The Master Game
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Host
Jeremy James
Co-hosts
Leonard Barden (1977)
William Hartston (1979-81)
Broadcast
BBC2, 2 July 1975 to 1 April 1981 (6 series)
Synopsis
Chess competition featuring many of the world's best players competing for the Wedgewood Trophy and £1500 (later £2500) prize money. Thirty years on, the show is still fondly recalled as perhaps the most successful attempt at televising chess (as also suggested by the fact that it ran for six series - in prime time, as well), thanks especially to its innovation of having the players provide their own commentary which was recorded after the game and edited in.
Champions
| 1975 | William Hartston |
| 1977 | William Hartston |
| 1978 | Anatoly Karpov |
| 1979 | Bent Larsen |
| 1980 | Lothar Schmid |
| 1981 | Nigel Short |
