Computer Chess

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.9K

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An artificially intelligent comedy about computer chess programmers set some decades ago - when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed more up for grabs...

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A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations

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Quotes
Pauline: Peter, did you ever stop and ask yourself how many squares are on a chess board?
Bishton: 64. It's an 8 by 8 grid.
Pauline: Well... but don't you see how limited that is?
Bishton: No, it's actually very complex once you start to think about it as a programming problem. Just the number of possible games explodes exponentially with each move, it's close to 10 to the 120th power. And to try and compute all those games might take even longer than humanity would be around to do so.

Crazy credits
"Mysterious Woman ... herself"

Connections
Featured in The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014)

Soundtracks
Nothin' But Changin'
By Collie Ryan

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Very realistic

I thought it was real for an embarrassingly long time. Which made it that much greater. If you go watch this with your friends, I recommend you tell them it's a documentary.

The filming, the conversation, the characters are all very life like for that day and age. The realism is also one of its shortfalls, because at times it's a bit boring.