Documentary Description
Garry
Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In
1997 he played a chess match against IBM’s computer Deep Blue. Kasparov
lost the match. This film shows the match and the events surrounding it
from Kasparov’s perspective. It delves into the psychological aspects
of the game, paranoia surrounding it and suspicions that have arisen
around IBM’s true tactics. It consists of interviews with Kasparov, his
manager, chess experts, and members of the IBM Deep Blue team, as well
as original footage of the match itself.
The good parts of the movie is that you have
interviews with Kasparov and the IBM team. Kasparov is a charming guy.
The IBM team are open and friendly. The movie shows both the bad and
good sides of Kasparov, who displays dignity and his temper when he is
being pushed around by IBM. The Deep Blue team are interesting, but the
IBM company does not come off well. They milk the match for all
advertising they could get. The movie keeps touting that it was a
victory of machine intelligence over Man, but the point I get from it
is, several computer geeks and chess grand masters after years of
effort can put together a program that can barely beat a world
champion, if they take every single psychological and technical
advantage they can.
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