The musical tells the story of two great chess masters…one American, one Russian…compete to be the best in the world only to find that their greatest contest is for the love of the same woman. Within political intrigue and international conspiracies, American Freddie Trumper and Russian Anatoly Sergievsky fight to take the queen in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War, exploring the classic themes of love, loss and betrayal.