Storyline

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it and will come to know it in the future.—Production

Plot Keywords

chess, film camera, cameraman, microphone, reference to benjamin franklin, reference to napoleon bonaparte, husband wife relationship, recording, record player, applause, nerd, allergy, subjective camera, split screen, two word title, 1980s, hotel, computer programmer, cat, female nudity

Short Review

Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess is bracingly idiosyncratic-and close to perfect.

Trailer

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