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The Rise and Fall of Chess on Televison

Shelby Lyman was another Chess- Tv show host, back in the day. He is worth a mention. I remember watching him during Fischer and Spassky, and his 1986 show. -:]

Shelby Lyman was another Chess- Tv show host, back in the day. He is worth a mention. I remember watching him during Fischer and Spassky, and his 1986 show. -:] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Lyman -

@Meerkatze said ^

In Germany we had a few chess shows on TV in the 1980s, for example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_of_the_Grandmasters

Some years ago they were available on Youtube btw.

Chess content was always aired impossibly late at night, usually around midnight, but the presentation was of high quality. Maybe a couple times a year, school children would be allowed to stay up late to watch chess.

Thanks to your post, I've realized that a lot of those show formats followed the lead of ideas from the BBC.

Not to forget the "Zug um Zug" or "Move by move" TV show with GM Helmut Pfleger and some Puppets and the coverage of the World Championship matches between Karpov and Kasparov presented by Pfleger and Hort also with an interactive (though ugly looking) board.

@Meerkatze said [^](/forum/redirect/post/phgQqD1L) > In Germany we had a few chess shows on TV in the 1980s, for example > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_of_the_Grandmasters Some years ago they were available on Youtube btw. > Chess content was always aired impossibly late at night, usually around midnight, but the presentation was of high quality. Maybe a couple times a year, school children would be allowed to stay up late to watch chess. > > Thanks to your post, I've realized that a lot of those show formats followed the lead of ideas from the BBC. Not to forget the "Zug um Zug" or "Move by move" TV show with GM Helmut Pfleger and some Puppets and the coverage of the World Championship matches between Karpov and Kasparov presented by Pfleger and Hort also with an interactive (though ugly looking) board.