Documentaries Tagged “chess”
Authors@Google: Josh Waitzkin
Authors@Google: Josh Waitzkin
Chess champion Josh Waitzkin visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence." This event took place on April 10, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.
Josh Waitzkin is an 8-time National Chess Champion, 13-time Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands National Ch...
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
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 suspic...
My Brilliant Brain: Susan Polgar
My Brilliant Brain: Susan Polgar
Chess grand master Susan Polgar tells the story of how her father turned her and her sisters into chess prodigies.