

In contrast, the real computer Deep Blue used "inhuman" brute-force searching and minimax optimization to always seek the best available move. Nxd5, which nevertheless stymied his human opponent. Campbell argued that HAL's style of play was more "human" than that of Deep Blue's, in the sense that HAL (Schlage) chose a "nonoptimal" move at 9. Murray Campbell, a member of the team that developed the chess computer Deep Blue, contributed an article to a book exploring the scientific and cultural implications of the HAL character. Parker Brothers had planned a corresponding board game as a tie-in to the film, which was released as Universe in 1967 the cover art on the box included a still from the unused cut. Consonant with Clarke's passing mention of polyominoes, a game involving pentominoes was shot and considered for use in the film, but ultimately passed over in favor of the chess game, which Kubrick felt would be more familiar to audiences. Unlike Kubrick, Clarke had no particular interest in chess and said that if he did, 2001 would not have been made as the two "would have just played chess". Ġ–1 Poole resigns without questioning HAL's analysis: "Yeah, looks like you're right. While HAL describes a checkmate in two moves, Poole could forestall mate two extra moves for example: 16.Qc8 Rxc8 17.h3 Nxh3+ 18.Kh2 Ng4#. After Poole's "rook to king one", HAL says: "I'm sorry Frank, I think you missed it: queen to bishop three, bishop takes queen, knight takes bishop, mate." HAL gave Black's queen move from White's perspective, although in descriptive notation it should be given from Black's perspective as "queen to bishop six". Qxa6? Spoken by Poole as "queen takes pawn", White abandons the long diagonal and slips into a forced checkmate. The film shows the game from the position illustrated, with Poole (White) contemplating his 14th move.ġ4. Chess writers have also speculated HAL's misuse of descriptive notation during the game as foreshadowing of his later malfunctioning.īlack capitalizes on White's mistake on move 12. The fictional game played between Poole and HAL has been noted as a prescient illustration of artificial intelligence and computer chess, fields which developed more rapidly following the release of 2001. Chess writers have therefore attributed the fictional game fragment to the real one, equating the two and suggesting that the former derived from the latter. Willi Schlage, Hamburg 1910, which was reported in a 1955 collection of short games by Irving Chernev. The board positions and moves made are identical with the conclusion of a real game: Roesch vs. The game is shown continuously and legibly for several seconds in a single shot. Stanley Kubrick, director of 2001, was an avid chess player. Poole resigns the game once HAL indicates a certain path to checkmate however, the move which HAL suggests Frank might make is not forced. Each player takes turns during a game in progress, making their moves orally using descriptive notation and natural language. Astronaut Frank Poole (White) plays the supercomputer HAL 9000 (Black) using a video screen as a chessboard. HAL 9000 is a chess game depicted in the 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
