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About this Documentary

* This movie projection is offered exclusively to KAUST community members and is suitable for the whole family.

Garry Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997 he played a chess match against IBM's computer Deep Blue. Kasparov lost the match. This film shows the match and the events surrounding it from Kasparov's perspective. It delves into the psychological aspects of the game, paranoia surrounding it and suspicions that have arisen around IBM's true tactics. It consists of interviews with Kasparov, his manager, chess experts, and members of the IBM Deep Blue team, as well as original footage of the match itself.

The screening of this documentary will follow Nate Hagens' keynote lecture Energy, Money and Technology - From the Lens of the Superorganism.  

We are excited to host the 2018 WEP Film Festival, featuring a curated selection of films related to our theme Human-Machine Future.

This event is brought to you by the Office of the Enrichment Programs in collaboration with the University Library.

To see the full program of the Film Festival, select Movies.

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