"Erich Schneider" <erich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Rich Hutnik <richardhutnik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> > Anyhow, on this note, if there was a well done TV show that involved a
> > chess player playing in tournaments, that's true to chess in that they
> > get the name of the moves, set up, etc... correct, would people here
> > watch it?
>
> A major subplot of the recent TV show "Terminator: The Sarah Connor
> Chronicles" deals with chess - specifically, someone producing an
> advanced chess-playing program (named "The Turk" after the famous 18th
> century automaton) that may wind up becoming the world-destroying AI
> "Skynet". One episode shows it playing in a tournament against other
> programs. I don't know how authentic the chess was, though.
>
From comments on the sf.tv newsgroup the chess was accurate, even if a key
piece of terminology was used incorrectly.
An episode of House featured chess as well, apparently its a popular
pastime
on the set, according to the DVD extras about the episode.
Jason
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