Rematch (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

1
In New York City Today,
a game with serious implications.
The Rematch between
a world chess champion
and one of the smartest
computers ever built.
The competitive world of chess
and the entire world
is bracing for the Rematch
of the century.
It is a test to see if the human
brain can outwin a machine
able to set through 200 million
moves a second.
A six-round winner-takes-all slugfest
between the greatest chess player of all
time, the world champion Garry Kasparov,
against what some say may be the most
powerful computer ever created.
With over a million dollars
in prize money,
the 6th game series is attracting
worldwide attention.
This computer maintains a database of
every match played in the 20th century.
And Kasparov has promised
to give it a beating.
The entire world is bracing
for the historic battle
between the most powerful computer
in the world and Man. The two rivals
This game promises to be an interesting
fight between Man and Machine
Kasparov said that a simple key factor
against him in this fight,
is that he has no information
about the opponent.
When asked about his strategy,
Kasparov answers with 5 simple words:
Losing is not an option.
One thing is for sure. The room
is packed, and the air is electric.
It is the confrontation of the century.
And everyone is watching.
- What's wrong?
- Kasparov is playing extremely well.
Deep Blue played a surprising move,
but Garry found a great solution.
He is at the top of his game.
Either that or Deep Blue
isn't up to the challenge.
Debbie, take this.
Hello?
Why did you make that move?
What is going on?
What's this strategy?
Is it a mistake?
- What's happening?
- I'm not sure.
Normally Garry doesn't hesitate
like that when he has the advantage.
The last move seems
to have surprised him.
What's the goal here?
Is it a mistake?
Did it make a mistake?
No, that's impossible.
Why did it make this move?
There has to be a strategy.
It does nothing.
Am I missing something?
Why the rook? I don't see anything.
Why did you play that piece?
I just don't see it.
Four Three Two One
Go.
G7. Rook D8. F7. No, that's nothing. F7.
Rook F8. King E2. Rook D7. G7.
Rook takes 7. D takes F8. Queen.
Rook takes F8. Bishop G7. No, nothing.
Again. King E2. Rook D7. F7.
Rook takes F7. G8. Queen.
Not that either.
Rook G8. F7.
No, no, no. Shit. Again.
F7. E3. King E2. Rook D8.
F takes E8. G8. Queen.
No. come on. King E2. Rook H1
Takes E4. Takes E3 Queen
I can't G7F7E3 Nothing
Shit King E2 F7 G takes F7
I don't see anything
- I don't see it! I don't see it!
- Take your time.
This is too difficult.
I can't do it.
Garry! Garry!
You can do anything, Garry.
If not you, who else? The solution
is right in front of you. Stop.
Stop
Focus.
Focus
See.
Play.
Stop Focus See Play.
It was a mistake.
Deep Blue resigns.
- Mrs. Brock?
- Not now.
Helen.
Mr. Silverman is sending
you a limo to pick you up in 10.
He wants to see you.
Now.
The press is waiting.
Okay.
Mr. Kasparov!
How did you Find Deep Blue?
I couldn't. Unlike last year's match,
she isn't on stage this time.
Mr. Kasparov, can you explain
what happened at move 44?
You waited an awful
long time before playing.
I was taken aback by Deep Blue's move.
It was unexpected.
What do you mean?
On move 36, if I hadn't found King G1,
Deep Blue could have saved the game.
It was a very subtle move.
A surprising one.
Then on move 44,
I'm not sure why it played its rook.
Did it see something I didn't?
I doubt that.
The inconsistency threw me, I think.
The important thing is I won.
But for a moment, Deep Blue
wasn't playing like a machine.
How was it playing then?
Like a human being.
I hadn't anticipated that.
Do you feel like Deep Blue's performance
is better than last year?
I don't know yet.
You'd have to ask my friend PC.
- Mr. PC, care to comment?
- Yes
Mr. Kasparov
- What a sweetheart!
- Thanks. His name is Tyler.
Klara. Garry's mom.
Michael. Helen Brock's +1.
Mr. PC, has Deep Blue improved
since last year?
Do you feel like you failed?
Is Mr. Kasparov just too good
for Deep Blue?
- Mr. Kasparov, please!
- I'll see you tomorrow.
Mr. PC
- Garry Meet Helen's husband.
- Michael.
Garry. Please to meet you.
He has his mother's smile.
Thankfully he's got my personality.
- Do you have any children Garry?
- Yes.
They are here with you?
Being a world champion makes
family life difficult.
Fuck! Fuck! What the fuck is going
on for fuck's sake?
She played incredible
during the practice games.
And then today, other than a few good
defensive moves
and bad positions, nothing.
Total shit.
But it had Garry questioning himself.
