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Terminator S.C.C. - The Sarah Connor Chronicles and how Skynet came into the world

The Terminator was one of the most successful movies of 1984. It was written and directed by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger played the evil guy, a ferocious cyborg killer. The film was a commercial success and had a lasting cultural influence. In 2008 the Library of Congress decided to include it into the American National Film Registry, judging it to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Four sequels followed, the last one in 2015, Terminator Genisys, again with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In 2008 the Fox Broadcasting Company decided to use the popularity of the Terminator movies and decided to produce the series "Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles" that is based on the first two Terminator movies.

In the movies intelligent machines seized the power on earth after an atomic catastrophe. The machines try to exterminate the last remaining human beings. But there is resistance and to break this resistance the robots go back into the past. They send perfect robots, the terminators, back in time to kill John Connor, head of the resistance movement, or his mother Sarah. But the humans also sent robots back into the past to protect Sarah and John.

In the series the humans also try to prevent the machines from coming to power by stopping the development of Skynet, the network of intelligent machines that later seize power. The female terminator Cameron who comes back from the future supports John's and Sarah's fight against the machines.

In the third episode of the series Sarah visits Andy Goode, who earns his living by selling mobile phones. But Goode is also interested in chess programming and developed a platform for Artificial Intelligence which he dubbed "the Turk" - a reverence to the Turk, the first chess automaton. Later Goode's Turk turns into "Skynet". In a conversation with Sarah Goode reveals that he is a great fan of the chess engine Fritz and explains the significance of the match between Deep Fritz and Vladimir Kramnik.






Andy Goode's "Turk"



A skeptical Sarah Connor

Now we know: the victory of Deep Fritz in the match against Kramnik in Bonn inspired Goode to develop a chess program which later turned into Skynet. Who would have thought that chess is so dangerous?

Goode explains a new version of the Turk to Sarah

A journey through time

Ten years ago Deep Fritz won his match against World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn.

Deep Fritz, whose moves are made by Matthias Feist, plays against Vladimir Kramnik

