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.
"Whether that makes this an overlooked masterpiece or fans-only experience is thus the question: all I can say is that it's an expensively mounted show, with pleasingly enthusiastic singing from all concerned. But at two hours plus, it's a real stretch".