- You showed her how to play like that.
- But she didn't do anything after that.
36 is a good move.
But 44
It was just a blunder.
It was just a blunder.
- Hello?
- Hi, it's me.
Don't hang up, please.
I'm in New York, and I just wanted
to let Sofia know I'm thinking of her.
Stop lying, Garry.
When you play chess,
you think of nothing but chess.
That's the way it's always been.
Nothing else has ever mattered.
Goodbye.
- Mama!
- Coming!
Let's go celebrate my victory.
Roger!
- What is going on?
- Nothing. I won. Can't I be happy?
- We're going out! Dinner and a movie!
- Garry
Shouldn't you rest up for Game 2?
I've got the feeling Game 1
was harder than you expected.
Game 1 would have been easier
if I had the analytical data
of Deep Blue's games
between 1996 and today.
Please. Not again.
You know what your problem is?
You have no idea
of what I do or what I need
because you don't understand
anything about chess.
I don't give a shit that you are
able to negotiate 50 000 more
for an advertising contract.
The only thing I care about is winning
at chess. And to do that
- You need the data to build your strategy.
- Exactly.
But I've already asked a dozen times.
I don't know what else I can do.
Your job.
Coming?
George, I do
Listen, I really feel there's
You guaranteed the machine
would work better than last year.
And we delivered on that. Every simulation
we completed before the game
She lost.
She played well,
as far as I'm concerned.
She lost.
Mrs. Brock wants an explanation.
- Kasparov was stronger.
- So, I don't think you understand.
We've sunk millions of dollars into your
machine so it could learn one thing:
how to play like a Grandmaster.
After what we saw today, can we say that
Deep Blue played like a Grandmaster?
The first game revealed
Kasparov's strategy.
He used a variation
of the Silver Gambit opening
combined with an inverted diagonal.
It's an extremely complex chess opening.
We're gonna work on her all night.
Deep Blue will play better in Game 2.
I don't want it to be better.
I want it to be perfect.
Take this. Make sure you pick it up
when it rings. I'm getting Mister
I'm on it.
What's a Silver Gambit?
I have no idea.
I just made it up so she'd leave us alone.
Hello?
- Hi honey.
- Hello!
- I see you got a cellphone!
- What makes you say that?
I can tell from the noise that you're
outside, and I know you hate phone booths.
Well, you have no idea what New Yorkers
do in those phone booths!
How are you, sexy pants?
Mr. world famous chess champion
acting up again?
Well, let's just say that yes,
he is a genius.
And yes, he can also be a right pain
in the arse.
What's bothering him this time?
The fact that I know nothing
about chess.
As if that ever stopped me
from managing someone's carrier.
- Have you tried?
- Have you tried what?
To understand chess!
- Do you want me to stay for a bit?
- No, I think I'm going to sleep.
Garry
Roger is a good agent.
And a good person.
See you tomorrow.
This is Helen Brock leaving a message.
Call me back at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.
Yes, yes, of course.
No. IBM will do everything in our power
to keep you very comfortable.
- How long will it be?
- 12 days. Top.
That's all we need you for.
We'll organize accommodation Car
King to G7.
Knight takes E8. You're already in
trouble according to her calculations.
- King to H6
- Rook F3.
Queen takes E8.
Hi, this is Helen Brock.
I'm leaving another message.
Please call me back at your earliest
convenience. Thank you.
- Rook G3.
- Pawn to F6.
Pawn to F5.
Hi. It's me again. I just spoke to him.
I believe he is in.
I don't get it. I don't get why Kasparov
agreed to this Rematch.
What does he have to gain from it?
Last year,
Deep Blue beat him in Game 1.
He hadn't lost a single game
in what 11 years?
All the sudden he loses to a machine?
I think he felt stained by the defeat.
- Pawn to H4.
- No, winning is not enough.
He wants to demolish Deep Blue
so that no one can ever question
his supremacy. Bishop E3.
- Typical Kasparov arrogance.
- No. So human
King to H5.
- Bishop E2.
- Damnit!
She checkmated you in 28 moves!
There is nothing wrong with her.
Deep Blue is performing perfectly.
She only took 0.172 seconds of thinking
before playing these last few moves.
- What more do they want?
- It's not about speed, is it?
She can play a move every 10 minutes,
as long as she wins.
Maybe that's our mistake.
Kasparov was rattled by two moves.
The 36th and the 44th.
He said he felt like Deep Blue
was playing like a human being.
I don't see where you're going with this.
Okay
Sirs, ID please.
Thank you.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
Mr. PC! My name is Peter. From Stanford.
I just got off the plane.
I've been analyzing Deep Blue
and I have some ideas
on how to improve the "Control flow".
They said to run them by you.
