Inspired by true events, the play is a fictional retelling of three men who, in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, find themselves trapped aboard the now-sunken USS West Virginia. The story explores the men's relationships and character as they fight for the lives they hope to live and wrestle with the lives they've lived thus far.
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The story is set during the Cold War and follows a grandmaster chess tournament between American and Soviet opponents, but the theme of chess itself is used to express the clash of ideologies between the two countries.