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Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

2003 · 1h 30m · PG Documentary
Directed by Vikram Jayanti

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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.

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76%
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Rotten

Although Jayanti creates an absorbing scenario of possible corporate malfeasance engineered by a group of slide-rule wielding thugs and shadowy boardroom bullies, he fails to produce the requisite smoking pawn.

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Haunting and provocative documentary.

Ron Stringer, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

Though it never disguises its sympathies for Kasparov and contempt for a powerful corporation's machinations, docu is finally a speculation on the limits of the human mind and how truth can never be fully known.

Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten

In overemphasizing the conspiracy case, Game Over moves from being a compelling documentary to a frankly irritating one.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh

An engaging film.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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