Chess Benefit Concert Rehearsal - Endgame

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Music

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• Chess
• Benefit
• Concert
• Rehearsal
• Endgame
• Adam
• Pascal
• Josh
• Groban
• Julia
• Murney
• Sutton
• Foster
• Broadway
• musical

[kgroundcontrol]

Josh can sing "never" to me any day! All day long actually!

[jiinii]

i love josh

[AnatloyChessPlayer]

I wish they would have used this ending in the 08 version. In my opinion Anatoly/The Russian comes off like such a dick if he betrays everyone and wins for his own selfish reasons. This to me is such a beautiful ending because even though he loses the title of world champion he is being selfless and showing how much he truly loves Florence.

[Vercatosso]

@thesixtyfirstpupil wait -- is this the Actor's Fund concert or the Royal Albert Hall concert? They've both got Groban and Pascal, haha. Trumper wins in the Actor's Fund one; I guess that's what this one is. My bad! :)

[thesixtyfirstpupil]

@Vercatosso Actually, he loses in this version. I have the full video of the actual performance, and the Arbiter says "Freddie Trumper is the new world champion", hence the chorus singing "power moves West, ending an era. This is a great day for American chess". Just clarifying for those who are confused.

[drjax1994]

I like the version they did in '08 best. I have seen/heard every version I can get my hands on and after the original concept the '08 concert is my fav. Plus the lyrics/plot is better than this concert (or what I've seen of it)

[FallingRedRose]

I really hate that there's no soundtrack to this wonderful performance.

[berube4life]

which is the original way the never part is done .. this or the 2008 cast?

[Vercatosso]

I watched this two days ago -- Anatoly wins.

There's a vid of the performance, not just the rehersal:

(paste LPAObLkhd5U over b1TcxdRF2Xo in the url)

Go to 7:02. The Arbiter announces that Anatoly is the winner.

(sorry if this gets posted multiple times -- my browser is being strange)

[Vercatosso]

You can get it off amazon or ebay. It's pretty easy to find. There's a two-disc full soundtrack and there's also just a highlights album.

[MateoG7788]

I'm pretty sure he loses in this version. At the end he says "So I lose today and tomorrow." This IS the American version where he sacrifices everything so Florence can be with her dad again. In the British version he wins for his love of chess since he has already lost everything else...