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.
Direction
Jayanti frames a chess match like psychological horror
Editing
Tight 90 minutes that weaponizes archival footage
Acting
Kasparov's paranoia becomes its own performance
Director
Vikram Jayanti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deep Blue was dismantled immediately after winning; IBM refused Kasparov's rematch requests and never ran the machine again.
Kasparov later became an AI ethics advocate, arguing the match taught him that human-machine competition matters less than cooperation—though he still suspects IBM cheated.
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