Posted on 11/19/2020 1:31:18 PM PST by Kaslin
It was really good.
Too bad it was fiction.
I'm a retired chip-maker...started up with National Semiconductor in Santa Clara in 1967. Worked at TI during the time of this movie...even made the SBP9900 chip that was used in the 99/4 computer (world's first home computer) as talked about in the movie. I quit TI at age 50 in 1995...and, haven't worked since. I liked the chess movie.
My son is a physicist and he said the best thing I ever did to further his education was buy him two 99/4a computers back then. I remember when he was in HS, his teachers often callled him for help with their new computers. so....I relate to the movie even the geography, SF bay area and the Dallas/Austin area minus the homosexuals.
Do you know that the chip was invented by Jack Kilby of TI in Houston, Texas.
They only touch on it a bit, noting that there is a female chess champion in Russia who actually is quite good, but that they NEVER get to play in the male tournaments.
It is a fascinating question as to why women are not drawn to chess the way men were. Nowadays I’m not sure who is drawn to chess anymore, I kind of lost interest in the international scene after my mid-20s.
I remember watching tournaments on PBS, with the commentators going over every move. Then I just didn’t anymore, and I apparently didn’t really try to teach my kids anything either.
Not that I was any good at it, I played on my chess team in high school, but was the 7th best player in school (got to compete because we had two teams), and only managed to win one match against a rated player, who clearly screwed up because I was no match for him.
First it is based on a true story.
Lastly, better late than never that this article comes out as the series has been out for some time now. The author should work for FOX NEWS. Last to come out with an article long after the story has died down. I don’t even think Queen’s Gambit is ranking anymore on Netflix it has been out that long.
It is great.
Another great movie is “Spare Parts”. Either Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Apparently, all of the Netflix games have been based on real games played in past years by international grandmasters.
I just watched the analysis of last game played on the Netflix series - where the woman beats the fictional male world chess champion.
The woman plays the Queen's Gambit opening, which I have played for many years, so I found the game especially interesting.
The Netflix game is based on a real game played in 1993, which actually ended in a forced perpetual check draw.
The movie producers apparently loaded the game into one of the amazing chess engines (Alpha Zero?) and figured out how the woman could win.
The game is really interesting - part chess history, part chess engine.
Here is the link to the analysis if you would like to watch it:
More people than ever are playing chess now thanks to Al Gore's invention...;)
You’re not supposed to ask that question. In fact you’re not supposed to even notice.
Yeah, got it...but it's kind of hard not to notice isn't it?
I suspect it (male dominance in chess) has something to do with fundamental differences in how our brains work.
Interestingly, a group used a 'Functional MRI' (FMRI) to study a female chess prodigy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wzs33wvr9E
Watching the show now. Absolutely loving it. I’ll come back and read the article when I’m finished, probably tonight.
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