List of The Master Game episodes

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The Master Game was a BBC production of televised chess tournaments that ran for seven series on BBC2 from 1976 to 1982. [1] [2]

Contents

Series 5 (1979-1980)

No. in
series
TitleGroupOutcome
1"Nunn vs Hort"A1/2-1/2
2"Pfleger vs Browne"A0-1
3"Schmid vs Korchnoi"B1-0
4"Byrne vs Stean"B1/2-1/2
5"Hort vs Pfleger"A1-0
6"Browne vs Nunn"A1/2-1/2
7"Byrne vs Korchnoi"B0-1
8"Stean vs Schmid"B0-1
9"Nunn vs Pfleger"A1/2-1/2
10"Hort vs Browne"A0-1
11"Korchnoi vs Stean"B1-0
12"Schmid vs Byrne"B1/2-1/2
13"Schmid vs Browne"Final1-0

Series 6 (1980-1981)

No. in
series
TitleGroupOutcome
1"Gligorić vs Short"A0-1
2"Byrne vs Hort"A1/2-1/2
3"Miles vs Larsen"B1-0
4"Schmid vs Donner"B1/2-1/2
5"Hort vs Gligorić"A0-1
6"Short vs Byrne"A1/2-1/2
7"Donner vs Miles"B1/2-1/2
8"Larsen vs Schmid"B1-0
9"Gligorić vs Byrne"A1/2-1/2
10"Short vs Hort"A1/2-1/2
11"Larsen vs Donner"B1-0
12"Miles vs Schmid"B1-0
13"Short vs Miles"Final1-0

Series 7 (1981-1982)

No. in
series
TitleGroupOutcome
1"Hecht vs Christiansen"A0-1
2"Adorjan vs Short"A1/2-1/2 (This game was played but not broadcast)
3"Keene vs Browne"B1/2-1/2
4"Lobron vs Quinteros"B1-0
5"Christiansen vs Adorjan"A1/2-1/2
6"Short vs Hecht"A0-1
7"Browne vs Lobron"B1/2-1/2
8"Quinteros vs Keene"B1-0
9"Christiansen vs Short"A0-1
10"Hecht vs Adorjan"A0-1
11"Lobron vs Keene"B1/2-1/2
12"Quinteros vs Browne"B1/2-1/2 (This particularly interesting game was shown in two parts and was presumably why Adorjan v Short was dropped from broadcast)
13"Adorjan vs Lobron"Final0-1

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References

  1. Barden, Leonard; James, Jeremy. "The Master Game" (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979). ISBN   0-563-17437-4
  2. Hartston, William; James, Jeremy. "The Master Game – Book Two" (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1981). ISBN   0-563-17916-3