The Downfall of the Chess Grandmaster | Columbo

Checkmate.
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Clip from Season 2, Episode 7 "The Most Dangerous Match" - An American chess champion plays a private match with his challenger and kills him because the man is a better player.
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[@onemorething123]

One of the more interesting gotcha moments. By the way, never saw Columbo move so fast as when he thought Dog was in danger at the beginning of the clip.

[@landonletterman831]

I have, but he was falling down a hill because of his poor depth perception (see also; why he doesn't carry a gun, and why he's such a terrible driver) I love how they don't blatantly spell it out, but leave you to see it from watching

[@danorthsidemang3834]

Dog

[@rennwolfwolfgangkriegl]

@@landonletterman831 While it is true that a person with only one good eye cannot perceive the world around him in three dimensions just from his sense of vision, the level of impairment it bestows on him is dependent on how long ago and at what age he lost the sight in his other eye. What I am trying to say is that my grandfather had the same condition happen to him as a teenager and when I asked him about it when he was in his 60s, he said that he hardly ever felt impaired by the loss of sight in his other eye anymore. Only low light situations were a problem, he said. It is truly remarkable, what the human brain can accomplish!

[@trygullx]

I did however he was going downhill and tumbled at the end XD

[@onemorething123]

@@trygullx Right! Forgot about that one! That's when he met Sergeant Wilson for the first time.

[@sstuddert]

The board position shown at 6:17 is known as the _fool's mate._ From Wikipedia: _The fool's mate can be achieved only by Black, giving checkmate on the second move with the queen. The fool's mate received its name because it can occur only if White commits an extraordinary blunder. Even among rank beginners, this checkmate rarely occurs in practice._

[@johnpender358]

Exactly. No grandmaster would open that way. Only a fool. Before he says rook to king bishop. What the heck is that? Rook to king bishop where? So phoney.

[@Stehvee]

One of the most common move i do because of the people i play

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Two blunders, really. Who opens with f4 anyway?

[@benslater3588]

@@NotAGoodUsername360 Birds opening isnt even horrible its just incredibly risky, especially if you are playing it without knowing enough opening theory. For example, Froms Countergambit (1. e5!?) against 1.f4 is a brutal weapon

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Another impressive thing is that this grandmaster got mate by castling. This is EXTREMELY rare and hard to achieve.

[@Alskie1986]

i really love the ending shot of the episode, when Columbo explained that the murderer had to be deaf and then he lowers his head as if he feels sorry he exploited the guys disability.

[@KRYPTOS_K5]

In modern America it would be impossible to accomplish due to a hundred lawyers abounding around the murderer at the same time that the policeman (Columbo) must be shy (specially if the murder is black lives matters etc etc...) This is modern America. Brazil

[@nickkrampus5650]

@@KRYPTOS_K5 Jesse. What the hell are you talking about.

[@Pelgaphilthecapybara]

@@nickkrampus5650 he's saying lawyers would make Columbo's life hell (he was also being extremely racist)

[@nickkrampus5650]

@@Pelgaphilthecapybara but like.... That's not how law works? Also he wasn't black?? And why does it say Brazil at the end???

[@Pelgaphilthecapybara]

@@nickkrampus5650 1) yes, not how the law works 2) no he wasn't, he was equating the situation with BLM for some reason and acting as if they're bad (they aren't) 3) the commenter is from Brazil. Thus why he wrote it. Which is dumb, why is a Brazilian speaking about Modern America if he likely hasn't experienced old or new America?

[@bradfordrusso7480]

Fran Drescher ("The Nanny" TV show) was right. She said: "You know who the murderer is, in the first 5 minutes. Then you spend the rest of the hour trying to figure out which one is the real one." (Referring to which of Falk's eyes is real vs. the glass eye.)

[@kenglasson2920]

Right

[@billyyank2198]

6:17 Fool's Mate. A position that no Grandmaster would ever fall for, unless, he was worried about playing correspondence Chess from prison in the near future.

