Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 13:38:50 06/06/00
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On June 06, 2000 at 12:31:47, Pierre Bourget wrote: >Everybody knows that the most celebrated computer chess scene in movies is >probably the one in Kubrick's 2001:A Space Odyssey from 1968 . One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Boring, pointless, meaningless. I do not understand how I managed to stay awake for the full movie. >The game was not >played by the computer but was a true game between Roesch and Schlage from a >minor section of the Hamburg 1910 tournament.Some months before the release of >this movie ,the same thing happen in very well know tv series ; Mission >Impossible has an episode called A Game of Chess in his second season.Here is a >brief description: > >Episode #42 :A Game of Chess >Nicholas Groat (Don Francks), an international chess master, plans to steal the >gold from a hotel vault. The gold was originally intended for a pro-Western >underground movement in an opressive country. Rollin poses as a chess master >with the help of Barney's chess playing computer in order to gain the Groat's >confidence. The IMF then helps Groat gain access to the vault before the IMF >takes the gold from Groat at gunpoint.Aired 1/14/68. > I have not seen this episode. Sounds interesting. >I was able after looking at the tape several times to reconstruct the couple of >games that were shown and to my surprise they were actual games played before >also by humans. > >K. Macan (unknow actor)-P. Anderson (Rollin [Martin Landau] with the help of >Barney's [Greg Morris]Computer). In fact the game Labone-Amateur ,Birmingham >1901. > >[MLNrOfMoves "20"] >[MLFlags "100000"] >[Site "Birmingham"] >[Date "1901"] >[White "Labone"] >[Black "Amateur"] >[Result "1-0"] > >1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 c5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. >N1c3 Qe6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bd3 c4 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Nf5 Qxb2 14. Nxe7+ >Kh8 15. Bd4 cxd3 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Qxf7 Be6 18. Qxe6 Qxa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. Ng6+ >hxg6 21. Qh3# 1-0 > >A. Groat (Don Francks)-P. Anderson (Rollin [Martin Landau] with the help of >Barney's [Greg Morris] computer).I fact the game Dake-Pauly ,Baltimore 1936. > >[MLNrOfMoves "9"] >[MLFlags "100000"] >[Event "Simul"] >[Site "Baltimore"] >[Date "1936"] >[White "Dake"] >[Black "Pauly"] >[Result "0-1"] > >1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 Nxd4 8. >Qxg7 Nxc2+ 9. Ke2 Qd3# 0-1 > >So Kubrick's idea ,if it was his idea, was not new to take an existing game. If >you know earlier example please share your discoveries here. > >There are two others more recent scenes that i remember but don't have the tape >right now: > >At the beginning of the movie The Thing (1982) by John Carpenter ,Kurt Russell >play chess against a computer ,Chess Wizard i think, and after losing he emptied >his whisky glass in the computer in sign of disgust. > >In Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott , i think there is also a computer chess >scene but i don't remember well , can someone confirm that. Thanks. > >Pierre
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