BBC - The Master Game [Season 6 & 7]
BBC - The Master Game [Season 6 & 7]
The Master Game was the first program to show chess on television in a way that had a chance of connecting with the larger chess-playing public.
The system developed had players compete in a knock-out tournament at a BBC studio, where the games themselves were recorded; then, about two days later, the players recreated their thoughts during the game in a sound studio. The games were played under tournament conditions, with forty moves in two-and-a-half hours followed by an hour sudden death. (In the first three series, with absolute knockout format, there were also rules for replaying drawn games, but in later tournaments the rules were changed to avoid replays.) The game play was edited to a 30-minute program, so the audience did not have to endure long and unpredictable delays between moves, and commentary by the players was added.
What made the program so successful was the fiction that the players were commenting on the games as they were happening.
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Short was not better at 15 than Fischer was at 15 according to chessmetrics.
Worth pointing out that Bill Hartston says at 13:40 that the time control is first 40 moves in 2 hours, not two and a half as you say in your description. Lovely series - thanks for making them available.
Larry Christiansen trash-talking himself is pure gold 😂
this is hans niemanns dad
There should be different country versions of this show
Unbelievable Schmidt did not play Qa3 check when it was effective ( forcing exchange of queens )
Proof that Hans Niemann is a time traveller.
Perhaps at the end of this episode, it should have had the Dr. Who theme?
Wow what a spectacular game what a show of skill 👍👍👍
This show proves that the Government can read your thoughts, after all the BBC could by the early 1980s.
We still won in the Falklands/Malvinas in 1982 though! Rule Britannia!
Nice video
best game of the whole series
Hm, that's what I figured
In 1982, I thought Quinteros would have played The Falklands Gambit.
Adorjan: ''I don't think about the money. Money is not important.'' Also Adorjan: keeps mentioning the money over and over again, obsessing about it.
Sad to witness.
Adorján looking like a PlayMobil man with that haircut.
All those personalities from 1981 gone, all these boring mumbling players taking their place. I can see why this was the last series,
In the final position Short cannot win by flagging because Hort can move to the 1st rank and after Kh6 Rh1+ Kg7 Hort can exchange the rooks and it's insufficient material.
Of the 8 players who participated in the Master Game 1981, these are the only two who remain alive, Hort being 80 years old now.
39... Nh3 is crushing. Be1 Nef2+, Bxf2 Qf3+, Qg2, Nxf2+, Kg1 Nh3+ and if Kh1 Qd1 just mates so Qxh3 Qxh3 and black is up queen for knight.
28:30 and on the BBC the 15 year old Nigel Short toasts to his victory with a glass of champers! Good old days!
somehow I get as much out of these simple formats as out of expert coverage on St Louis or whatever. What a formidable player Nigel was/is..also Miles comes across well
The calculation is the difference along with a feel for strategy,these players are a whole different level,very talented.
If you run this through Stockfish analysis, Quinteros played very well and was crushing his opponent until he played Rf3? Back then of course they didn't have the post-game engine analysis or evaluation bars. White was +4 at one point.
Hort looks like Cagney’s husband.
Is it possible to get season 3? I would really love to watch Karpov
Stay tuned
Oh my gaaa!
These are amazing to watch. Thank you!
My best Channel. These videos are a treasure of chess. back to chess with no engine is always great.
This was the peak for chess on tv type of entertainment, for sure. Such an excellent program. And what a game! Amazing.
Just fantastic. Very enjoyable to watch.
24:50 Surprising that Nigel Short misses Re1+
yes it's a forced mate at move 30.,, Re1, 31 Kg2 Rg1!, 32 Bxg1 Qg3, 33 Kf1 Qg1, 34 Ke2 Qe1+. White may delay it a bit with 31 Qf1 but clearly black wins easily.
Love the guy waiting for the camera to start to play the zeitnot ;) Great game
36...d4 and White is really struggling to stop the pawn. The move played is completely clueless. Another option would have been g4, pressing on the king side.
This is great, but why only Seasons 6 & 7? Give us all of them!
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Technique was very poor back then
It had to be worked out by human brains, one move at a time. No artificial aids.
Byrne didn't understand that the knight on b4 was actually passive. If he wanted to improve his prospects on the king side, he should have started by rerouting the knight there.
Such a great format! They should bring this back. Having the thoughts from the players themselves and demos of the potential moves is really unique. Much better than some GM off camera giving 20 different variations of each possibility that almost no one can follow.
Love the shirt worn by Short. Is he a squire?
what was that draw offer tho, lmao
Fun to watch
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This would be the last ever edition of the Master Game, as they filmed a series in 1983 but it was not shown in the UK due to TV strikes.
Count how many times they say this game mustn’t be a draw!
Hartston didn't understand anything about this ending. In the final position black is winning in two moves with 1...Bg4+; 2.Kh4 Rc3 and white is busted because 3.Rf8+ is parried by 3...Bf5 and it's all over. Short defended really badly this ending making the only losing move Rh8.😄
Yes, good catch. Sometimes you just listen to commentators and take their word for it, but Short really backed himself into a corner. Sadly, Hort seemed to be left on 5 seconds with no increment, I would have wished he tried though. And thank you for your comment, it made me recheck the position myself.
Interesting! I didn't see it. Also in the position at 16:48, both players where wrong, it was not really a theoretical draw at the end of the line by today standards :if Bd5, rook takes pawn , rook takes, B takes knight.. etc. At the end black is able to retake white bishop, resulting in an ending knight and pawn vs bishop and rook (apprx -4 evaluation), in any case probably a difficult ending in time pressure.
thank you for sharing these, I have stumbled upon them fortuitously - do you have any information regarding the first 5 seasons? I have not found them in my searches so far
Thanks a lot for sharing the series!
way ahead of its time
10:35 The long dianogal!