As of February 2021, there is no scheduled closing night, but during a live Q&A session held on 4 February 2021 on the Broadway Moscow Instagram, Bogachov said that he plans to keep the production on stage during the summer and hopes that it will remain for a second season.[61]
"Merchandisers", "Florence and Molokov", "Anatoly and the Press", "One More Opponent", "Talking Chess" and "Finale" were removed. he song "Argument" was included. The chess games played on stage are actual historical chess games: Karpov-Korchnoi (1978) and Spassky-Fischer (1972) in Act I, and Karjakin-Caruana (2016) in Act II.