The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.
Inga takes a pregnancy test in the morning in her apartment and places it on the breakfast table. While waiting for the result, she confronts her French lover Richard with the responsibility for their potential children and for the future prospects of their relationship. Inga wants to push Richard to an immediate position while he wants to postpone all the decisions until the test is complete.
