The Master Game was such wonderful TV. As a child I had learnt to play- and here I could hear the best players in the world talk about their thoughts on positions... I still do not know of anything comparable.Alas, this should be in its 40th series...instead I'm sure we will soon be enduring the 30th series of some singing contest or talent/clown show or celebrity this or that.

Great memories - remember watching this on BBC2 in the '80s

@kinglear5952

2 ай бұрын

Me too

Those were great chess times, great chess personalities and simple and good presentations. All without computer involvement of any kind. Thanks for uploading this! In today's world, the only thing left is living in the past.

@ClarkPotter

2 ай бұрын

Wtf are you talking about?

I absolutely need to find a table like the one they’re playing on. It’s just perfect!

Thankyou to whoever stumbled across these old probably taped from TV vhs video and uploaded them. I loved watching this as a kid when I didn't even understand chess other than knowing the moves. I remember playing kids in my class who thought I was some kind of genius as I fools mated them one after another, I can still see their bemused expressions after I mated them in three moves lol

This is the most instructive chess videos ever. Thanks for uploading!

Thanks for putting these games up. I remember this show fondly and never thought I would see them again. What a treat.

The decoration is a piece of art

How did they make this? The player voice over is so natural, it sounds like they're thinking in real time. I guess they acted it after the game, but every player sounds so natural and not forced or arkward at all. It 's very compelling .

@Procyon2020

2 ай бұрын

I've wondered this too. The only way I could see it actually being recorded live is if they separated them into different rooms and did it via correspondence but it doesn't seem like they did.

@paulepstein9739

2 ай бұрын

@@Procyon2020 They acted it after the game. Of course, the BBC was very well-resourced in those days so they would have been able to pay the GMs to do several retakes if they sounded unconvincing at first.

Loved this show! Nice win from Tony!

What a wonderful game, thanks for posting

There is a timbre in Larsen's voice which makes him sound like Anthony Hopkins.

@PreservationEnthusiast

2 ай бұрын

"Bent" Larsen... sounds a bit gay to me!

@Psmith-ek5hq

9 күн бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast And there's even an "arse" in his surname. I wonder is he's into gay pawn.

17:21 39...Nh3 40.Be1 Nef2+! 41.Bxf2 Qf3+ 42.Qg2 Nxf2+ 43.Kg1 Nh3+ is what Larsen missed.

@Effivera

5 ай бұрын

Was gong to say just the same! 😅

@calatcryptomathicdotcomyea8751

5 ай бұрын

He must have been in a time-trouble panic

@Effivera

5 ай бұрын

@@calatcryptomathicdotcomyea8751 Yes, you may be right - the tactic wasn't too difficult.

What a great game. Bent leaving that knight en pris for half the game made for an interesting position. I think time trouble got the best of him taking the knight on d7 in the endgame. The f3 knight must've been worth 6 points on that square

Looking at the live analysis, it makes me wonder how the live commentary of the players are voiced. I`ve never watched the live show on BBC in the 80`s - I`m too young to do so- but is it voiceover that is attached after the match been played?

When was this mind reading technology invented is what I want to know.

@mem1o

10 ай бұрын

Lol. If I remember correctly, they would play the game first, then shortly record their thoughts on it, then much later film them according to the game. Tons of work done that made this such a beautiful show. My favorite has to be the relaxing narration and sounds of buttons moving the pieces around,

@enijize1234

2 ай бұрын

Its what scared Bobby Fischer

Where and when?

@EdMcF1

3 ай бұрын

1980, a chess show on the BBC.

When is this programme from? Late seventies, or?

@alexvonderbecke5343

Жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_Game

@alexvonderbecke5343

Жыл бұрын

This episode is 1980

@aarhusnord

Жыл бұрын

@@alexvonderbecke5343 Thank you very much for the information, Alex!

@pauloliver6813

Жыл бұрын

I know you have your answer, but I just want to tell you how lucky I was as a 9 year old child to watch this when it was first broadcast in the UK. I would watch it with my father who did not know how to play but he knew I did and that this was far better than most TV at the time. And so I thank the BBC and my father. Sadly there is nothing comparable now.

@michaelblankenau6598

3 ай бұрын

I remember a tournament Miles played in Chicago where he played his game laying flat on his stomach on an elevated table . Apparently he had injured his back and that was the most comfortable position for him . But it was definitely not a sight one sees often ( if ever ) in a chess tournament.

Annoying me like crazy that the knights are facing in the wrong direction

@Psmith-ek5hq

9 күн бұрын

The ones on the board or the figurines in the notation? When I play, I always have mine facing to the right. Easier to pick up that way. Just as easy to pick up faced to the left; it just my way!

Poor Bent missing 39...Nh3 winning in time trouble (39. Be1, the move he talked about, loses to 39...Nef2+! 40. Bxf2 Qf3+! 41. Qg2 Nxf2+ 42. Kg1 Nh3+ 43 Kh1 Qd1+ and mates.