Grandmaster Clash - 28th Chess Olympiad 1988 with Stephen Fry

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2 ай бұрын

Stephen Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator, and writer. Here he visits the 1988 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki and gives his impressions. Features Short, Mestel, Nunn, Speelman, Chandler, as well as many other grandmasters including Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, and the young Polgar sisters.

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@ASMRChess 2 ай бұрын

Speelman dancing is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

@lwalker8785 2 ай бұрын

That was the only part I remembered since 1988.

@henrikmortensen9686 2 ай бұрын

Besides that, he is a nice guy.

@Neueregel 2 ай бұрын

Hi I am a Greek 40 yo dude, chess fan, and I instantly recognised that song at 47:30 . It's called 'Ti sou kana' from Giorgios Dalaras in 1987 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMuGfNebxNrId4U.html It's a cover from a Greek song from 1965 with the same name, from Panos Tzanetis kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eKmph7uJrJ-vpGg.html But Giorgos played it in a more Latin way , for this 1987 album called LATIN. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5aqqdKTxpu4YJ8.html Great album to play for Blitz sessions, and feel all the good atmosphere and vibes from Mediterranean and South America !! (guaranteed +50 ELO gain if you play this Latin album for inspiration and focus). Al Di Meola plays flamenco guitar on this album, and Di Meola has played many times together with Paco De Lucia (who was probably the 2nd best Classical guitarist of the 20th century, behind the GOAT Segovia), you see here Di Meola interviewed by Rick Beato kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrtnZ5iG1Ny4Yps.html about his experiences. So, essentially, Jonathan Spielmann danced to Al Di Meola's guitar !!

@andrewstone3116 2 ай бұрын

@@henrikmortensen9686 Indeed he is. I played him a couple of weeks ago and despite the big difference in strength, he went over the game with me (which he won of course) and bought me a beer.

@ASMRChess 2 ай бұрын

I have heard about this documentary and have searched high and low to find it. Rob Clark is a LEGEND for sharing this!! Thank you!!!!

@flutiyama 2 ай бұрын

The cut from Stephen Fry with a walkman on a cab to rapping broke me into laughter. Also, amazing to see all these icons a year before I was born!

@williammathias1441 2 ай бұрын

What a great watch! I yearn for this era to return :(

@misterkefir 2 ай бұрын

Same, man.. Same.

@TBWCShow 2 ай бұрын

Didn't even know this existed. Thanks so much, what a find!

@albertusmagnus5829 2 ай бұрын

No mobile phones no internet no social media - please teleport me back to that time ...

@deaconlight 2 ай бұрын

There was Leisure LINC - the first serious online chess network. We covered the 1988 Olympiad. Subscribers could follow the action online as it happened. (The LINC was bought by USA TODAY in 1989 and turned into the USA TODAY Sports Center.)

@magic_hotel 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant! What a treat to see so many English players in their younger days. Keith and Susan Arkell, Sheila Jackson, Glenn Flear, Cathy Forbes, David Anderton, Michael Stean, Malcolm Pein, Bill Hartston etc. - in addition to the men's playing squad.

@oldmanc2 2 ай бұрын

I missed Glenn Flear, I must look again. What great players they all were.

@magic_hotel 2 ай бұрын

@@oldmanc2 I could be wrong, but I think Glenn is the guy, centre-screen, opposite Nigel at 45:15 . He had that unbelievable win at the 1986 GLC tournament in London, ahead of Spassky, Short, Smyslov, Nunn etc., so maybe the BCF had him there as a VIP, or even as a coach.

@oldmanc2 2 ай бұрын

@@magic_hotel Yes - great spot!!

@Zonnymaka 2 ай бұрын

You made my day/week/month/year!

@stevenseymour4372 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely mind blown Mr Clark your spoiling us old chess freaks I can't thank you enough don't stop lol

@nickeldood 2 ай бұрын

I have been looking for this forever. Thank you for uploading it!

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

The Jons (Speelman and Mestel) look like guys who'd play Dungeons & Dragons all night between two rounds.

@jameskelly2559 2 ай бұрын

Best slight ever: "He describes himself as half-way between a sportsman and a warrior. Do you change yourself when you play?"

@heresroddy5162 2 ай бұрын

Absolute chess gold dust, thanks for putting this on KZfaq.

@waltelbow 2 ай бұрын

Amazing, thank you!

@stevel4880 2 ай бұрын

Tremendous. Thank you for posting.

@madeyemason1834 2 ай бұрын

Really fantastic upload, Thanks Rob. Keep up the great work

@MrPhenomenomenom 2 ай бұрын

Damn... Speelman's got the moves, can't lie

@Kubooxooki 2 ай бұрын

OMG, what a gift! This is the best chess-related thing that has happened to me all year!

