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Virtual Kasparov Sony Playstation Game
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UPC:091493054205
Condition:Used
Genre:Strategy
Platform:Playstation 1
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ESRB:Everyone
SKU:PS1_VIRTUAL_KASPAROV
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I have been a regular chess player for 20 years, yet when I saw this documentary I was dumbstruck with its brilliancy. This is not a documentary about chess: it’s about human psychology. I have read reviews (clearly written by chess players) that complain that the documentary has not enough chess analysis. However, the purpose of the documentary is not to provide an analysis of the Kasparov-Deep Blue match. It is a poignant story about how frail human psychology can be, even in the case of the man who can probably claim to have the strongest character in the history of the game (don’t forget that Kasparov won the world title against ALL the odds in 1984-1985). You don’t need to know anything about chess to understand and ejoy this documentary: that’s what is really great about it. We get to see the greatest player in the history of the game being broken systematically not only by the people who designed Deep Blue, but by the IBM corporation’s knowledge of what makes the human mind tick. In this way, the director’s interpretation of the match is profoundly disturbing, yet truly brilliant. Finally, the documentary, in spite of dealing with such a controversial event, manages never to take sides: we get to see the best and worst of Kasparov and the Deep Blue team that defeated him. If you’re not sure about this, consider the documentary’s last line. Vikram Jayanti smirks knowingly at all us chess players with the line “yet Kasparov is still the greatest player in the history of.
parfait
Muy bien documentado y explicado
As a strong chess player myself, the movie was very interesting in finding out more about the world chess champion, how his mind works, and how he looks at the world from his point of view be it real or imagined.No question about it. Garry is a very unique individual and appears to belong to a new breed of chess players, a breed that is idealistic but at the same time very engaged in world events with a willingness to change events and sometimes take extreme risks in doing so.To truly appreciate the film and understand Garry’s behaviour, one must first know the man, his background, how he got to where he is, and the tremendous pressure he has been subjected to in the chess world, right before taking the world championship from Anatoly Karpov. Unlike Bobby Fisher, Garry has the human element and he can express himself very well in English which incidentally is not his native tongue.What impresses me most about this man is that unlike most world chess champions, he has his ego very much under control. His demonstration of frustration over IBM’s very secretive tactics is understandable. IBM’s failure to make “deep blue” transparent to the rest of the world and most particularly to the challenger, Garry Kasparov, has resulted in the “cheating” controversy. So IBM is also partly to blame because of their unwillingness to be “transparent” and to make the computer logs available to Garry’s team. This behaviour makes IBM suspect because of their secretiveness and unwillingness.
very good book
Last night I began a review of Garry KasparovĆ¢ā¬ā¢s volume one of Ć¢ā¬ÅMy Great Predecessors,Ć¢ā¬Ā but I didnĆ¢ā¬ā¢t finish or even time-stamp it. Oh well, it was sometime early in the evening or perhaps even late in the afternoon. The point is that I will finish the review sooner than I will finish the book. As of this writing, I am on page 11. To be honest, I did a quick read of some bits of the chapters, but only to whet my appetite. This book alone is a massive undertaking, and I am talking of only the first volume! The page numbers end at 464 and the print isnĆ¢ā¬ā¢t large, so it resembles a college text-book in many ways. The book is historical and informative, yet not really a tome. I have been following the story of chess since 1968 and Garry has revealed even more than few surprises to my absolute delight. So now I return to page 11, soon to turn to page 12, and immerse my mind into the history of the struggle which began before the 1600Ć¢ā¬ā¢s.
Excellent insight into the 1997 computer match with deep blue, not much actual footage of the games, more an insight into how computers evolved playing chess, the ibm company and how gary got into his mind that the match was being played on not a level playing field. The 1996 match was a friendly match , computer science experiment, the 1997 was a deathmatch in which ibm had to win at all coats. They eventually pushed gary over the edge and he lost without a fight in game 6 going down to the computer overall in the match, excellent dvd if you like chess, computer chess or kasparov in general this is a must have. buy it now
Just like another excellent documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, Game Over presents its evidence evenly and thereby creates uncertainty in the mind of the viewer as to what transpired and for whom one should sympathize. Initially, I regarded Gary Kasparov as being, yet another, in a long line of fantastically gifted individuals who happened to be slightly paranoid and lacking in social skills, yet, by the end, he won me over. I sided with him in regards to the unfairness of the bizarre and deceptive acts of IBM. Now that’s not to infer in any way that he was a victim. Certainly, Kasparov was paid plenty of money, money that would change the average man’s life forever, so we should not feel too sorry for him about being used by Big Technology, but, anyway, he was used by Big Technology-or Big Blue as it were. The result is that we empathize mightily with Kasparov who is a flawed human being facing a monster he cannot see or hear. One moment in the film was truly touching and it occurred when Kasparov strolled into the auditorium following a defeat. The fans responded by showering him with a standing ovation. The look of surprise and gratitude on his face was endearing. The story and plot of Game Over is very interesting and worth recommending on its own, but it is the affectational impact that was most redeeming. Kasparov, in person, is probably a most trying soul with tremendous expectations of others, but–compared to IBM, a corporation that lied to him, refused to give him.
It is fascinating to see Kasparov’s opinions on the most famous games of the first 4 official world champions and their contemporaries.A lot of interesting (though many well known to experienced chess fans) anecdotes linking the games too.I think Kasparov is the first champion to write full notes about the games of other top players of history, and in partnership wiht his computer has produced the most revealing analysis yet of these historic encounters.If you love chess you probably have already ordered this book.
I’m not usually given to writing rave reviews, and of course this book has its "errors and omissions," but what great book or piece of artwork does not?I have had this book for about a week now and find it very hard to put down. The story is gripping and the game annotations are brilliantly insightful. If you ever wonder why you waste so much time on chess when you are never going to be a professional, read this book. It is a timeless work of art. The time you have spent developing your ability to understand and appreciate both the artistry and sporting element of chess is rewarded with a book like this. It is also a far better book for "club players" than yet another "author’s best games" collection full of complex modern games that most of us can’t hope to really comprehend and get much out of. Though if Kasparov annotates his games in the future volumes in the same manner as the game annotations in this volume, we will be in for something very special.I have also read some of the nit-picking criticisms (including those of Kingston and Winter) posted on the web and, in my opinion, they completely miss the forest for the trees. Who really cares whether Capa’s wife was actually at his bedside or outside the hospital when he died (other than his wife of course!)? It certainly wouldn’t change the main thread of the story one iota. Nothing I saw in their criticisms would have made much if any difference to the book. They treat the book as an.