[@siangchengpang772]

It's literally physically impossible for a GM to do this even if a gun points at them, they might and some did fall for mid-game traps, but openings are like scripted at the GM level, no one start actually thinking until like move 10

[@vibovitold]

​@@siangchengpang772 well, not always : ) Anand once spent nearly 2 minutes thinking on move 4... IN A BLITZ GAME. knowing opening theory doesn't mean you can't still spend a lot of time deciding which path to take however no grandmaster (or even any reasonable player, for that matter) would have ever gone for the f4 and g4 setup : )

[@Staarkalinou]

The main problem here is not even the Fool's mate which is a ridiculous flaw from the scenario... The first problem is a fool's mate occurs at black's 2nd move, which is incompatible with the number of moves shown on other chessboards... In a simultaneous chess game, all games have the same number of moves.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

@@Staarkalinou No, in the episode, you can hear him say "New game", it's hard to hear over Columbo but you can definitely hear it. So this is a fresh game.

[@Staarkalinou]

@@aneonfoxtribute it still doesnt make sense. In a simultaneous chess game, there is no new game starting after the initial moves on all chess boards. All the games are starting at the same time. Anyway..

[@MrSamuelArthurRobertAllen]

Great episode with the great Laurence Harvey. So sad that he passed 7-8 months after this episode was released. Best final quote of the episode Columbo : I'm sorry, Mr. Clayton, but along with all the other trivial evidence that we've talked about, the murderer in this case just had to be a deaf man.

[@exitscreaming4637]

Imagine telling that to a jury lol

[@cezariuszreginia5300]

I don’t think this would be enough in court in the real one like wouldn’t he need more evidence than just one guard being witness to him not hearing the machine? I wonder how much time he got in the episode in real life his lawyers would probably work it out somehow

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

I like the detail that the checkmate he suffers because Columbo is bothering him so much is one famous for being a rookie mistake. No wonder he was so furious.

[@fredthegraycatt]

I just got done watching this episode again. That's part of Columbo's technique. He just grinds you down.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

I just LOVE how quickly ole Frank springs into action to "save" Dog!!!

[@robertroy1878]

I also noticed how surprisingly fast he moved.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

@@robertroy1878 That's what a Columbo action scene looks like. Go Frank, GO!

[@xenolambrose7261]

Yeah, I’ve always wondered why Columbo ran after “Dog” so fast.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

@@xenolambrose7261 He thought he was gonna get ground up into hamburger.

[@janstefanisin320]

This is just a proof that Columbo has magical powers of annoyance. The checkmate the murderer got has a name. It's fool's mate! You cannot got it by accident on grandmasters level. You just cannot!!! But Columbo with his mystical powers just managed to cursed the man.

[@paulvanallen-lononca]

Two move checkmate... only black can achieve this mate! Fool's mate is a four move checkmate.

[@cactus2304]

@@paulvanallen-lononca no, the 4 move checkmate is called the scholars mate, its the one with the white bishop and queen both attacking f7. the fools mate is when white plays g4 and f4 (or f3) and black checkmates with queen to h4

[@jean-pierrethibaudeau7201]

If you check the other boards, they all have more than two moves played at this moment, so this player must have skipped a few moves, an impossible thing in such a tournament.

[@danielmarone5757]

4 point checkmate

[@kiwi-ni8co]

@@paulvanallen-lononca Fool's mate is 2 moves your thinking of scholars mate.

[@tomohawk52]

Peter Falk was a chess fan. He was spotted at a number of high-level US events in the 70s and 80s.

[@KravKernow]

He was also a great golfer. There's a fantastic scene where he books in for a golf lesson. plays completely dumb, then whacks the ball about half a mile.

[@davehug5405]

He was in his part time a good detective 😂

[@Steveross2851]

@rockpile Peter Falk was more than a chess fan, his chess was the equivalent to at least an intermediate level tournament player. Depending on the source his chess was equivalent to 1600 to even 1800+ rated chess and if memory serves a few of his games were published in chess magazines.

[@tomohawk52]

@@Steveross2851 I remember when I was a kid reading about how Falk and William Windom were tournament players, but I don't have my old Chess Life magazines to confirm it.

[@jovetj]

This clip also caused me to learn about his glass right eye.

[@billyyank2198]

Steve McGarrett: Book 'em Danno! Adrian Monk: Here's what happened. Lt. Columbo: Just one more thing . . .

[@murchuan8782]

Kojack... who loves ya baby...😉

[@Michael_Knight823]

Phoenix Wright: "OBJECTION!"

[@fjccommish]

"If the guy fell in there by accident, nobody would know if the machine was on or off. My client is deaf. This doesn't prove he's guilty of any crime."

