I have one too: The famous Novag Robot Adversary can be seen in Rod Stewart's Video "Baby Jane" from 1983 (who would expect a chess computer in a music video? ) and also in the movie "Sneakers" (with Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd and Sidney Poitier)
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Robert
Chess computers in popular culture
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Re: Chess computers in popular culture
In the 14th episode of the 5th season of the Outer Limits program (2000), the mad scientist is playing on his PowerBook against a chess program I can't identify (it looks a bit like ChessMaster maybe?):
A closer look to the program, in another scene:
Can someone identify this mysterious program?
A closer look to the program, in another scene:
Can someone identify this mysterious program?
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Is New York Ripper from 1982 mentioned? Probably not! It's very infamous movie see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084719/. One of the leads is playing Chess Challenger and says "you are playing in fixed patterns!". Fortunately we are saved from standard check + mate thing..
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Good finding by Steven!
sje wrote:A dramatic portrayal of an early chess computer:
I was not quite eleven years old when this episode of Mission Impossible was first broadcast in 1968, yet somehow I remember much of it. Here is the version dubbed in German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI8SbbzrSE
Can you identify any of the electronic equipment props, or any of the chess game scores?
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Here's a comic strips from the 60ies. It's from Gaston Lagaffe (lit. Gaston Theblunder), by the Belgian genius André Franquin:
Square 1:
Fantasio : what's this new crazy object, Gaston ?
Gaston: Fantastic, isn't it ? I bought it at the antiques fair! It's an automaton that plays chess!!
Square 2:
Fantasio: Really? Let's see about that!!
Gaston: it's really strong, the vendor said...
Square 3:
Fantasio: I played. Well, what will the champion do?
Gaston: It's said it always win!
Square 5:
Gaston: See? See??
I also saw a young genius boy play a game of chess against Robby the robot (yes, the same as in the movie), in Columbo's 6th episode of the third season : "Mind Over Mayhem". (1974)
Square 1:
Fantasio : what's this new crazy object, Gaston ?
Gaston: Fantastic, isn't it ? I bought it at the antiques fair! It's an automaton that plays chess!!
Square 2:
Fantasio: Really? Let's see about that!!
Gaston: it's really strong, the vendor said...
Square 3:
Fantasio: I played. Well, what will the champion do?
Gaston: It's said it always win!
Square 5:
Gaston: See? See??
I also saw a young genius boy play a game of chess against Robby the robot (yes, the same as in the movie), in Columbo's 6th episode of the third season : "Mind Over Mayhem". (1974)
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