Chess (theatre)/YMMV
- Alternate Character Interpretation: Anatoly Sergievsky--troubled Anti-Hero pulled apart by the demands of everyone in his life who eventually decides to stand up for himself? Or a spoiled Jerkass whose great success and beautiful family aren't enough, so he abandons the latter, and eventually admits his first obligation is to himself?
- Badass Decay: The versions that have "Pity the Child" in the first act result in Freddie becoming Walter's puppet without anything to save his character from being anything more than a Jerkass pawn with delusions of grandeur.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: "Endgame"--particularly the last minute of it-- as well as "Anthem", and "Pity the Child".
- "Mountain Duet".
- "Nobody's Side" is worth a mention too.
- The sheer complexity of "Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)" is also worth mentioning.
- Draco in Leather Pants: Freddie seems to get this a lot from the fanfic writers, but not so much from the rest of the fandom.
- See the entry for Alternate Character Interpretation above. The latter interpretation leaves Anatoly as an even bigger a-hole than Freddie, so naturally the fangirls are gonna set about making him even more sympathetic.
- Ear Worm: "One Night in Bangkok"
- Hilarious in Hindsight: The 2006 World Championship match, anyone? Danailov would fit perfectly into this show.
- Tear Jerker: Many folk who, for their own reasons, have had to leave the country they were born and raised in, have reported bursting into tears when they hear "Anthem."
- The Woobie: Mischa in the Swedish production. Maybe his grandma as well.
- Depending on the production (and the actor), "Pity the Child" can almost turn Freddie into one.