[@mikec6347]

My dad watched Columbo and here I am watching columbo whenever I can. Detective shows from the 70s were something else.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Yes, but Columbo topped them all.

[@brianmorris8045]

The script writers for Columbo were brilliant, and equally brilliant was Falks ability to convey that scrip to us in such a natural manner.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

And let's not forget the musical scores throughout the episodes. So well done emphasizing dramatic moments.

[@fjccommish]

No, they weren't. His "proof" generally wouldn't hold up in any court.

[@Isabella-nh5dm]

What people forget is that Columbo's 'job', his 'skill' is to 'catch' the murderers. Lots of them could get 'off' through the court system for lots of reasons. That isn't what Columbo is about. He is about finding the real murderer. That's it.

[@thorny7138]

I absolutely love Columbo's lightbulb moments like the one with the trash compactor.

[@davidmarshall5596]

I loved the look on the lieutenant face when he smiled & hugged 'dog' priceless ❤

[@veronicakerr4920]

I loved this show, he was one of the best.

[@josephwright6154]

Columbo was great

[@Farawaysoclose]

Wish we have a time machine, I love the 60s-70s Columbo just great ,here in the U-K we watch columbo on sunday on 5USA, Greetings from England

[@nelsonx5326]

Great TV.

[@andreparis4169]

It is a delight to watch Laurence Harvey as a neurotic chess player, who schemes to murder the opponent he cannot defeat at the chessboard. This movie has wonderful pacing and several cliffhanger moments, as Harvey's plot several times seems on the point of failure or exposure, but he manages to beat the odds yet again. Columbo wages a skilful war of nerves against this high-strung genius, and the scene where he manages to rattle him enough to cause him to make a mistake while playing chess is one of the highlights of the movie, as Harvey looks down in disbelief at the board, where he has just allowed himself to be checkmated. The climax is almost as strong, and watching Laurence Harvey collapse completely as his scheme is exposed brings the movie to a satisfying finish. Highly recommended.

[@dazeyndrowsy]

Not to mention it being the fastest possible checkmate in the game. That was a tremendous mistake, one I almost can't believe even a murderous grandmaster in great distress would make.

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

I know it was played for effect but “holy jamoly” what a mistake lol

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Didn't even get the dignity of a Scholar's Mate, which can trip up clumsy Grandmasters trying to be clever. No he full on Fool's Mated.

[@overdrive7349]

The only problem I have with this episode is the gotcha moment. It's not a very good case against the murderer. Because Columbo is basically proving Clayton's innocence by saying that no one turned the machine back on to kill Dudek, further making it look like it really was an accident. He has no proof that it was a murder. Just circumstantial trivia.

Check mate by castling. What a boss.

[@LucianDevine]

I know right? Not nearly enough people commenting on it! It also means he didn't even have to castle. He could have just moved the Rook to E1, but castled like a boss just because he could!

[@odomobo]

He wanted a Rosen trophy

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

This is sooooo hard to get even against much less experienced players

[@ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

He even underplayed this moment. Didn’t bother to point. Or indicate at all towards the machine. Just a look. A perfect Columbo look :) and watching him leap into action to save his dog and dote on him when he was safe. For a man so methodical he always wears his heart on the sleeve of an old raincoat.

[@ethzero]

1:00 I swear that mechanical, metal compacting sound is the exact same one used in the James Bond film, Goldfinger in the car crushing scene. You can even distinctly hear the windshield glass breaking.

[@SidecarOtto]

And, you are right! Cheap use of old sound effects. And you have very good ears.

[@stefaniaautry3009]

One of my favorite gotchas ever !! Thanks for uploading this❤️

[@dorkarama3135]

Instead of 'gotcha', 'checkmate'! Just this once.

[@stefaniaautry3009]

@@dorkarama3135 you're quite right!!😁😁😁

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

The look of disbelief when he realised too late he fell into Colombo's trap. His mistake was that he underestimated Colombo and thought he was an idiot, not knowing Colombo was playing the fool in order to catch him out when he was not expecting it, incriminating himself and confessing to the murder. The killer discovered too late how deadly and clever Colombo really was.

[@overdrive7349]

Unfortunately, he doesn't have any direct evidence that it was Clayton that didn't hear the machine turn off. Moreover, it just further supports that the accident theory was right.

