Does anyone have the BBC Mastergame on VHS / DVD?
The Mastergame was a series of chess programmes that the BBC ran back in the late 70's / early 80's. It covered a collection of games from tournaments put on by the BBC, and included some great players such as Karpov, a young Short, Miles and Gligoric.
Highlights of the game were shown along with the Grandmasters talking about the thoughts and ideas they had during play. It was great chess TV.
I wanted some footage for a previous 'chess in the attic' post, and now, Sean Parker, over on chessforums.org is also looking for copies of the programmes.
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I was born in 1971 and remember the series well. Unfortunately, this was some time before I had a video recorder. :(
I would absolutely love to see this. Like Ryan, I was born in the early 70s and this programme (and my dad's efforts) were what got me into chess.
I had a quick look on Google Video on the hope it might be there - but no luck.
Andrew
ok, we need to start a worldwide search for Mastergame footage!
Hi all, I can tell you with absolute certainty that if you want to watch the 1980-83 series then go to my channel on youtube to view them,
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sirb0b1
Enjoy!
Robert
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to inform you that I have series 1980-83 on DVD and have uploaded them on to youtube where you can view them all.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sirb0b1
Please fell free to watch them and enjoy once again this brilliant chess program.
Robert.
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