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Tales of the Unexpected: The Best Chess Player in the World

Series 7, episode 2

Directed by
Graham Evans

Originally Aired On: Saturday, 19 May 1984

A chess game gets out of control when one of the players learns his wife has been unfaithful

Cast

Michael Jayston...G.B. Shaw
Andrea Aureli...Jerry Wilde
Lynette Davies...Paula Shaw
Clifford Parrish...Frank Miller
Mark Jax...White
Christopher Reich...Peter Simpson
Pat Guthrie...Telephone Operator