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 In my opinion the Catalan Opening is a good choice against a computer. In the structures which generally arise from it, concrete calculation is not at such a premium; more important are strategic nuances. Die Katalanische Eröffnung ist meiner Meinung nach eine gute Wahl gegen einen Computer. Meistens entstehen Strukturen in denen es nicht so sehr auf die konkrete Berechnung ankommt, sondern mehr auf strategische Feinheiten. d5 4.Bg2 dxc4! Of course Fritz 10 tries to open the position and thus avoids the variations Natürlich versucht Fritz 10 die Stellung zu öffnen und vermeidet daher die Varianten die nach which could arise after 4...c6 entstehen könnten. 5.Qa4+ Kramnik tries to win back the pawn he has "sacrificed" as soon as possible, since computers have a tendency to hang on like grim death to material they have won. Kramnik versucht so schnell wie möglich den "geopferten" Bauern wiederzugewinnen, da Computer normalerweise dazu neigen gewonnenes Material gnadelos zu verteidigen. Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qd3 Now Pb5 no longer gains a tempo, but after his early queen moves White can scarcely expect (much of) an opening advantage. Nun gewinnt Pb5 kein Tempo mehr, jedoch kann Weiß mit seinen frühen Damenzügen keinen (großen ) Eröffnungsvorteil erwarten. c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nc3 b6 Another possibility would be Eine andere Möglichkeit wäre 11...b5 e.g.: z.B.: 12.Ng5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Ra7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 Rc7 16.Rac1 1/2-1/2 Szekely,P-Krumpacnik,D/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 12...Bb7 exploits the unfavourable position of the white queen. nützt die ungünstige Position der weißen Dame aus. 13.Bxb7 Ne5 14.Qc2 Qxb7 and Black has no more problems. und Schwarz hat keine Probleme mehr. 12.Ne4! Kramnik continues to simplify the position. Kramnik vereinfacht die Stellung weiter. Nxe4 12...Bb7 would leave Kramnik with the bishop pair. würde Kramnik das Läuferpaar überlassen. 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Qa3 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4!? 14.Qxa8 would allow Black a dangerous initiative. würde Schwarz eine gefährliche Initiative einräumen. Bb7 15.Qxf8+ Kxf8 16.b3 16.Bf4? e5! 17.Bxe5 Ng4 18.Bd4 18.Bc3 Qxe2 18...Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qe4+ 21.Nf3 Qxe2 16.Bd2 e5 16...e5 17.Bb2 e4 18.Ne5 e3 19.f3 14.Qxa8 Bb7 15.Qxf8+ Kxf8 14...Bb7 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qb7+! 18.f3 Be7 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8= 16...Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Rfd1 Objectively speaking, the position which has arisen should be a draw (after 18. ..Bxf3). But Kramnik hopes that Fritz 10 will not find the right moves in this position, and in fact he manages to improve his position one step at a time. Die entstandene Stellung sollte objektiv remis sein (nach 18...Bxf3). Aber Kramnik hofft, dass Fritz 10 sich in dieser Stellung nicht zurechtfindet und tatsächlich gelingt es ihm Stück für Stück seine Stellung zu verbessern. Kf8? 18...Bxf3!= Fritz 10 errs in its evalutaion of the position. The computer considers the bishop on b7 to be stronger than the knight on f3, which in the long run turns out to be wrong. Fritz 10 schätzt die Stellung falsch ein. Der Computer hält den Läufer auf b7 für stärker als den Springer auf f3, was sich langfristig aber als falsch erweist. 19.Ne1! Now White gets good chances. In what follows the white knight will be clearly superior to the black bishop. Nun erhält Weiß gute Chancen. Im weiteren Verlauf wird der weiße Springer dem schwarzen Läufer deutlich überlegen sein. Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Nd3 Bd4 23.Rc1 e5! The correct decision. Fritz 10 tries to organise some counterplay at once. Die richtige Entscheidung. Fritz 10 versucht sofort Gegenspiel zu organisieren. 24.Rc2 Rd5? 24...a5! to prevent Nb4-c6. um Nb4-c6 zu verhindern. 25.e3 25.f3 e4 25...e4 26.exd4 exd3 27.Rd2 Rxd4 28.f4 28.Kf3 f4! 29.gxf4 f5= 28...Ke7 29.Kf3 Ke6 30.Ke3 Kd5 31.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 32.Kxd3 h5= 25.Nb4! Rb5 25...Ra5 26.a3± /+/= 26.Nxa6 Rxb2 26...Bxb2 27.Nc7 Rc5 27...Rb4? 28.Nd5 Rb5 29.Ne3 f4 30.Nf5± 28.Rxb2 28.Rxc5 bxc5 29.Nd5 c4 30.Ne3 c3 31.Kf1 28...Rxc7 29.Rxb6 Rc2 30.Kf3 Rxa2 31.Rf6 27.Rxb2 Bxb2 28.Nb4 Kg7 28...b5 29.Nd5 29.Nd5 The knight has reached its dream square. It is attacking the pawn on b6 and limiting the activity of the black king. At this point, we can see the weakness of Deep Fritz 10. It evaluates the position as level, since the long term danger remains hidden beyond the horizon of its calculation. Der Springer hat sein Traumfeld erreicht. Er attackiert den Bauern b6 und schränkt die Aktivität des schwarzen Königs ein. An dieser Stellung erkennt man die Schwäche von Deep Fritz 10. Er schätzt die Stellung als ausgeglichen ein, da die langfristige Gefahr hinter seinem Rechenhorizont verborgen bleibt. Bd4 29...b5? 30.Nc7 b4 31.Nd5 Ba3 31...Bc3 32.a3+- 32.Kf3± 30.a4? 30.e3! Bc5 31.Kf3 The white king heads for b5. Der weiße König läuft nach b5. f6 31...Kg6 32.Ke2 Kg5 33.h3 32.Ke2 Kf7 32...e4 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Kc3 b5 35.Nc7 Bb6 36.Nxb5 Ba5+ 37.Kc4 Be1 38.a4 Bxf2 39.a5 Bxe3 40.Nd4+- f4 41.gxf4 Bxf4 42.a6 Bb8 43.Nc6+- 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Kc4+- Black is suddenly in zugzwang (and there is the additonal threat of a4-a5). Plötzlich ist Schwarz in Zugzwang (außerdem droht auch a4-a5). 30...Bc5 31.h3 31.e3 e4 32.f3 Kg6 33.Kf2 Kg5 34.h3 31.Kf3 f6 31...Kg6 32.e3!± 32.e4 32.e3 Kf7 33.Ke2 Ke6 32...Kg6 33.Ne3 fxe4+ 33...Bxe3 34.Kxe3 should be a win for White. sollte für Weiß gewonnen sein. 34.Kxe4± 31...f6 32.f3 32.g4 Kg6 32.e3 Kf7 32...Kg6 33.e4? After this White's advantage is gone. There were better chances after Danach hat Weiß keinen Vorteil mehr. Bessere Chancen bot 33.e3 h5 34.Kf1 34.Kf2 h4 34...Kf7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.e4 fxe4 37.fxe4 f5 38.Kf3 Bd4 39.Ne3 fxe4+ 40.Kxe4 and White still has a clear advantage. und noch immer hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil. 33...h5! Now Kramnik has problems activating his king. The only possibility lies in playing g4, but this leads to a weakness after which Black obtains sufficient counterplay. Nun hat Kramnik Probleme damit, seinen König zu aktivieren. Die einzige Möglichkeit besteht darin g4 zu spielen, doch dies führt zu einer Schwäche wonach Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel erhält. 34.g4 34.Nc7 Bb4 35.Kf2 Bc5+ 36.Ke2 fxe4 37.fxe4 f5 38.Kf3 fxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Bf2= 34.Kf1 fxe4 35.fxe4 f5= 34...hxg4 35.hxg4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kg5 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Ke2 Kg5 39.Kd3 Bg1!? 39...Kxg4 40.Nxf6+ Kf3 41.Kc4 Be7 42.Nd5 Bc5 also leads to a draw. führt auch zum Remis. 40.Kc4 Bf2 41.Kb5 Kxg4 42.Nxf6+ 42.Nxb6 Bxb6 43.Kxb6 f5 44.exf5 Kxf5 45.Kc5 e4 46.Kd4 Kf4 47.a5 e3 48.Kd3 Kf3 49.a6 e2 50.a7 e1Q 51.a8Q+= 42...Kf3 43.Kc6 Bh4 44.Nd7 Kxe4 45.Kxb6 Be1 46.Kc6 Kf5 47.Nxe5 Kxe5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kramnik,V2750Comp Deep Fritz 10-½–½2006E03Bonn Man-Machine1
Comp Deep Fritz 10-Kramnik,V27501–02006D10Bonn Man-Machine2
Kramnik,V2750Comp Deep Fritz 10-½–½2006E03Bonn Man-Machine3
Comp Deep Fritz 10-Kramnik,V2750½–½2006C43Bonn Man-Machine4
Kramnik,V2750Comp Deep Fritz 10-½–½2006E51Bonn Man-Machine5
Comp Deep Fritz 10-Kramnik,V27501–02006B86Bonn Man-Machine6

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