Chess, a musical written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice.

Chess is the story of a love triangle between two grandmasters–one American, one Russian--and a woman serves as a manager to one of the players but falls in love with the other.

The show begins with the American World Champion, Frederick "Freddie" Trumper arriving with his second, Florence Vassy, who wants him to tone down his behavior. Trumper is opposed by Russian challenger Anatoly Sergievsky. After a series of victories for Anatoly, Florence leaves Freddie, and he resigns from the match. Anatoly wins the match, then seeks asylum in England with the help of Florence, the two have fallen for each other.

One year later, Anatoly defends his title against a Soviet opponent. The match takes place in Bangkok, and Freddie is on hand for the match. The Soviets have also sent Anatoly's former wife Svetlana to Bangkok; a KGB agent blackmails her into forcing Anatoly to lose the match. Florence is also given incentives to get Anatoly to agree to lose, but these efforts prove fruitless. Freddie ultimately decides to give Anatoly some critical advice that helps Anatoly defeat his opponent. Anatoly, feeling as though his only successes in life (at least for the time being) are likely to come on the chessboard, decides to return to the USSR.