Yet if no mainstream TV company deigns to broadcast or even follow the event, then Paulson's hopes of creating a breakthrough in the appreciation of chess by young people are most unlikely to be realised. A generation ago, such hopes were dashed by the broadcasting unions: the 1982-83 series of The Master Game was never screened because of their industrial action. This was especially bitter for British chess, because that final BBC tournament was won by Tony Miles, who beat the then world champion Anatoly Karpov in their individual encounter with black. Here is that game, a truly tumultuous struggle. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 (Miles liked to play this variation against Karpov: it is positionally suspect but allows Black rapid development) 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.c3 Qb6 9.b4 e5 10.Bg3 0-0-0 11.Be2 h5 12.0-0 Be4 13.Nd2 Bd5 14.Bxh5 exd4 15.c4 Be6 16.a3 Ne5 17.Re1 d3 18.c5 Qb5 19.Rb1 Bh6 20.a4 Qa6 21.f4 Nc4 22.b5 cxb5 23.Rb5 Na3 24.Rb2 Nc2 25.Bf3 Bd5 26.Re7 Bf8 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Rbxb7? (The wrong rook — Karpov blunders!) Bxe7 29.Rxe7 Qc6 30.Rxf7 Rxc5? (f5! would have been better) 31. Qg4+ f5 32.Qg7? (Uncharacteristically, Karpov panics while short of time: 32.Rxf5 would have kept good chances) Re8 33.h4 Ne3 34.Bf2 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Ng4+ 36.Kg3 Nxf2 37.Nf3 (If 37.Kxf2 Re2+ and then Qxg2 mate) Ne4+ 38.Kh2 d2 39.Nxd2 Nxd2 and here, in a totally hopeless position, the world champion's clock flag fell. But this drama was never broadcast.