[MOLOKOV, spoken]
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 36 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