List of The Master Game episodes
Appearance
The Master Game was a BBC production of televised chess tournaments that ran for seven series on BBC2 from 1976 to 1982.[1] [2]
Series 5 (1979-1980)
[edit]No. in series |
Title | Group | Outcome |
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1 | "Nunn vs Hort" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
2 | "Pfleger vs Browne" | A | 0-1 |
3 | "Schmid vs Korchnoi" | B | 1-0 |
4 | "Byrne vs Stean" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
5 | "Hort vs Pfleger" | A | 1-0 |
6 | "Browne vs Nunn" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
7 | "Byrne vs Korchnoi" | B | 0-1 |
8 | "Stean vs Schmid" | B | 0-1 |
9 | "Nunn vs Pfleger" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
10 | "Hort vs Browne" | A | 0-1 |
11 | "Korchnoi vs Stean" | B | 1-0 |
12 | "Schmid vs Byrne" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
13 | "Schmid vs Browne" | Final | 1-0 |
Series 6 (1980-1981)
[edit]No. in series |
Title | Group | Outcome |
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1 | "Gligorić vs Short" | A | 0-1 |
2 | "Byrne vs Hort" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
3 | "Miles vs Larsen" | B | 1-0 |
4 | "Schmid vs Donner" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
5 | "Hort vs Gligorić" | A | 0-1 |
6 | "Short vs Byrne" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
7 | "Donner vs Miles" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
8 | "Larsen vs Schmid" | B | 1-0 |
9 | "Gligorić vs Byrne" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
10 | "Short vs Hort" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
11 | "Larsen vs Donner" | B | 1-0 |
12 | "Miles vs Schmid" | B | 1-0 |
13 | "Short vs Miles" | Final | 1-0 |
Series 7 (1981-1982)
[edit]No. in series |
Title | Group | Outcome |
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1 | "Hecht vs Christiansen" | A | 0-1 |
2 | "Adorjan vs Short" | A | 1/2-1/2 (This game was played but not broadcast) |
3 | "Keene vs Browne" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
4 | "Lobron vs Quinteros" | B | 1-0 |
5 | "Christiansen vs Adorjan" | A | 1/2-1/2 |
6 | "Short vs Hecht" | A | 0-1 |
7 | "Browne vs Lobron" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
8 | "Quinteros vs Keene" | B | 1-0 |
9 | "Christiansen vs Short" | A | 0-1 |
10 | "Hecht vs Adorjan" | A | 0-1 |
11 | "Lobron vs Keene" | B | 1/2-1/2 |
12 | "Quinteros vs Browne" | B | 1/2-1/2 (This particularly interesting game was shown in two parts and was presumably why Adorjan v Short was dropped from broadcast) |
13 | "Adorjan vs Lobron" | Final | 0-1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Barden, Leonard; James, Jeremy. "The Master Game" (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979). ISBN 0-563-17437-4
- ^ Hartston, William; James, Jeremy. "The Master Game – Book Two" (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1981). ISBN 0-563-17916-3