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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
2001: A Space Odyssey.

The position shown is one that has occured in play (Roesch - Schlage 1910 0-1). HAL also makes a notation error when he says 'Queen to Bishop three' when playing Qf6 (It should be 'Queen to Bishop six'😉.
In descriptive notation f6 is called King Bishop 6 from white's viewpoint and King Bishop 3 from Black's viewpoint.

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Originally posted by Peter X
In descriptive notation f6 is called King Bishop 6 from white's viewpoint and King Bishop 3 from Black's viewpoint.
You are correct. The move was Qf3 not Qf6. Making the move 'Queen to bishop six' from black's perspective which HAL was playing.

Odd that I would get the algebraic notation wrong and the descriptive right.

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From Russia With Love. Replay of a Spassky-Bronstein game. Demo board in movie is missing a couple of pawns though.

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Re: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

HAL does in fact claim a win which is not forced. Some believe this to be the first indication that the computer is up to no good...

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Re: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

HAL does in fact claim a win which is not forced. Some believe this to be the first indication that the computer is up to no good...
Roesch - Schlage,W [C86]
Hamburg Hauptturnier-B Hamburg, 1910

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nf4 11.Qe4 Nxe5 12.Qxa8 Qd3 13.Bd1 Bh3 14.Qxa6 Bxg2 15.Re1 Qf3 0-1

There's the game that is played. Substitute Poole for Roesch and HAL for Schlage.
The mate is 15...Qf3 16.Qc8 Rxc8 17.h3 Nxh3+ 18.Kh2 Ng4#

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I think I meant that the mate is not as HAL declares it. Frank can hold the game a little longer.

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Does the cool 3D chess they played in Star Trek count?
Apparently you can buy those sets, but they're frightfully expensive.

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Also Blade Runner.
Eldon Tyrell & J F Sebastien play a long-standing game by phone, which the replicant Roy Batty finishes in seconds.
Tyrell has a massive gold & silver chess set with pieces that look as if they weigh a pound each.
Was this a replay of a famous game or set piece?

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www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzz08a.htm

Looks like Jeff Goldblum doen't know how to set the board up.
But perhaps the photo has been mirrored.

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I've seen a movie where a knight 'forked' a queen and a bishop, does that count?

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okokok... so Twin Peaks wasnt really a movie...

how about THIS one...

Mel Brooks' "History of the World" part I. They are playing on a life size chess board with real people... one of the pieces attacks the queen, Brooks shouts "gang bang!!" and they all jump on top of her and start humping!!

Why cant RHP be more like that!?

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How about Harry Potter?

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Originally posted by Siskin
Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart is playing chess by himself in the first scene he appears ... Bogart was actually a reasonably player in real life
Capablanca.

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Or how about, "War and Piece"?

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OK, "Natural Pawn Killers"?

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