Endgame #1 - Chess In Concert

Alekhine, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Spassky, Euwe

Karpov, Fischer, Petrosian, Anderssen, Capablanca (x2)

Kasparov, Morphy, Capablanca…

Arbiter:

Gentlemen, the score is five games each

You both need just one more win to be world champion

Frederick:

All eyes in the world of chess and indeed many eyes outside

Are turned towards Bangkok, Thailand today

Where what many here expect to be

The final game of the match in this gripping encounter

Has just been launched with the ceremonial splendor

And all the talk is of the recent sensational loss of form

Of world champion Sergievsky

Who seems certain to surrender his title here today

To the mightily impressive Viigand