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I bet we've been together for a million
years.

And I bet we'll be together for a
million more.

Oh, it's like I started breathing on the
night we did.

And I can't remember what I ever did
before.

What would we do, baby, without us?

What would we do, baby, without us?

And there ain't no nothing we can't love
each other through.

What would we do, baby, without us?

Queen to rook five.

Checkmate.

At five in a row, you worthless pile of
microchips.

You know, I could get a better game of
chess out of the blender.

You really thought you could beat me,
didn't you? Well, let me tell you

something, pal. I am not the Leland
college chess champion for nothing.

I am the best. Do you hear me?

The best.

Alex, I thought I told you not to yell
at the appliances.

You know, I have beaten this thing five
games in a row, Mom. Do you know what

that means?

That means I'm in peace form for my big
match.

Tomorrow, I'm going to be sitting across
the table from Ivan Rosmarovich, one of

the top young Soviet chess players. The
television cameras are going to be

rolling. The eyes of the world are going
to be upon me. And, Mom, I'm going to

wipe up the board with that little
Bolshevik.

Alex, that is a terrible attitude.

This is a cultural event. You should
welcome this boy here with a spirit of

cooperation and goodwill.

Don't be so naive, Mom.

This kid has won every match he's played
since he's come to the States.

Right now, Gorbachev and all his buddies
in the Kremlin are laughing.

Tossing back a few vodkas, saying Keith
on his next. Once we defeat him, nothing

can stop us.

You're right. What a fool I've been.

Hey, Alex, there's a telegram for you in
the mail from Washington, D .C.

Whoa, Washington, D .C.?

Dear Mr. Keating, on behalf of the State
Department and the President of the

United States, I would like to wish you
good luck in your match tomorrow.

Look at that. It's practically signed by
the President himself.

Edmund P. Lockridge.

Undersecretary of State for Chess and
Backgammon.

My leaders are watching me, Mom.

Hey, Dad, how's the telecast shaping up?
Were you able to get those things I

asked for?

We don't have the budget, son. This is
just a local telecast.

What, no slow motion replays?

No can do.

I would go sell. Sorry.

Goodyear blimp.

It would never fit in the building,
Alex.

And we're now just moments away from the
start of this exciting match.

We are very fortunate to have with us
today American chess grandmaster Eric

Nordstrom. who will provide us with a
detailed play -by -play analysis of the

event. Now, Eric, this is your first
outing as a commentator, isn't it?

Yes.

Thank you.

How you doing?

Oh, fine, fine, fine.

Look, there he is, Ivan Rosmarovich.

A Soviet automaton.

Cold and heartless.

Do it, Will.

Alex. Hey, guess you're excited, huh?

Um, no.

Um, Jennifer wanted to know if anyone's
going to be coming around selling hot

dogs.

It's unlikely.

I wanted to wish you good luck.

Good luck.

What do you mean by that?

What do you mean by... What do I mean by
that?

I think you know.

Good luck, Alex.

Good luck? What are you, with him?

So what did you say to him?

Good luck.

What did you mean by that?

I don't know, but I won't say it
anymore.

Good afternoon, everybody.

I'm Mildred Atkins, chairman of the
Leland University Political Science

Department. On behalf of the university,
I should like to offer a most gracious

welcome to our guest from the Soviet
Union, Ivan Rozmirovich and his coach,

Vladimir Rykov.

Gentlemen, we wish you a hearty
здравствуйте и привет вам.

And now...

Now the match will commence. I wish you
both good luck.

Let the chess begin.

Well, the match is underway.

Eric. You're absolutely right.

It is.

Yes, we have quite a match here.

Really.

Really something.

Very exciting.

Very, very exciting.

A very good move.

Thank you.

Well,

both players have just made moves.

They look like pretty good moves to me,
but of course I'm just an amateur.

Unlike yourself, Eric.

What is wrong with you, Ivan?

There is nothing wrong with me. He is
playing a fine match.

You must win this match. To lose a match
to an unknown American would be a

disgrace, Ivan.

A disgrace to the Soviet Union.

Don't you realize that?

I do.

Damn him.

Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,
players.

Due to the length of the match, we will
adjourn until tomorrow, following the

next move by Rozmirovich.

Bishop, the night's over. Are you
kidding?

Do you hear?

