3698 words)

	Chess Musical Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess - a musical by Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice and...
		In this musical, chess is used as the medium for a story about the personal politics of love and ambition and the international politics of Soviet-
		Chess Footlite Musicals Directed by Michael Moyer Through Aug. 21 Don't let the Young Artists label deter you: Chess' cast of 13- to 18-year-olds at Footlite Musicals do a remarkable job with a musical that...
	www.chess-reference.info /chess-musical (921 words)

	Playbill News: Heaven Help Her Heart: Julia Murney Heads Cast of All-Star Chess Concert Sept. 22
		Peter Flynn directs and Christopher Gattelli choreographs the musical, which concerns a chess match between an American and Russian competitor, set against the politics of the Cold War.
		The rest of the starry cast includes Adam Pascal as the American chess player, Josh Groban as the Russian, Raul Esparza as the Arbiter, Norm Lewis as Molokov, Jonathan Dokuchitz as Walter and Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as the Russian's wife, Svetlana.
		Chess began life as a two-LP recording in 1984 and debuted on the London stage with a cast led by Elaine Paige, Tommy Körberg and Murray Head.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/81722.html (597 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Chess Ocr [Soundtrack]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The music of Chess still sounds as wonderful today as it did when we recorded the original album in 1984 and I honestly believe B&B's work here stands comparison with any post-war musical.
		Naturally, being the musical fanatic I am, I joined up and bought a copy of this album to help me. From the moment the CD entered my player I was hooked and I didn't stop listening to this until about two weeks before the production.
		There is not that much more in the Production of chess on stage than there is on the CD and what is not on the CD isn't that incredible.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002GLR (1182 words)

	Chess the Musical @ MusicalTheatreAudition.com
		Chess originated as a record album, and was later staged for production.
		The story revolves around the romantic triangle that develops when an American chess champion and his lover travel to Merano to defend his title against a Russian opponent who secretly plans to defect to the West.
		Do not choose a song from Chess as an audition piece unless the show you are auditioning for has music of a similar style.
	www.musicaltheatreaudition.com /shows/chess.html (163 words)

	Chess The Musical
		Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of
		This highly acclaimed musical develops the ancient and distinguished game of chess into a metaphor for romantic rivalries and East-West political intrigue.
		The principal pawns form a love triangle: the loutish American Grandmaster, the earnest Russian champion, and the Hungarian- American female chess second, who arrives at the international championships with the American but falls for the Russian.
	www.stubowman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /chessthemusical.htm (219 words)

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