Chess New York movie - The Story of Chess lyrics

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[GREGOR]<br>

Each game of chess means there's one less<br>

Variation left to be played<br>

Each day got through means one or two<br>

Less mistakes remain to be made.<br>

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Not much is known<br>

Of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report<br>

That fifteen hundred years ago two princes fought,<br>

Though brothers, for a Hindu throne.<br>

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Their mother cried<br>

For no one really likes their offspring fighting to the death<br>

She begged them stop the slaughter with her every breath<br>

But sure enough one brother died<br>

Sad beyond belief<br>

She told her winning son<br>

"You have caused such grief --<br>

I can't forgive this evil thing you've done."<br>

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He tried to explain<br>

How things had really been<br>

But he tried in vain<br>

No words of his would satisfy the queen.<br>

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And so he asked the wisest men he knew<br>

The way to lessen her distress<br>

They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress<br>

By using model soldiers on <br>

A chequered board to show it was his brother's fault<br>

They thus invented chess.<br>

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