[@thinkforyourself2109]

Dog is one of the best characters on tv. Played by many canine actors over the years. I love Columbo's love for Dog.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Can't accuse Columbo of being shy.

[@carolmurray187]

I watched this decades ago. Couldn’t watch it again. Lawrence was so good I felt pain for his character. A great actor

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That means that he is a very good actor.

[@hockeyfanism]

Unique set-up with Columbo moving in for the kill while the murderer is playing in front of a bunch of people. I just find that different and daring.

[@JamesCarmichael]

The fact that Columbo is a dog lover makes me respect him 10x more.

[@StanSwan]

Love the show but even someone 100% deaf would feel the vibration. I have worked with shredder machines and with ear plug and cones over the ears you can feel the organs in your body vibrating.

[@amosdraak3536]

So he proved that he was deaf? How did that contribute to the plot, please?

[@StanSwan]

@@amosdraak3536 The deaf man would have known the shredder was running or not is how. Duh?

[@MBValentine]

I personally think he was so rattled, so angry that he wasn't paying attention to it. I agree with you - something one of my buddies pointed out about this episode.

[@whatsreal7506]

The car, the trench coat, rumpled appearance, the dog ... No gun needed. Awesome 70s mystery TV movies

[@aneonfoxtribute]

Just watched this episode the other day, absolutely fantastic

[@gregorywall2479]

I love how all the villains treat Columbo like an idiot but get annoyed when they realise he's outsmarted them.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

What about the episode, Columbo Goes To College? One of the characters said, "That poor professor got killed. And now, they got this rumbled old dumbbell working on the case."

[@exitscreaming4637]

The " gotcha " moment makes no sense . I guess the writer didn't realize that a deaf person can feel the change in vibrations when he's standing next to big machinery that is suddenly turned off .

[@AlanCanon2222]

Not if the sound was added in post production, he couldn't!

[@averagejoe9040]

or the deaf man was so caught up in being accused of murder that he was paying way more attention to the man's lips than his surroundings.

[@mumblesbadly7708]

I’m still wondering why a deaf person has a hearing aid!

[@fritzbundeslange6902]

That’s true. Of course the TV audience was ignorant to that fact.

[@mikekemp9877]

i cant see what he proves here! if the guy wasmangled by the machine so no accident fine.surely the fact that harvey wouldnt know the machine switches off proves his innocence not guilt! the murderer would hear it turn off and switch it on again i cant remember the episode but the fact harvey is deaf without the aid surely makes hima less likely suspect as hed assume the guy was crushed if he did it! its brilliant but i cant see what it proves can someone enlighten me i love the show.

[@Schell77]

Watching a grandmaster holding a simul with cheap plastic Toys”R”Us chess sets is about as likely as watching him open 1. f4, 2. g4 as White.

[@pressureworks]

But everything here is fiction. Yes, noticed the studio's money saving ways. Have the same chess set.

[@cactus2304]

since he has the white pieces he would play f4 and g4

[@TheTdw2000]

Nah those look like standard pieces. What, do you think he's gonna bring out 10 sets of fancy hand carved chess pieces?

[@pressureworks]

@@TheTdw2000 of course.

[@Forensource]

@@TheTdw2000 I have played simuls, they don't use cheap sets like this.

[@Brakdayton]

My all time favourite Columbo killer. Laurence Harvey played arrogance better than anyone else.

[@None-zc5vg]

He was dying from stomach cancer when he made this t.v. episode: maybe he needed the money to fund his treatment.

[@louthegiantcookie]

I think it's really sweet how much Columbo cares for his dog!

[@mikemccormick8115]

Always a big fan of Lawrence Harvey. Superb actor. RIP

[@jez9999]

6:17 What??? I purposely walked into fool's mate? Hahahaha...

[@blockmasterscott]

I’m gonna have to watch this again. I remember there was something involving his hearing, but I can’t remember what it was.

[@lukacunningham342]

The chessmaster and Columbo yell at each other (after the chessmaster pulls the hearing aid from his ear) and Columbo proves the reason that the reason the chessmaster didn’t turn it back on after the machine turned itself off is because he didn’t have his hearing aid.

[@blockmasterscott]

@@lukacunningham342 That was it! Thanks!

[@stellertonybeller1972]

but Columbo can't prove it was not a accident or suicide attempt @@lukacunningham342

[@fergusmackay2584]

Columbo played 4D chess with him!