Yes. Of course. Give me a minute.
All right.
- Who are all these people?
- I don't know.
Hey! There you are. Okay,
so we've added a few folks to the team.
Our new strategic advisers have
a few questions for you.
And I want you to keep them up to speed
on everything concerning this machine.
But I haven't approved them and
Deep Blue can't lose game 2.
It has to win.
- Mrs. Brock?
- Yes?
- Gentlemen
- Paul.
Hello.
- Xavier
- Hello Paul.
New York City
is very grey in the spring, is it?
New York City is grey all year.
Hi.
This is Xavier Valens.
He is a British grandmaster.
And the others?
Patrick Walker, Viktor Bogdanov
and Liam Vos. They're all grandmasters.
- But you're here.
- Yes, but they outrank me.
I'm way below their level.
Brock got some of the best chess players
in the world here in the past 24 hours.
- So, it looks like the fun is over.
- We don't need them.
I think she would beg to differ.
Thank you.
- He wants to press charges!
- Don't make him talk with him!
- He may just have to smooth the edges
- He has to concentrate.
It has to be Garry's decision, I'm sorry.
Have a good day.
Garry. Your old lawyer
is on the hotel phone.
He says he urgently needs
to talk to you.
You can talk to him after the game!
- Yes?
- Mr. Kasparov? Andrew Green.
I represented you four years ago,
during your divorce.
Yes, yes, I know. What's the problem?
Your ex-wife's lawyer contacted me
this morning.
Why?
She claims that
you've been harassing her client.
What?
Mrs. Vassiliev is considering
pressing charges if you don't stop.
I called her once!
That may be so, but it turns out your
mother reached out to her several times.
Even though your ex has asked
her to stop.
Tell her lawyer I got the message.
Where are you going?
To get changed.
Game 2 is starting soon.
Garry Take some time
Time to refocus.
- I'm a champion, I'm always focused.
- Garry!
Why?
I miss Sofia.
I haven't seen her since your divorce.
I spend 95% of my life traveling
around the world for tournaments.
Then don't compete as much!
That's not how it works.
And you know it.
Besides, you see that Alysa is against it.
She sent her lawyer after me!
If you were more present in your
daughter's life, maybe she wouldn't have!
Then who told me to put chess
before everything else?
Come on, you're on.
I can't do it. I can't.
How do you American say?
Game on?
Game on.
Okay What do I need to know?
So far, not much.
Could you please be less precise?
This is the closed version
of a Ruy Lopez.
It's a very very classic opening
for both White and Black.
And?
And, in Spain, they call
it the Spanish torture.
The idea is to play very methodically
to gradually suffocating your opponent.
What we don't know yet is
Who's torturing whom?
It's certainly taking its time.
I don't know what's going on.
This is unusual.
Where is PC?
Find him!
But why?
- Surely not
- It makes no sense.
All of that time for that.
Why not queen B6?
I mean, it's a more natural move.
Rook A7 would be strong as well.
Why did she play bishop B4?
What does it do?
Why think for 20 minutes just for that?
What's going on?
Tell me what's happening.
We don't quite understand
Deep Blue's choice
- Why not rook in A7?
- Queen B6 then
It doesn't make any sense
Maybe Black cannot
Yeah, but still Yeah, but surely
queen B6 is stronger, I mean
But I don't see what Black can do
Clearly D6 doesn't solve the problem
with Queen B6.
Why else would she
in Bishop E4?
Stop! Stop! Just stop!
Just look.
Paul.
Why is he smiling?
Why think for almost 20 minutes
just to play bishop E4?
Queen B6 would have been
the better choice.
Am I missing something?
What am I missing something here?
Is it a trap?
Or it's nothing.
What is it seeing that I'm not?
Damnit!
Think. Think, Garry.
It shouldn't have played bishop E4.
This is a machine.
They are materialistic by nature.
Why not play Queen B6?
What is it seeing that I'm not?
What can I do now? What can I play?
Stop Look See Play
Three Two One Go.
Something's wrong.
Come on Move!
Stop
Focus
See
Play.
Stop
Something's wrong. Think.
Am I missing something?
What am I missing?
Is it a trap? Or it's nothing.
What is it seeing that I'm not?
Something's wrong.
Think, Garry. Think.
This is a machine.
They are materialistic by nature.
Why think for almost 20 minutes
just to play bishop E4?
Queen B6 would
have been the better choice
What is it seeing that I'm not?
Something is wrong
Think Garry, think. Is it a trap?
Or it's nothing. Damnit!
Bishop E4 What is it seeing
that I'm not? Focus
Think Garry, think! This is a trap
Or it's nothing. Stop
Am I missing something?
Think think
I don't see anythingPlay.
