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I have only played Chess in passing, but i read this fun story about a tournament between Grandmasters in St. Louis.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2014/09/sinquefield_cup_one_of_the_most_amazing_feats_in_chess_history_just_happened.single.html

Fun stuff.

That was a great read, thanks. I got a quite a kick out of the players' comments about their opponents: the level of confidence in your own abilities you'd need to call the no. 7 player in the world "inept" is ludicrous.

I followed this event as it happened.

Caruana played extraordinarily well, and it only serves to highlight further that he should have been invited to the WC qualifiers rather than Svidler.

Came here expecting "One Night in Bangkok". Was dissapointed.

I'm afraid to google that.

 Easy E wrote:
I'm afraid to google that.

I can understand the reluctance to google. “Chess” was an early 80’s musical (did they turn it into a movie?) about cold war era chess, rivalries, etc. “One night in Bangkok” was one of the major songs, and did quite well on the charts.

Tim Rice wrote the lyrics and the guys from ABBA wrote the music.

A few years back they did "Chess in Concert"...kind of a concert version of the musical. It was well done if you're a fan of the soundtrack or show.