[@edwardhannah8507]

The biggest crime is that haircut and sideburns.

[@Enjay001]

I love how at 1:02 Columbo does a thing that we just accept in TV and movies because it gives us the "Columbo has figured things out" moment. Columbo just stands there thinking and smiling to himself for over 10 seconds in an awkward way after the machine operator explains how the machine works. If it was real life, it would be really weird and uncomfortable for a guy to suddenly go silent like that and just stand there smiling and nodding slightly in the middle of a conversation. But, in TV/film, it carries a narrative message. I see it used all the time on TV/film (soap operas, in particular, use it a lot).

[@FizzleFX]

8:04 the look on someones face can you tell more than a thousand words... - and Columbos; it told more than there are moves in chess XD CHECK - MATE!

[@drew9351]

The board at 3:13 is only 5 squares long 🤣

[@MrFusselig]

Hahaha... nice detail :D

[@doug6259]

Looks like the dog paved the way to solving the mystery

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

It's the same with that scene where Columbo notices a woman tying the shoelaces of her son. Columbo then realizes the guy who got killed while exercising did not tie his own shoes. Somebody did it for him.

[@karimgherissi9700]

Loving it ! The first one !!! What a pleasure !! Thanks for it !

[@lauraanderson2429]

Lawrence Harvey was one of my favorite actors. Love him in anything he did, including this great episode.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Peter Falk had only one eye; the other was a prosthesis. That eye didn’t move. It’s remarkable how the filming was always done at an angle that hid or minimized this.

[@douglaswallace7680]

All the way down to the last 3 seconds of dialogue , and GOTCHA ! !

[@Staarkalinou]

2:15 the face of the guy when he has been castle mated (humiliation)... what a good lad 👍

[@ogoglethorp]

OH the fond memories of Colombo!!!! most any clip make's me smile.😂😂😂

[@tsrgoinc]

This one never made sense to me, simply because the vibration of the machine would’ve stopped and he should’ve known deaf or not the machine had turned itself off!

[@christopherkraft1327]

Impressive, The Lieutenant matches wits with a Chess Master & wins!!!! Checkmate!!! 👍👍🙂

[@edmis90]

On average, most chess Grandmasters are lacking education. At least that's what a chess player said on Lex Fridman podcast. And often enough when someone asks why this or that International Master never became a Grandmaster - the answer is something like they went to college. Also, when you International Masters, they usually have something they do besides Chess, whereas Grandmasters you often can't detect them having any other life abilities besides Chess. (Though there are extreme exception, like a doctor being a Grandmaster for example) Sincerely, I don't believe there's any merit to the compliment of outwitting a chess grandmaster.

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@edmis90 are you a Grandmaster??

[@edmis90]

@@christopherkraft1327 Do I need to be?

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@edmis90 No

[@obiohagwu788]

@@edmis90 education != g Most high level chess players would likely score very high on an IQ test.

[@BW-kv9wj]

No one gets over on Colombo.

[@johnyesjustjohn]

It's weird how only the grandmaster interacts with Columbo, while everyone else stares at the board ignoring the detective entirely. If you told me that Columbo was actually a figment of his imagination that was serving as the voice of his own conscience, I'd almost believe you.

[@milankotevski1663]

6:17 Fool's mate. Every grandmaster's worst nightmare. Not.

[@dovbarleib3256]

The dialog and the interplay are too intelligent for over half of the voters in Pennsylvania.

[@MrPaulcoster94]

This is one of my favourite shows

[@0ZeroNul0]

Not only his overcoat but his shoe too !!!. 00:30 second Always liked him

[@ptertaintv]

This clip seems to have been cut, prematurely.

[@stevemorse108]

Columbo is fantastic simply the best detective series ever made and acting was superb.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Columbo and The Six Million Dollar Man were two of the best shows ever to be broadcast.

[@vigilantestylez]

😂😂😂 no grandmaster is going to be fools mated. 😂😂😂😂

[@jtdavis62]

Not even in a simul against 10 noobs who bring their own home sets.

[@vigilantestylez]

@@jtdavis62 😂😂😂😂

[@RamonaHaygood]

His name is Dog. Lol.😂😂😂😂

[@sun_urchins]

7:08 "It could have been a perfect murder!"

[@RamonaHaygood]

No such thing.

[@Requiredfields2]

Columbo chirping from the gallery. It's funny.

