03 Round 1 Tony Miles vs Bent Larsen

03 Round 1 Tony Miles vs Bent Larsen

[@germanchris4440]

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.

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

Chess is genuinely an amazing way for intelligent and sensible, disciplined people to get together and completely waste their time for absolutely no reason.

[@ClarkPotter]

Wtf are you talking about?

[@pauloliver6813]

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.

[@mbire831]

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

[@kinglear5952]

Me too

[@kennethneil1185]

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

[@alexandrefreitas9295]

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

[@KayfabeCorner]

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

[@submarineuboat8716]

The decoration is a piece of art

[@CrueLoaf]

Loved this show! Nice win from Tony!

[@utredutredson1686]

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

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

What a wonderful game, thanks for posting

[@mehdimehdikhani5899]

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

[@Effivera]

Was gong to say just the same! 😅

[@calatcryptomathicdotcomyea8751]

He must have been in a time-trouble panic

[@Effivera]

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

[@annandune]

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

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

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

[@sharpsh00ter619]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@muradnuri397]

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?

[@michaelmcgee335]

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

[@mem1o]

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]

Its what scared Bobby Fischer

[@giannipaladi1451]

Where and when?

[@EdMcF1]

1980, a chess show on the BBC.

[@enijize1234]

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

[@aarhusnord]

When is this programme from? Late seventies, or?

[@alexvonderbecke5343]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_Game

[@alexvonderbecke5343]

This episode is 1980

[@aarhusnord]

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

[@pauloliver6813]

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]

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.

[@utredutredson1686]

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