Anatoli Karpov
Birthday: 1951-05-23 Place of Birth: Zlatoust, USSR [now Russia]
Synopsis
Anatoli Karpov is a top-ranked Russian chess player, world champion 1975-85.
Acting
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM's Deep Blue. He lost. This film depicts the drama that happened away from the chess board from Kasparov's perspective. It explores the psychological aspects of the game and the paranoia surrounding IBM's ultimate chess machine.
