It’s a nice day, and I’m feeling much better. I’ve got to get to the phone to call in sick. Could it be that a machine does not gamble greedily, throw resignation tantrums, or certainly not whine or alibi when it loses? But rather uses its brains and objectively, relentlessly pursues its goal? Just do its best? And never, ever quit? a big corporation with unlimited resources.”Īlas, as a human I’m desperately trying to muddle my way to a lesson here. Quit! Later, at a news conference, he would lash out at IBM: “It was nothing to do with science. Though experts would agree that at least a draw was possible, Garry inexplicably resigned. It explores the psychological aspects of the game and the paranoia surrounding IBMs ultimate chess machine. This film depicts the drama that happened away from the chess board from Kasparovs perspective. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBMs Deep Blue. How could this happen? Well, Blue took a minor advantage when Kasparov gambled with a greedy play at Move 11. Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. I fall back on my couch, dreams of human invincibility crushed. The photo of Garry K., face buried pitifully in his hands.

I’m feverishly flipping my Times (May 12) for the result of the final Garry Kasparov vs.

Kasparov chess machine