You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea, and whether there are other better ideas. – Stanley Kubrick, movie director and chess player.
Walt Disney Studios has purchased the movie rights of Matt Charman’s play The Machine which was first staged in Manchester, England, and which came to New York recently. The play’s subject is the legendary 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue. Charman will adapt his play about the match which pitted world chess champion Kasparov and