And Rokhmirovich has moved his bishop to
knight two. And that's a very unusual

move. I'm not quite sure what it means.

I've gone over it a thousand times in my
mind. There's no way around it.

Bishop to knight two is a bad move.

He made a bad move.

All I've got to do is move queen to
bishop six and I can't lose.

Well, why are you so upset? about this,
Alex. You want to win, don't you? Just

accept it happily. He made a bad move.

Ellen, he did not make a bad move.
Yvonne Rosemarovitch is too good to make

bad move. How can you possibly say he
made a bad move?

I didn't say it. You did.

It's got to be a trap of some sort. You
know, some hidden strategy I didn't pick

up on. Well, it's not plausible. It's
probably a trap. It can't be a trap,

Ellen.

I played a million games of chess. I
know a trap when I see one. What's wrong

with you?

You're right. I'm sorry.

Maybe I'm just underestimating myself.

I was playing a great game. Maybe he
just got thrown. He got nervous and he

blundered. Well, that's probably what
happened. He got nervous and he

He did not get nervous and blundered.

Ellen, he's an experienced tournament
player.

He would not get nervous and blundered.
Do you know how ridiculous you sound?

I'm sorry.

Bishop and I, too.

It's like he's throwing the match.

Why?

Listen, I gotta get back to my room.
Talk to you later?

Yeah.

Hey, uh, Keaton.

Played on the tube today.

Looked pretty good.

Thanks. You gonna demolish that commie
tomorrow?

Yeah, I'll do my best.

Rambo Keaton's gonna get the ruski.

Real chess lovers.

Yvonne, what are you doing here? I mean,
come in.

Now, Cecil, do they let you walk around
here?

I'm sorry.

Sit down. Are you allowed to sit down?

Yes, aren't you?

How are you doing?

Fine.

I was just taking a walk around the
campus, relaxing a little.

Hey, you any good at this?

I've never played. Good. Great.

Finally, a game I'm better than you at.

Nice shot.

You are doing superbly.

In our chess match, I mean.

When did you first take off the game?

I don't know. I guess I've been in love
with chess ever since I watched the...

The Bobby Fischer -Boris Basky World
Championship, 1972?

That's right.

How did you know?

Watching that match on television was
what got me interested in the game as

well. No kidding. Oh, yes.

Some of the most beautiful chess ever
played. Are you telling me? It was

unbelievable.

Last game.

The last game? I know it by heart.

Move 36.

Remember, Spassky moved Bishop to King
6.

Fisher countered with King to Bishop 5.
Right, Bishop to Queen 7.

Rook to Queen, Knight 8. After this, he
could not lose.

He made those pieces dance.

I used to love the game so much when I
was a boy.

Playing a game of chess was like going
to another world where I had the power

make things happen from my imagination.
It was the greatest thing in my life.

What about now?

Now there's no joy in the game for me
anymore.

Now it's a prison.

I have to win all the time or I've...

I disgraced myself.

I disgraced my coach.

I disgraced the Soviet Union. All I ever
wanted to be was a chess player.

I didn't want to be a flag for my
country.

Yeah, but you are, Ivan.

I mean, I am too. That's part of being a
great chess player. You play for the

honor of your country. I love my country
as you love yours.

But the competition that exists is not
healthy. Alex, why can't two people...

who love the game as we do, just play
chess for the joy of it. Why does it

to be international standoff?

Because, Ivan, it's part of the friendly
rivalry that exists between our two

nations.

It's like a piano competition, the
Olympics, the arms race.

Well, I do not want to be part of it.

I'm tired of all this.

I want to be home with my family, with
my friends.

I want all this to end.

Is that why you're throwing the match?

Bishop to knight two.

All I have to do is move queen to bishop
six and the game's over.

You know that as well as I do. You lose
it on purpose.

It's inappropriate to discuss the match
during an adjournment. No, hang on,

Ivan.

I think I understand it now.

See, I am the first guy you played who's
given you a close enough match so you

can lose without anyone thinking you
lost intentionally. You flip in the

rankings, you're off the team, and it's
over.

That's it, isn't it? I do not know what
you're talking about.

Hi, darling. Your dad and I just got
here.

Mal and Jen will be along in about a
half an hour.

Great. Look, Eric, we're paying you good
money for this. I wish you'd comment

more on the match.

Oh, all right. I think both players have
handled themselves. Not now!

