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The Man vs. The Machine

2014 18 min English
Wubly rating 6.7 IMDb rating 7.0

On May 2,1997, Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest human chess player ever, sat down in New York City to do battle with IBM's chess-playing computer, Deep Blue. While the much hyped match of man versus machine consisted of six chess games over nine days, there are many who would claim the entire contest was decided in just one move. This short documentary tells the epic tale of how mankind lost to the machine and highlighting what may have been man's ultimate downfall…having emotions.

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Frank Marshall Director · Paul Pilot Composer

United States release October 22, 2014 · Produced in United States · Production FiveThirtyEight, ESPN Films

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United States · October 22, 2014

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