Chess
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Chess is a 1980s stage musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, centered on a Cold War-era international chess tournament and its accompanying political and romantic tensions.
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Target entity: Chess Context triple: [Tim Rice, notableWork, Chess]
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River Chess
River Chess is a chalk stream in southeast England that flows through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire before joining the River Colne.
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Shatranj Ke Khilari
Shatranj Ke Khilari is a 1977 Hindi-Urdu period drama film set in 19th-century Lucknow that explores political apathy and cultural decadence on the eve of the British annexation of Awadh.
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A Game of Chess
"A Game of Chess" is the second section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," depicting fractured, anxiety-ridden domestic and social scenes that reflect the broader spiritual desolation of post–World War I Europe.
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Pawn Sacrifice
Pawn Sacrifice is a biographical drama film about chess prodigy Bobby Fischer’s Cold War-era showdown with Boris Spassky.
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Chess Records
Chess Records was a pioneering American record label that became famous for shaping Chicago blues and early rock and roll through artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Chuck Berry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Chess Target entity description: Chess is a 1980s stage musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, centered on a Cold War-era international chess tournament and its accompanying political and romantic tensions.
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A.
River Chess
River Chess is a chalk stream in southeast England that flows through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire before joining the River Colne.
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B.
Shatranj Ke Khilari
Shatranj Ke Khilari is a 1977 Hindi-Urdu period drama film set in 19th-century Lucknow that explores political apathy and cultural decadence on the eve of the British annexation of Awadh.
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C.
A Game of Chess
"A Game of Chess" is the second section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," depicting fractured, anxiety-ridden domestic and social scenes that reflect the broader spiritual desolation of post–World War I Europe.
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D.
Pawn Sacrifice
Pawn Sacrifice is a biographical drama film about chess prodigy Bobby Fischer’s Cold War-era showdown with Boris Spassky.
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E.
Chess Records
Chess Records was a pioneering American record label that became famous for shaping Chicago blues and early rock and roll through artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Chuck Berry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre work
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stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Tim Rice ⓘ |
| composer |
Benny Andersson
ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstMajorStageProductionLocation |
West End of London
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surface form:
London West End
|
| firstMajorStageProductionYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| genre | musical ⓘ |
| hasPart |
song "Anthem"
ⓘ
I Know Him So Well ⓘ
surface form:
song "I Know Him So Well"
song "Merano" ⓘ song "Nobody's Side" ⓘ One Night in Bangkok ⓘ
surface form:
song "One Night in Bangkok"
song "Pity the Child" ⓘ Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility) ⓘ
surface form:
song "Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)"
song "The Arbiter" ⓘ song "You and I" ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
Chess Broadway Cast Recording
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Chess (musical) ⓘ
surface form:
Chess Original London Cast Recording
Chess concept album ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Tim Rice ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
American chess champion
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Florence Vassy ⓘ Soviet chess champion ⓘ |
| musicStyle | rock-influenced musical theatre ⓘ |
| notableLyricTheme |
defection
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individual versus state ⓘ sacrifice in love and politics ⓘ |
| notableSongFrom |
I Know Him So Well
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surface form:
"I Know Him So Well"
One Night in Bangkok ⓘ
surface form:
"One Night in Bangkok"
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| orchestrator | Anders Eljas ⓘ |
| originalCastRecordingReleaseDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| producerOfOriginalConceptAlbum |
Benny Andersson
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Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ Tim Rice ⓘ |
| setting |
Bangkok
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Cold War ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War-era Europe
Merano ⓘ |
| subject |
Cold War
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chess ⓘ international chess tournament ⓘ political tensions ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
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