@simonbradbury5181 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Mr Clark!

@ianmason3372 2 ай бұрын

Fabulous, thank you for excavating this

@boomshanker61 2 ай бұрын

Rob, thanks. I really enjoyed that

@aandykf 2 ай бұрын

Interesting time capsule!

@paulmalone1208 2 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC LOVE IT thanks for putting this up ive never seen this before brill documentery.

@user-ke8yj4bf9t 2 ай бұрын

Man! You present gold! Thanks Rob!

@Pajeot1 2 ай бұрын

The single best chess documentary ever made. Thank you. Just finished watching, starting it again.

@spiked415 2 ай бұрын

Jon speelman isnt just a GM in chess... his moves on the dancefloor show hes also an expert in primal mating displays

@thierrymichel166 2 ай бұрын

36:27 "the Dutch number two" is G. Sosonko, a Soviet exile who wrote "Russian silhouettes", a beautiful book of portraits of the chess masters he had known

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

The great Genna! Interesting fact, Van der Wiel played Short on Board 1, not Timman who, for some reason, wasn't on the team.

@oldmanc2 2 ай бұрын

Speelman dancing- it was worth the wait!

@DocUK123 2 ай бұрын

This is SO good! 🤣🤣

@cattycats4 2 ай бұрын

23:30 - 23:42 PRICELESS , especially the end bit with his eyes darting back and forth ahahahahahahahaaa lmaooo

@terracottapie 2 ай бұрын

Grandmaster Clash and the Furious Fry

@hannesamimaya 2 ай бұрын

More videos please!!

@odeiopt 2 ай бұрын

poxa vida cara, adoro esses documentários,, muito obrigado. a classe desses britânicos é um fato curioso, nao consigo ver esses caras tomando cerveja e ficando bebados e sim tomando chá com a rainha

@privatevendetta 2 ай бұрын

I have not heard of this before. I love Stephen and chess, what a treat.

@andrejbogdanov2816 8 күн бұрын

Crazy how well Karpov and Kasparov spoke `english in 1988

@diskgrinder 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic, Specimen dancing is a much needed tonic

@lawbrn67 2 ай бұрын

The great Rob Clark strikes again. Thank you, sir!

@slowfreq 2 ай бұрын

Oh I'd absolutely love it if that high pitched ringing were not present for the entire video.

@conradnoel 2 ай бұрын

Excellent 😂

@pilgrimoftheworld 2 ай бұрын

19:06 I think that is the most British thing I've ever heard...

@joannalewis5279 2 ай бұрын

How did i not know this existed???

@raylopez99 2 ай бұрын

That rapper at the @2:00 mark is a time traveler from today who knows chess will someday become more popular than it was in 1988.

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

Yeah chess is popular now... But at which cost?

@Mark.J.McCready 2 ай бұрын

Has there ever been a better documentary on chess than this?

@WaffleKnight28 2 ай бұрын

Awesome footage. There has to be something that can done about the ringing in the audio though.

@bosshogster6715 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this. I must have missed it when it was first screened. But OMG - Specimen’s “dancing” was bizarre. Anderton’s was hilariously bad too. What a strong team we had in those days though. Where was Tony Miles? Did he not play at this Olympiad.

@paulsontag9233 2 ай бұрын

He didn’t play. Wikipedia says after a mental breakdown in late ‘87 he moved to the USA and even played in the ‘88 US Championship finishing last.

@oldmanc2 2 ай бұрын

Adjournments too! Much as I love the Stockfish world these days, I feel there's something missing as another computer-era youngster trounces me with computer perfect moves

@totalmonkeyspeed260 2 ай бұрын

Gold🙏

@lordwilksy 2 ай бұрын

Saturday Night Speelman

@leeball4585 2 ай бұрын

...and future gogglebox star!

@edwardm250 2 ай бұрын

New respect for Speelman.

@tintinmilou9471 2 ай бұрын

In the end nobody won and they all had to compromise, which is not a bad thing, Campomanes was also wrong about Kasparov, he didnt change a bit just looked for other people to be angry with and accuse them of all the sins of the world, he is who he is...

@sinnder 2 ай бұрын

I watched only cuz I thought the thumbnail was Jared from Subway.

@craigburgess7105 2 ай бұрын

I remember watching this when it was first shown - Speelman's dancing always stayed with me.

@bram99494 2 ай бұрын

Was Anand on the Indian team that beat the English?

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

Yes. A draw vs. Speelman.

@jonathancowles8488 2 ай бұрын

3:30 'no sign of Ron Pickering'! Who's that?

