Deep Blue's victory was considered a milestone in the history of artificial intelligence and has been the subject of several books and films. In 1997 it was upgraded and, in a six-game re-match, it defeated Kasparov winning three and drawing one. It first played world champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match in 1996, where it lost two games to four. It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in 1989 to Deep Blue. Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name ChipTest. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. However, when it goes into X-Files mode and starts seeing monsters in every shadow, it gets a bit tiresome and I couldn't help but wish that it would let me judge for myself rather than forcing its own agenda but happily the subject is interesting enough to overcome the faults of the producers.Deep Blue was a chess-playing expert system run on a unique purpose-built IBM supercomputer. When it focuses on the people involved and the facts, the film is very enjoyable and interesting. Whether or not it was all a plan to boost stock I don't know but the way everything was handled seems a little suspect and this film highlights that. In contrast the IBM guys do come across as rather distant, with some just not providing any real answers particularly about why the project was taken away after the game and not followed up like one commentator says 'it's like going to the moon but just coming back without exploring'. The chance to hear all those involved speak is good and Kasparov makes for a very human subject and it is easy to feel for him as he relates how increasingly difficult the whole affair was for him. However the film never answers all the questions that well and I doubt it will ever be clear but it is still very interesting. Aside from this the film does well by allowing each side to speak for themselves as well as showing footage from the matches and it is difficult not to feel that the matches were not totally as clean an experiment as they were billed. This is all fine and good but I would have greatly preferred if the film had let me draw my own conclusions rather than pushing this idea as the only show in town. The whispery narration and the use of sinister music at key moments seems to be pushing the idea that IBM did it all to ensure victory and boost stock prices in the world market. The film starts very badly and shows its main weakness immediately by setting up an absurdly conspiratorial tone that it happily tones down later. At the time I was only vaguely aware that the games were taking place and was certainly not aware of the sheer amount of controversy that seems to have surrounded the games. For those of us who remember this tournament between man and machine, this is a fascinating film for the chance to find out more about the specifics of the match. In this film he recalls the games and tries to back up his claims. However, Kasparov insisted that the computer was being backed up by a human player helping it spot the mistakes that computer logic would make. With his composure lost, he concedes the game to Deep Blue. After easily winning the first game of six, Kasparov is astonished when, in game two, the computer refuses to take a trap that he has set a trap that commonly sees computers fall. In 1997, one of the world's greatest chess players, Garry Kasparov played a match against an IBM machine called Deep Blue.