The Master Game S02 E01 Round 1, Game 1

'It's funny - I was sure he didn't know this opening... played it a little slowly... but he's playing the right ones. Now he's undermining these two advanced centre pawns of mine!' WILLIAM HARTSTON, reigning Master Game Champion, analysing an opening by his opponent, brilliant 11-year-old player NIGEL SHORT. In this new series of The Master Game, six of Britain's top chess players, including the foremost woman player in Western Europe, are joined by two outstanding youngsters in a competition for the BBC2 Master Game Trophy and a first prize of £250. Round 1, Game 1 Nigel Short, one of the best 11-year-old players of all time v William Hartston, International Master and expert on the Benoni.