Hey guys I am producing a movie that I wanted to tell you about. 

"Computer Chess” focuses on a computer chess tournament in the 80’s transporting iewers to a nostalgic moment when the battle of technology versus the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. 

http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/project/computer_chess

I am working with a cool writer director named Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Beeswax) and we start shooting in Austin next month. 

Do any of you live in Austin?  Want to be extras in our film?  

Andrew says,  “I want the film to be very heavily steeped in the excitement of nerds nerding out in top form - a heartfelt tribute to the intense, brilliant people who devoted their lives to these terrific abstractions, “ said Bujalski.  “As computers were exploding into the workplace As computers were exploding into the workplace and home, a group of committed engineers at the vanguard of the technology were trying to teach it what seemed like an almost unimaginable skill—could these machines, these glorified calculators, ever conquer the human world champion in chess?"

We will have some articles about the film coming out next week but we wanted you guys to know about it first. What do you think?

  This is like the one I had in the 70's.  For a long time, you only heard people saying that they'd never be as good as a Grand Master.  Now look at Rybka and Houdini!

That's awesome.  Who would win?

  I would win once in awhile.  Sometimes you would have to reset everything because of a glitch popping up in the middle of a game.

I never had such a glitch, mine was very reliable (all seven levels).  Gave it away about a year ago, as I just didn't see any likelihood of finding a use for it, (and the recipient was a novice at chess).

sftac

ps.  Wondering if houstonking plays chess somewhere else (not seeing any online or live games listed on his profile).