@kangabroo 2 ай бұрын

RON(NIE) PICKERING!!!

@noahisawesome628 2 ай бұрын

justice for William Steinitz

@chriscarpenter5688 2 ай бұрын

Really interesting. Why was Miles not in the team?

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

Short's enmity towards Miles was common knowledge. It culminated in his infamous 2001 obituary.

@chriscarpenter5688 2 ай бұрын

Sure but that does not explain why Miles was not selected? Or does it?@@nuwandalton

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

@@chriscarpenter5688Actually, Miles had already decided to play for the USA. I thought it happened in the early 90s

@chriscarpenter5688 2 ай бұрын

Oh right!! I did not realise he had defected!!! Thanks@@nuwandalton

@marinagamm1951 Ай бұрын

@@nuwandalton🙆🏼‍♂️

@pronemanoldbutyoung5548 2 ай бұрын

A bit presumptuous of Stephen Fry of all people to focus on if the chess players are married or not, lol.

@teocantsleep4611 2 ай бұрын

And called Bobby Fischer a "fruitcake"

@nuwandalton 2 ай бұрын

@@teocantsleep4611 Well Fischer was much worse than just a fruitcake

@FenceThis 2 ай бұрын

Kasparov was 25 not 26 at the 1988 chess olympics

@dannygjk 2 ай бұрын

Short, the strongest Brit to never win a WCh?

@joebloggs396 2 ай бұрын

Likely Adams whose first Olympiad was 1990.

@dannygjk 2 ай бұрын

@@joebloggs396 Has Adams ever been in the top 5?

@joebloggs396 2 ай бұрын

@@dannygjk yes

@anrun 2 ай бұрын

A sloppy point by Hartston at 30:39. I don't think most of the world champions were certifiably insane or even not certifiably insane. Chess has always had more than its share of oddballs, but Hartston went too far there.

@Neueregel 2 ай бұрын

RIP Tony Miles !! Probably the GOAT from England ever, though it's a close call against Nigel Short and Mickey Adams, I would choose Tony if it were about their absolute prime .

@philljenner4045 2 ай бұрын

Jon Speelman could upstage Liberace.

@jameskelly2559 2 ай бұрын

Fry was insufferable as a young man

@oldmanc2 2 ай бұрын

Oh, I found him quite erudite for a non-professional player

@hoggar1452 2 ай бұрын

According to some it is Mr. Aliev (Azerbaijan's former president) who lobbied FIDE to cancel the match to help Kasparov at the expense of Karpov who was still leading 5-3 in the match. The rest is the usual Kasparov' show and misrepresentation of the facts .

@Qhsjahajw 2 ай бұрын

??? Karpov was dead at the end, and lost the last 2 games like a dead meat. And we saw how Karpov got 3 low effort passes to rematches against Karpov. Something nobody ever got before or since

@Mathemagical55 2 ай бұрын

Give it up Tolya

@delboy9234 2 ай бұрын

@@Qhsjahajw Well, Karpov didn't get a pass in 1985, as he was still reigning champ. 1986 match was due to the original rematch agreement if the reigning champ lost. This was something set in previous WC matches, ie, Botvinnik v Tal, 1960. In 1987, Karpov had to go through qualification, and earned his 1987 title match.

@Qhsjahajw 2 ай бұрын

@@delboy9234 no he didn't in 1987, he just had to play the finalist of the candidates. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1987

@Qhsjahajw 2 ай бұрын

so he basically had 3 extra chances, after failing almost getting caught out in the endless game, where he collapsed badly

@rokanza2293 2 ай бұрын

Staunton was nothing more than a coward who ran away from Paul Morphy. He was never really the strongest player in the world not to mention a world champion lol. Huge mistake by Fry right there !

@richardfredlund8846 2 ай бұрын

Fry wasn't technically wrong though, before Morphy's trip to Europe Staunton was widely regarded as the strongest player.

@rokanza2293 2 ай бұрын

@@richardfredlund8846Being regarded is irrelevant since he didn't defeat nor dare to challenge the true strongest player at that time. Not to mention the unofficial World Champion( referring to what Fry called Staunton exactly) is a nonexisting title that in this case, if you say someone " had" to have it, it would also have been Morphy.

@richardfredlund8846 2 ай бұрын

@@rokanza2293 well yeah he dodged Morphy who would have thrashed him. Still Fry's statement was not incorrect.

@nebuchadnezzar6894 2 ай бұрын

He was probably the strongest player of the 1840s. Morphy only started playing competitively in the late 1850s.

@rokanza2293 2 ай бұрын

@@richardfredlund8846 It quite is.