The Game
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White: A. Roesch (Dr. Frank Poole) Black: W. Schlage (HAL 9000) Opening: Ruy Lopez (ECO C86)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2
- The opening is the Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack.
5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5
- This move is a pawn sacrifice. If White accepts it, Black's pieces can occupy active positions.
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Nxe5 12. Qxa8?
- This move deflects the queen, allowing Black to mount a kingside attack. Instead, Matanović recommends 12.d4 leading to a small plus for White after 12...Bb7 13.Qxf4 (13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 Nd3 16.Rf1 c5 gives Black compensation) 13...Nd3 14.Qf5 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 g6 16.Qg4 Bg5 17.Rd1.
12... Qd3!
- Threatening 13...Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Ng3+ with checkmate to follow.
13. Bd1 Bh3!
- Black also has 13...Bg4, winning a piece after 14.Qb7 Bxd1 15.Rxd1 Ne2+ 16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Nxf2+; or 13...Nh3+, winning the queen after 14.gxh3 Bxh3 with the dual threat of Qxf1# and Rxa8. The movie picks up the game here (see diagram).
14. Qxa6?
- White abandons the long diagonal and moves into a forced checkmate. Even after 14.Qb7 c6 15.Qxe7 Bxg2 16.Re1 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxf3, mate is not far off.
14... Bxg2 15. Re1 Qf3
- Here HAL says: "I'm sorry Frank, I think you missed it: queen to bishop three, bishop takes queen, knight takes bishop, mate." But HAL's description of the queen move is not technically accurate—the move is correctly described in the descriptive chess notation as "queen to bishop six". There is some conjecture that this inaccuracy is a subtle foreshadowing of either HAL's breakdown or of his deception of the crew.
0–1
- Poole resigns without questioning HAL's analysis.
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