SVETLANA
Anatoly, I need you!
ARBITER
Everybody's playing the game
But nobody's rules are the same
CHORUS
Nobody's on nobody's side
Everybody playing the game
But nobody's rules are the same
Nobody's on nobody's side
[As the guests leave Svetlana is left standing on an empty stage. She begins to reflect on how her time with Anatoly has come to an end. At the same time, back in her hotel room, Florence reflects on how maybe she�s been a fool to fall for someone so quickly.]
I KNOW HIM SO WELL
SVETLANA
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally...
[Towards the end of 'I Know Him So Well', the centre stage screens slide apart to reveal the chess arena. Anatoly is sitting at the chessboard - staring at the pieces. As �Champions� begins he remains seated, but eventually gets up and leaves.]
[The arena remains empty for the rest of the first part of the �Champions� intro. On the first crescendo, screens at extreme upstage fly out to reveal the delegates etc. It is now the final game of the tournament and the TV Company has once again created a slightly theatrical �opening� as the players prepare for their most important game ever.]
ENDGAME
CHORUS
Tal, Tal, Lasker, ... ...
MOLOKOV
How straight forward the game ... ...
... ... Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may
FLORENCE
Though it gives me no joy
Adding to your satisfaction
You can safely assume
My late unlamented employer
Knows if he wins
Then the only thing won is the chess
WALTER
It's the weak who accept
Tawdry untruths about freedom ... ...
SVETLANA
Does the player exist
In any human endeavour ... ...
CHORUS
Nineteen fifty-six - Budapest is rising ... ...