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Thu, May 8, 2025

Chess champion Thalia Homes cites Rush's Roll the Bones as inspiration in her Chess Masters victory

Thu, May 8, 2025@10:35AM | comments

20-year-old student Thalia Homes took home the winner's trophy in the final episode of BBC Two's Chess Masters: The Endgame, which aired last week. The show followed 12 rising chess stars as they compete in a tournament to be crowned Britain's Chess Master. Homes is interviewed in an article covering the event, and she cites Rush as inspiration when describing the tense final match:

... Thalia said one particular song by hit band Rush inspired her to take some chances. "When you're playing chess, you can get quite a lot of songs stuck in your head," Thalia explained. "I had a specific song called Roll The Bones by Rush. In the song, it says, 'We go out in the world and take our chances, fate is just the weight of circumstances, that's the way that Lady Luck dances, roll the bones.' "They're saying take the chances and create the chances for yourself. And I was like, 'Let's roll the bones here, let's try and create a chance, try and create something to get going." ...

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