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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

2003 · Film · documentary · 90 min

Directed by Vikram Jayanti

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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.

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  1. NegativegamblerJan 28, 2016

    When reading such news I always get the feeling that the game is stacked in favor of the computer. Not in the sense of rules, but in the sense of media coverage and interpreting the results. It seems like a lot of people in AI and IT are pretty desperate for validation of their notions about human (un)intelligence.

    Watch 'Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine' for a good description of what I mean. And yes, I bet many people here hate that movie. That's exactly what I'm talking about.

    There are a lot of relatively simple chess programs that can beat most amateur players. Personally, I cannot beat the Go program I have on my cellphone. (I am pretty horrible at the game.) None of that seems newsworthy. And yet after 5 wins against a pretty strong (but not world's best) Go player, and it's suddenly a "breakthrough" that changes everything.

    If some new chess player have beat Deep Blue 4 to 2, would we revert the perceived status of AI to what it was before that match with Kasparov?

    I'm not saying this advance in AI is unimpressive. I just don't see a fair evaluation of what it means. There is too much one-directional hype.

  2. PositivejonbaerOct 24, 2010

    I have been really playing alot for past 2 months.

    First studying alot, basic openings, midgames, endgames, simple tactics. But what got me really hooked was Stockfish (on iOS and Android), http://www.stockfishchess.com ... it is a pretty amazing open source chess engine. By far the best learning has been through http://www.jrobichess.com. His video analysis is great. In general I still lose alot more than I win but the studies are great and there is alot to learn.

    Also great documentaries to watch ...

    Game Over : Kasparov and the Machine : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhqmqwy2gw

    Susan Polgar : Brilliant Brain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WREgHsTr5yE

    Also watching the current games of Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar, and Alexandra Kosteniuk are great.