Endgame #2 lyrics

[SOLOISTS]

1866--Wilhelm Steinitz

1894--Emmanuel Lasker

[MOLOKOV]

How straightforward the game

When one has trust in one's player!

[SOLOISTS]

1921--Jose Capablanca

[MOLOKOV]

And how great the relief

Working for one who believes in

Loyalty, heritage

True to his kind, come what may

[SOLOISTS]

1927--Alex Alekhine

[FREDDIE]

How straightforward the game

When one is free from distraction!

[SOLOISTS]

1935--Euwe

1948--Mikhail Botvinnik

[FREDDIE]

When your only concern

Is laid out so clearly before you

64 squares

They're the reason you know you exist

[SOLOISTS]

1957--Vasily Smylov

1960--Tal

[MOLOKOV]

It's the weak who accept

Tawdry untruths about freedom

[SOLOISTS]

1963--Tigran Petrosian

[MOLOKOV]

Prostituting themselves

Chasing a spurious starlight

Trinkets in airports

Sufficient to lead them astray

[SOLOISTS]

1969--Boris Spassky

[FLORENCE]

Does the player exist

In any human endeavor?

[SOLOISTS]

1972--Bobby Fischer

1975--Anatoly Karpov

[FLORENCE]

Who's been known to resist

Sirens of fame and possessions?

They will destroy you

Not rivals, not age, not success

[SOLOISTS]

1956--Budapest is rising

1956--Budapest is fighting!

1956--Budapest is falling

1956--Budapest is dying!

• Artist:Chess (musical)
• Album:Chess In Concert (2008 Live)