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

I never realized Flash was so big.

[@marktyrrell7196]

I remember watching this episode some fifty years ago as a young person and my opinion has not changed. A good defense attorney would have made mincemeat of Columbo's case and very easily have secured his client's exoneration.

[@rcherrycoke7322]

Yeah- the same could be said of a lot of episodes actually. I read somewhere that the writers took it as read to ignore how things would have panned out in a trial. We just take it as read that in the end Columbo always succeeds in apprehending the villain and that’s that.

[@rubenoteiza9261]

Many of Columbo cases could be easily thrown out of court by any decent lawyer.

[@2adamast]

Is it, I imagine they can make mincemeat of technicalities, not a murder or a jury.

[@warrenholmar1129]

Two things. Columbo wasn't about the conviction. I can only think of two cases where the guilty party actually wanted to be locked up. The other people have been convicted with alot less. There is a video here on KZbin. It states "never under any circumstance talk to the police! Even if you are innocent". What is the whole "reading your rights" you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say CAN and WILL be used against you in a court of law. I always got the feeling it was more about the hunt than the capture. Often Columbo seemed to feel almost sympathy for his prey. The Johnny Cash episode springs to mind. Also the episode with the chef who poisoned the wind bottle opener. Columbo actually sat and had a meal with him. After the moment the killer realized he was done.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Not really. In this case, the motive was very clear. The pen used to write the suicide note was the same one that the murderer used. Plus all those other little details that point to the murderer. That's a detective's job, is to build a case then it's up to the jury to decide.

[@MegaSmarterthanyou]

Columbo got mad at the worker at the beginning , funny , columbo scared the dog might have got hurt

[@LucianDevine]

Yup, and thought the guy was being callous, saying that the dog wouldn't feel it or that the guy just didn't care, until the guy showed what he meant.

[@TimothyLittle13]

Columbo is playing his own game

[@mrs.columbo1803]

Columbo sure knows how to run ❤

[@polreamonn]

That guy looks a lot like Vincent Cassel.

[@highplainsdrifter699]

You just can't beat the lieutenant 🇬🇧👍👍

[@eyefreely9682]

Around 1:20 you hear the same sound from the Car Crushing Machine from the Movie Goldfinger

[@eyefreely9682]

Sorry 1:10 ish

[@preving]

Very good episode

[@Kevinofrepublic]

man is smoking a cigar in the middle of a chess match surrounded by people.

[@vibovitold]

times change, smoking was perfectly fine back in the day, just like they'd casually smoke during an interview in a TV studio

[@pokeysdad17]

that basset probably weighs 50 to 60 lbs. they're not light.

[@plumberphil5321]

Check mate

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

Can some chess aficionado explain how he just checkmated by castling?

[@screamingliner]

It's hard to see what's going on in the position, but if the f-file was open and the Black king was on it, castling would cause the White rook to be attacking from f1. There are examples of castling for checkmate, but usually it's after a long king chase with the opposing king running to other side of the board. Paul Morphy vs Alonzo Morphy in 1850 being a famous example.

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

@@screamingliner thank you for sharing! That's interesting... definitely difficult to tell but a drawn out match is where I would think it would make sense as well, and it seemed like there were more pieces available than a long chase would leave. Maybe just an anachronism, but thanks for sharing again. I'm going to look up that match. It must have felt so cool to castle into a checkmate

[@artmallory970]

~5:50 'the same ink'. It would be the same ink that would be used in hundreds of different ball-point pens/brand how could they match it up to an exact pen - rubbish... Might have even been refilled if it was that design.

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Just a guess, but I imagine that a big chess master with a big ego wouldn't carry a common, mass-produced pen, so it might have been possible to distinguish it. Or perhaps the clue was that the murder victim carried a different brand of pen and ink but his note was written by the murderer's pen.

[@artmallory970]

@@rowanaforrest9792 that what I thought, he'd have some fancy $200 pen, but if he was meant to be so smart, he surly wouldn't use a pen like that to something that could tie him to a crime? Even then, they couldn't tell exactly which individual pen it came from in a particular brand or series, many would use the same ink manufacturer...

[@TonBil1]

To me, it comes across as simple interrogation technique: imply that you have more proof than you actually have. The suspect may get nervous and start making mistakes. Which, as we can see, he clearly does in the chess games.