We're on the air.

I can't believe Yvonne is throwing this
match.

Well... Honey, if he really wants to
lose, there's not much you can do to

him.

I guess not.

For a player as good as Ivan is to throw
a match, what the poor guy must be

going through.

Poor guy?

The same person you referred to
yesterday as that cold, heartless

I call a lot of people that.

I know.

You're right.

You know, last night in the snack bar,
there were a couple of guys, you know,

jerks, cheering me on to beat the
commie.

And it shook me up, Mom, because I could
hear myself saying that. In fact, I was

saying that just a couple of nights ago.

But the fact is, Yvonne is not a
villain.

She's just a guy who likes to play
chess.

It sounds to me like you really don't
want to win that much anymore.

Not like this one.

So what are you going to do?

What choice do I have?

Edmund P. Lockridge is wafting over me,
cheering me on.

Can't let him down.

Well, you never have before.

You want to know something, Mom?

It's a lot easier to hate a country than
it is to hate a person.

I remember when hate was so simple.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.

If the players are ready, we can resume
play.

It is Mr. Keaton's turn.

Will you please say something?

Well, it looks like Keaton is going to
queen to bishop six check.

That's a very strong move. It could well
win the match for him.

Fair, was that so hard?

What are you doing? You were going to
move your queen.

Yeah, well, as you know, Yvonne, the
move is not final until I take my hand

the piece.

I've reconsidered.

I had to move my bishop. But the queen
moved. It's the better move.

As you.

Why are you doing this?

To even things up, Ivana. Don't pretend
you don't know what I'm talking about.

Follick, please.

No.

There. It's all even now.

Bad move for bad move.

Let's play some chess, pal.

Trying to make a move if you'll let go
of my hand.

You're making a bad move on purpose
again.

Well, there's quite a bit more grabbing
going on in today's

session. I'll say that.

I'm not going to let you do it, Yvonne.
Let go of my hand.

There.

The move is official now.

Oh, yeah?

That's an even worse move than you made.

This is worse than yours.

That's the worst move you'll ever see me
make.

That is bad, but watch this.

Let go of my hand.

Whoa, some great action.

You're not putting that queen in this
square of honor. Give it to me.

Gentlemen, what is the meaning of this?

I never thought I'd say this after a
chess match, but nice tackle.

I was just talking to Nordstrom. He said
that this is absolutely a chess first.

Both players disqualified for wrestling.

Look, Yvonne was trying to lose the
match so he could drop out of

chess.

But I just didn't think a player that
great should go out with a black mark on

his record.

Well, you took care of that, didn't you?

Alex, I'm proud of you.

Some people have to win at any cost.

You're just not like that.

Sure, Dad. Kick me while I'm down.

Come on, everyone. Let's go home.

If you don't mind, I'd kind of like to
be alone for a while.

All right, well, let's just go home.

I don't think I'll take up chess.

It's too violent.

I forgot to take it with me.

Stay back!

How you doing?

My arm is a little sore, but the nurse
at your infirmary said it was just a

sprain. My first chest injury.

Listen, Ivan, I hope... I mean, uh...

Siberia for this, are they?

Because I don't think that's right.

I mean, if anybody should go to Siberia,
it should be me.

And I'll tell you leaders that. I will.

I mean, who do I call?

They're close now.

Don't worry, Alex. Neither of us are
going to Siberia.

Well, what are you going to do? Are you
going to quit playing tournaments?

Oh, I don't know.

When I get home, I'll talk it over with
my parents.

I trust their opinion.

Sorry I put you through all this. No, I
am glad you did what you did.

Alex, everyone I've encountered in the
world of chess has treated me as either

hero or a villain.

But you acted out of concern for me.

Out of love for the game.

Right now I have a good feeling about
the world of chess that I haven't had in

long while.

I consider you my friend, Alex.

Same here, Ivan.

Sorry.

You should visit me in the Soviet Union.

I would love to play another game of
chess with you someday. No tournament,

two friends.

Who loved the game.

Listen, Ivan.

I'm not going to be in the Soviet Union
for at least a couple of weeks.

So why don't we play now?

What? Why don't we play right now? No
flag, no international rivalry, no

no cameras, nothing at stake.

There's a couple of guys who like to
play chess.

All right.

All right.

I'll play you for a buck.

Sit, Ubu, sit.

Good dog.