ACT I
- The four leads each sing solos in the first verse of "Story of Chess."
- The Arbiter's monologue (not sure if it's the standard opening speech or not, the poster wasn't that thorough) occupies what used to be the first verse of "Merano," with the chorus beginning the song at "The gods have smiled..." In lieu of the whistling, the Arbiter begins to introduce the players, but Freddie is, of course, late.
- "Freddie's Entrance" goes straight into "Press Conference" (which uses the 2008 concert arrangement, cutting the Leningrad verse), with no "Merano" reprise.
- The scene before "Where I Want to Be" (which includes "Anatoly and Molokov," as usual) is largely the same, though it is now explicitly indicated that Anatoly finds Florence attractive.
- Walter is involved with "Commie Newspapers," and after that song, there's a fragment of the "How Many Women" scene from Broadway.
- The opening ceremony is "Diplomats" (with the Arbiter singing the final verse, for some reason), straight into "Arbiter," straight into "Chess #1." Following all this is a scene clearly playing off the yogurt scene from the Broadway/Sydney versions, though in this case, the offending foodstuff is a banana which Anatoly mocks Freddie with by using it as a telephone. "Quartet," of course, follows.
- Following this is a dialogue scene that serves the same role as the "Florence and Molokov" recitative in the London version, which incorporates the "pick a restaurant from a guidebook" element from the equivalent Broadway scene.
- The "(1956) Budapest is Rising" / "Nobody's Side" scene goes off without a hitch, though it ends abruptly even for the London version, cutting off after "Never waste a hot afternoon."
- No "Der Kleine Franz," though Florence and Anatoly do have a scene together before "Mountain Duet."
- After Freddie's verse, Anatoly gets the line "I have agreed to the terms Miss Vassy has set out..." etc. He leaves, and we go straight into "Florence Quits" with no change of scene. After this Freddie sings "Pity The Child" in full, and then sings "A Taste of Pity" as a press conference before resigning.
- The defection scene involves Florence distracting Molokov as Anatoly runs off. With Walter's aid, he boards a plane to London and Florence sings "Heaven Help My Heart" once they are safe aboard.
- On the ground, Anatoly is accosted, and we get "Anatoly and the Press" followed by "Anthem." Camera flashes go off as the curtain closes.
ACT II
- Freddie comes out as a reporter immediately (the script generally plays very nicely with this element). His reports on the first few games of the match are underscored by "Golden Bangkok." Then there's some stage business where he witnesses Anatoly and Florence being all coupley, which leads into "One Night in Bangkok."
- The "One More Opponent" / "You and I" scene has a short dialogue interlude where Anatoly explains that his marriage to Svetlana was arranged from the beginning and the two never really loved each other.
- The "Interview" scene begins with Molokov approaching Walter with his deal. Walter's interaction with Freddie, though now spoken, is much the same, and he and Molokov together sing the verse "We all want times in our careers...". The actual interview goes as normal. Svetlana's image stays on the screen, appealing in Russian, then English. She sings "Someone Else's Story" at a press conference.
- "The Soviet Machine" is slightly cut down, with little change beyond cutting the intro and outro verses.
- "The Deal" is the same as London, but the Arbiter's narration is swapped out for game status updates.
- "I Know Him So Well" and "Talking Chess" play out largely just as in London, with some of the 2008 concert dialogue at the end.
- "Endgame" cuts the opening Champions Chorus and Freddie's news report "All eyes in the world of chess..." but otherwise goes as in London.
- From there the show mostly ends as the 2008 concert version did, though with a couple of lines cut before "You and I (Reprise)" (which uses that concert's adaptation of the Broadway lyrics). Walter tells Florence her father may be dead after all, and she sings "Anthem (Reprise)."