[@RJSRdg]

I think that the nib on a fountain pen can wear down differently depending on who uses it - everyone holds and moves the pen slightly differently. Perhaps the way the nib scratched the paper could be used to confirm that it was the same pen.

[@artmallory970]

@@RJSRdg And yet it took 10+ years to find the world's most wanted man (Osama) with today's tech. Yeah right. Younger generations have been watching too much 'CSI' - lots of pretty flash & $10K suits, no substance...

[@steve.k4735]

I am a expert level chess player 1. l he says rook to kings bishop at 3.29, well you firstly never say a move what's the point but even so rook to kings bishop does not mean anything without a number on the end like, rook to kings bishop 6 2. the mate at 6.16 is fools mate it requires white to make the worst two moves EVER as white, its the fastest you can legally lose a game even trying to lose, its impossible he would even make the moves, its not just missing something, its like thinking a flustered boxer would lace his gloves up on his feet rather than his hands, just impossible.

[@qoyote]

The most interesting thing to me is how he keeps rattling off chess legend facts, he's passing it off as more snobbery but I think he's obsessed with them, he wants to be like them so badly and he wants everyone else to think he really is, but he knows he's not one of them.

[@craigmartyn1279]

Had to check if you can achieve checkmate via Castelling, apparently it is a thing. Rare, but doable.

[@RJSRdg]

There was a very bizarre mate by castling that was proposed in a chess puzzle in the 70s. It involved promoting a pawn to a rook, and then castling with it (as the rook hadn't been moved before!). FIDE promptly changed the rules to close that loophole!

[@oldrocker74]

7:57 Busted!!!!

[@latonbks11]

He would feel the vibrations of a machine this size, its not onlt sound in a place like this

[@evanflowforever6615]

Checkmate

[@cdggf3562]

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[@craigdupree1687]

Not having seen the episode what is the point? So he tried to make it look his opponent feel in the machine, and got ground up? But the machine turned itself off, which the deaf grandmaster didn't know? Surely he'd feel the vibrations of the machine. Either way how does him not knowing it is off now imply he is the murderer?

[@seisosimp]

Because when he did the murder, he threw the body into the machine not knowing it auto-offs itself when something gets in it during the grinding process. Because he is deaf, and because his mind is scrambled, he didn't realize. Only he could make that mistake. Columbo just reenacted the entire thing, he only reemphasized that the grandmaster's stress (in confrontation and in during the murder) made him commit a blunder: he never really checked if the victim was actually grinded because he never realized the machine was off. If it was anybody else, even if their mind was scrambled due to stress, they would have realized the machine was off and turned it back on again. Therefore, only he could be the murderer because of circumstantial evidence. Forensics would just have to do their jobs right this time.

[@vibovitold]

@@seisosimp "Because he is deaf, and because his mind is scrambled, he didn't realize. Only he could make that mistake" or any other deaf person :)

[@stellertonybeller1972]

so why would this not still be considered a accident .. man falls in machine .. it shuts off .. man gets hurt ..... still a accident at this point .. or suicide attempt ... maybe the guy didn't know it shuts off either ... he died later in the hospital

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

There was motive. The pen used to write the suicide note was the same the murderer used. Plus a lot of other little details that point that he was the murderer.

[@6dmiller]

A grandmaster is playing exhibition matches on those chess sets?!

[@jeffcoat1959]

6:17 fool's mate. Would never happen in real life.

[@MrEab2010]

Marin Landau was great as Rollin Hand in Mission: Impossible but if he decided to do Spock on Star Trek instead Laurence Harvey would have been an excellent Rollin.

[@dbozexpat894]

Pride goeth before a fall!

[@johnpender358]

Correction...Frank J. Marshall played 155 games at once not 122 games. Phoney chess story.

[@VDRP]

Why are they playing on cheap chess boards?

[@spudhead169]

Is it possible to mate by castling?

[@TonBil1]

As an amateur chess player myself, I can answer and say: yes, it is possible. (given all the right circumstances on the board). For more, just google your own question.

[@freebee8221]

I dont get it

[@ervindark]

Me neither

[@malcolmangus1687]

The Chess move at 2.20 was an illegal move

[@TonBil1]

Are you sure? It very much looks like ordinary castling short.

[@s.e.111films3]

O-O mate?? Oooooooh!

[@L0wki]

gotcha

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