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.

[@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.....

[@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

[@Ukedc259]

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

[@columkenn]

Very interesting series with the players giving their thoughts

[@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.

[@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 ;-)

[@inguh7041]

fantastic tactic, back and forth, nice!

[@uglyguitarist1340]

who won this tournament?

[@robclark4626]

Lothar Schmid

[@alkanliszt]

Thanks for these uploads.

[@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.