The Master Game FINAL 1980 - GM Lothar Schmid (FDR) v GM Walter Browne (USA)

Presenting the prizes was Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE (1906-1995). He was a strong British chess player and a WW2 codebreaker working at Bletchley Park.

[@marciowinter]

Thanks for sharing those games! From a time when chess was more valued.

[@waynejohnson1075]

Bill Hartson is up there alongside some of the best British commentators.....
Peter Aliss, Murray Walker, Harry Carpenter, Bill McLaren, Ted Lowe, Brian Johnston, Mike Costello and Peter O'Sullivan, to name but a few.
Currently, David Howell has similar appeal.
Gentle, laid back, informative and passionate.
When they talk, I listen, and learn.
Thank you for these vids.
Bygone days full of reminisce.

[@omegaamigo]

Nice one, Rob, I was hoping you'd have the final of this series 🙂 Thanks for all your uploads.

[@MikeA0198]

Thank you for uploading these videos. It has been very enjoyable watching the games from this series.

[@columkenn]

Very interesting series with the players giving their thoughts

[@hugh081]

It's a shame this format has died out. I suppose now all the big tournaments are streamed live and players go straight into press conferences and then back to the hotel to prepare

[@alkanliszt]

Thanks for these uploads.

[@wheechie]

Thanks so much for uploading these. Brings back childhood memories and the fornat is so insightful. Adore Browne's "off-duty maverick New York cop" style. Wonder who won their 5mins game at the end... and did they really take all the cash

[@andyjackson2891]

Would love modern day Magnus' thoughts like this but WITH the opposing player who think they are surviving at the time.
Great series with simple analysis when the BBC catered for a different minority.....

[@112sje]

I am pleased for the winner as I seem to remember that he was the arbiter for the Fischer-Spassky World Championship match where the American gave him a hard time.

[@Ukedc259]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing these. Do you have any episodes from prior series back into the 1970s??

[@inguh7041]

fantastic tactic, back and forth, nice!

[@albertusmagnus5829]

Thanks for uploading Rob - do you have the previous series, the one Nigel Short won? I literally bumped into Nigel coming out of the loos at the Barbican in London during a speed chess challenge in the mid 90s - Kramnik was the star then - also saw Bill Hartston on the Northern line tube in the early 00s - the sum total of my chess celebrity encounters ;-)

[@uglyguitarist1340]

who won this tournament?

[@robclark4626]

Lothar Schmid

[@mx953]

German accent detected :D

[@anouarben779]

how did they manage to record their commentary it's looks almost like in realtime !

[@robclark4626]

I believe it was contractual for the players to play their game and then adjourn to a studio immediately afterwards to do the recording while still fresh in their minds.

[@richardhelliwell1210]

The actual games were played away from the studio. A mock-up of the game was then held in the studio in front of the cameras with James and Hartson commenting. The players' thoughts were recorded beforehand, too. The board was just glass, filmed from underneath in reflection with the pieces being moved by someone wearing gloves! It's just a brilliant presentation of chess for its time. As a young teenager I loved it.