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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Documentary
6.4·2003·1h 30m

Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM's Deep Bl...

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Cast

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Marc Ghannoum

Narration

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Michael Greengard

Michael Greengard

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoly Karpov

Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

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Joel Benjamin Mowdy

Joel Benjamin

DIRECTOR

Vikram Jayanti

OVERVIEW

Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM's Deep Blue. He lost. This film depicts the drama that happened away from the chess board from Kasparov's perspective. It explores the psychological aspects of the game and the paranoia surrounding IBM's ultimate chess machine.