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Subject: Re: Two Chess Movies out (Kasporov & another on TV soon)

Author: Terry Giles

Date: 08:37:43 12/05/05

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On December 05, 2005 at 10:41:30, Joshua Shriver wrote:

>I went to blockbuster this weekend and found in the new section a movie called
>"Game Over" which went in to detail the match between Kasporov and Deep Blue.
>Was an interesting movie, though albeit a bit bias toward conspiracy. The movie
>has Kasporov in it so you get to hear his take on things. Plus some footage from
>the games themselves and the developers.
>
>There's also a new movie coming out Dec 6th 8pm on A&E (here in the states)
>called "Knights of South Bronx" which seems interesting in itself.
>
>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471768/
>
>Has anyone else seen Game Over? What was your take on it?
>
>-Josh


Hi Joshua,

I have seen "Game Over - Kasparov and the machine" and I would agree with you
that it did make rather too much of Kasparov's conspiracy issue. It was a very
interesting documentary but left me wanting much more, not just information
regarding IBM's Deep Blue but also something more substantial about the quality
of the games played. The pretentious whispered narration really annoyed me, it
being almost impossible to actually hear what was being said. I'm afraid that
there's simply too much arty-farty nonsense these days which detracts from the
enjoyment of such works.
However from the biased viewpoint of a computer chess nut it's an essential
view.
The DVD also has a free special edition of Fritz 6.0 and can be obtained for as
little as £5.99!

Terry



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