I just don't see Something's wrong.
Think, Garry. Think.
Focus
See
Play.
Again?
I took anti-nausea medication
before the game. It didn't work.
So, you puke when we lose.
And you puke when we win!
- What?
- Kasparov capitulated on the 45th move.
You are allowed to be happy!
Look who it is!
Wait, wait. You have to explain
to me what happened.
- Why did Deep Blue take so long to play?
- It was nothing.
Garry said that Deep Blue
had played like a human being
on the 36th and the 44th move.
So I We decided to give her a more
human strategy to give a higher priority
to the safety of her king.
PC added a few lines of codes
to Deep Blue's program
so that she would pause for a while.
I mean Obviously she waited forever
even though she probably knew
which move she was gonna
play within the first seconds.
It's an old trick for some moves
she pauses, other she plays immediately,
to make her seem unpredictable
to Garry.
Like a like a human would be.
And then Kasparov spent the rest
of the game trying to figure out
the tactic behind Deep Blue's move.
Deep Blue also played
the next 8 moves pretty well.
Whatever it is, Deep Blue won.
And I want more of this.
Congratulations.
This is exactly what I want.
This is great. Keep going.
Champagne everyone!
Hi. Need a hand?
Does it look like I do?
Well Sort of, yeah. I'm Jennifer.
- Roger Laver. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. Have a sit.
Thank you. I don't know how
to work these things. At all.
It's okay. The internet
is just like a giant library.
Search correctly
and you'll find what you need.
Okay.
- Tell me what you're after.
- Chess.
Today, computers and artificial
intelligence took a giant step forward,
as undefeated world chess giant
Garry Kasparov was beat by Deep Blue.
Our guest, the president of
the American Chess Association is here
to explain how Deep Blue managed
to beat the reigning champ.
I have an important announcement to make.
Tonight, is my last show.
Just like Kasparov, I'm about
to be replaced by a machine.
Let's get some fresh air.
Come.
- PC?
- Yeah?
They left a little bit if you want some.
Chess players love their booze.
PC?
I never liked that nickname. PC
Perpetually cringy. I've always hated it.
Then why do you tell people
to call you that?
Because it's easy. Easy things are all I
can handle when I am surrounded by people.
I'm deleting the pause function.
- Why?
- I should never have listened to you.
What?
What are you talking about? You came to me
asking for new strategies. That is my
We won! What is the problem?
It was totally legitimate.
What I care about is watching
a confrontation
between human and artificial intelligence
to discover which is superior
on the chessboard.
Your strategy didn't prove
Deep Blue is any smarter.
Okay.
But no one told Deep Blue
when to pause.
She chose the most appropriate
and effective moment in relation
to the move she was going to play.
She made that choice. Not us. She did.
So, if that's not artificial intelligence
then I don't know what is.
So why did they add more people to our
team in the middle of the Rematch?
I want Deep Blue to win because
of her superior intelligence.
Not psychological tricks.
I want her to prove the entire world
that she can outperform Kasparov.
I'm deleting the function.
The computer chose what we all thought
was a good decision at the time
King F1, and Garry played rook B8,
and now came the killing move,
rook A6,
attacking the queen,
attacking the bishop.
We all assumed that queen takes queen,
D takes C6 was forced, and Garry
Let's go.
play this particularly
endgame choice to resign.
I must say that there was an emotion
in my auditorium and the press room
Garry, I need to talk to you.
Anybody even remotely connected
to the game,
we all thought that Garry made
an appropriate decision and resign.
But what was amazing to each
and every one of us,
is when we all started
getting tons of emails
from our chess community
"Why did Garry Kasparov resign?".
I resign.
I shouldn't have resigned.
- I shouldn't have resigned.
- The game could have ended in a draw.
The final position
of the game was a draw.
Perpetual check. Queen to E3.
Draw
How do you know that?
I printed this out at a cybercafé
near the hotel.
It's a chat stream from a chess forum.
Internet chess players,
with the help of computer engines started
analyzing the variations.
- And
- Discovered that a draw was possible.
And I couldn't.
Amateurs played better than I did.
Never in the history of chess,
that any champion
or former world champion
would ever resign a drawing position.
I know of no historical
precedent for it
So amazing to think all this power
of computation
and intelligence is just a bunch
of gibberish on a computer screen.
I disagree. This is poetry.
Where you see gibberish, I see
alexandrines of mathematical formulas,
routines, opcodes,
complex expression
You okay? What's going on?
This here I have no idea what it is.
That's no surprise. Given the number
of people who are working on this, no?
I'm the only one who can approve a change
in Deep Blue's programming.
I review every line of code
that goes into my baby.
What do these alexandrines
actually do?
I don't know.
I have never seen this before.