[MOLOKOV, spoken]
Ha ha ha ha ha
The man is utterly mad
Believe me, Anatoly, you're playing a lunatic

[ANATOLY, spoken]
That's the problem
He's a brilliant lunatic
And you can't tell which way he'll jump
Like his game, he's impossible to analyze
You can't predict him, dissect him
Which of course means he's not a lunatic at all

[MOLOKOV]
What we've just seen's a pathetic display
From a man who's beginning to crack
He's afraid
He knows he isn't the player he was
And he won't get it back

[ANATOLY]
Nonsense!
Why do you people
Always want to believe
Third-rate propaganda?
[MOLOKOV]
My friend, please relax
We're all on your side
You know how you need us—

[ANATOLY]
I don't need my army
Of so-called "advisors"
And helpers
To tell me the man
Who's revitalized chess single-handed
Is more or less out of his brain
When it's very clear he's sane

[MOLOKOV]
Listen, we don't underestimate Trumper
We won't get caught in that trap
After all
Winning or losing reflects on us all—

[ANATOLY]
Oh, don't give me that crap
I win—no one else does
And I take the rap if I lose

[MOLOKOV]
It's not quite that simple
The whole world's tuned in
We're all on display
We're not merely sportsmen—
[ANATOLY]
Oh, please don't start spouting that old party line
Yes, I know it's your job
But just get out and get me
My chess-playing second
In thirty-six hours we begin
That is if you want to win

[MOLOKOV, spoken]
Wanting is not sufficient
We have to know
We have to make sure
All men have a weakness: his is that woman
Take her, and you win the game

[ANATOLY, spoken]
So you think I can't win otherwise?

[MOLOKOV, spoken]
I'm not saying that
I'm just making certain
And she is attractive
Then there's her intriguing family history—
Hungary, 1956 and all that

[ANATOLY, spoken]
I'm a chess player, Mr. Molokov
You go and play these other games