Originally broadcast on Thames television in 1989 this 4 DVD set features all 12 programs making up Keene’s selection of the twelve best games of chess. Running time: 6 hours.
To introduce the games, Keene describes the players and the times they lived in, giving many amusing and startling facts, and illustrating the whole with photographs and snatches of film.
DVD 1: Anderssen - Kieseritsky (1851), Paulsen - Morphy (1857) & Zukertort - Blackburne (1883)
DVD 2: Steinitz - Chigorin (1892), Pillsbury - Lasker (1896) & Bernstein - Capablanca (1914)
DVD 3: Bogolyubov - Alekhine (1922), Samisch - Nimzovitcb (1923) & Botvinnik - Capablanca (1938)
DVD 4: Larsen - Spassky (1970), Fischer - Spassky (1972) & Karpov - Kasparov (1985)
