CHESS – First US National Tour – 1990

Carolee Carmello (Florence Vassy), Stephen Bogardus (Freddie Trumper), John Herrera (Anatoly Sergievsky), Barbara Walsh (Svetlana Sergievsky), Kenneth Ard (The Arbiter), David Hurst (Molokov), Gregory Jbara (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Decent video, taper takes a bit to follow the action. Overall a very nice video, clear picture and sound, low generation

CHESS – Fredericia, Denmark – February, 2000

Christopher Howard (Freddie Trumper), Emma Kershaw (Florence Vassy), Stig Rossen (Anatoly Sergievsky), Rikke Duelund (Svetlana Sergievsky), Søren Møller (The Arbiter), Paul Leates (Molokov) Notes: First Denmark Tour

CHESS – Goslar, Germany – February, 2001

Vincent Pirillo (u/s Anatoly Sergievsky), Marion Musiol (Florence Vassy), Andrea Matthias Pagani (Freddie Trumper), Martin Berger (Arbiter), Krzysztof Stasierowski (u/s Walter de Courcey) Notes: English songs, German dialogue.

CHESS – Göteborg, Sweden – 2002

Anders Ekborg (Freddie Trumper), Helen Sjöholm (Florence Vassy), Tommy Körberg (Anatoly Sergievsky), Josefin Nilsson (Svetlana Sergievsky), Rolf Skoglund (The Arbiter), Per Myrberg (Molokov) Notes: Official DVD Release

CHESS – Gouda, The Netherlands – October, 2006

Henk Poort (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Joke de Kruijf (Florence Vassy), Jasper Kerkhof (Freddie Trumper / The American), Ben Cramer (Molokov), Mieke Dijkstra (Svetlana Sergievsky), Perry Dossett (Arbiter), Michelle Courtens, Sanne Hamel, Hans Lemmen, Nathalie de Meijm, Sasha ter Mors, Jeroen Robben, Sven Tummeleer, Jurko van Veenendaal, Daniëlle Veneman, Wieke Wiersma

CHESS – Hungary – 1992

Pál Makrai (Anatoly Sergievsky), Attila Kaszás (Florence Vassy), Ildikó Keresztes (Freddie Trumper), Andrea Malek (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Lajos Csuha (Arbiter), József Incze (Molokov)

CHESS – London, UK – 1986

Elaine Paige (Florence Vassy), Murray Head (Freddie Trumper), Tommy Körberg (Anatoly Sergievsky), Siobhán McCarthy (Svetlana Sergievsky), Tom Jobe (The Arbiter), John Turner (Molokov), Kevin Colson (Walter de Courcey) Notes: There’s no zooming and everything’s pretty fuzzy, but the audio is soundboard and in relatively good shape. Please note that this video exists in several formats. The oldest are in.VOB format, and while they have…

CHESS – London, UK – April 11, 1984

Murray Head (The American), Elaine Paige (Florence), Tommy Körberg (The Russian), Barbara Dickson (Svetlana), Karin Glenmark (Sventlana), Leslie Fyson (Molokov). Televised world premiere concert version performed in English featuring the London Symphony Orchestra. Notes: World Premiere Concert. Includes: Lyrics by Tim Rice, The Making Off, Chess Moves, Chess on TV.

CHESS – London, UK – August, 2022

Samantha Barks (Florence Vassy), Joel Harper-Jackson (Freddie Trumper), Hadley Fraser (Anatoly Sergievsky), Frances Mayli McCann (Svetlana Sergievsky), Ako Mitchell (The Arbiter), Craige Els (Molokov), Vas Constanti (Leonid Viigand), Trevor McDonald (Reporter), Joseph Craig (Ensemble), Darius J. James (Ensemble), Aoife Kenny (Ensemble), Jessica Lee (Ensemble), Nick Len (Ensemble), Natasha May-Thomas (Ensemble), Alice Readie (Ensemble), Joshua Robinson (Ensemble), Stuart Rouse (Ensemble), Phoebe Samuel-Gray (Ensemble), Grant Thresh (Ensemble), Libby Watts (Ensemble) Size: 8.16…

CHESS – London, UK – May 12, 2008

Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky), Idina Menzel (Florence Vassy), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper), Kerry Ellis (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Marti Pellow (Arbiter), David Bedella (Molokov), Clarke Peters (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Royal Albert Hall Concert

CHESS – Melbourne, Australia – September 26, 1991

April Keating (Florence Vassy), Kevin Whitney (Freddie Trumper), David Rogers-Smith (Anatoly Sergievsky), Melissa Langton (Svetlana Sergievsky), Steven Ritchie (The Arbiter), Geoff Harrison (Molokov), Andrew Roberts (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Staged concert version. Semi-pro shot, using one camera.

CHESS – Moscow, Russia – November 21, 2020

Rostislav Kolpakov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Bobrov (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Yulia Iva (Svetlana), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov) Notes: Matinee. Kolpakov’s debut. Very Limited Trade (3:1)