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* ExtYearsInTheFuture: Takes place in 1983, released in 2013.
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* MooresLaw: Invoked in the opening press conference.
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* MooresLaw: Invoked in the opening press conference.
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''Computer Chess'' is Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film set in 1980 about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.

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''Computer Chess'' is Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film set in 1980 1983 about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.
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* [[spoiler: DoAndroidsDream: Some not-so-subtle references to ''TwoThousandAndOne'' near the end, though it's from an UnreliableNarrator.]]

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* [[spoiler: DoAndroidsDream: Some not-so-subtle references to ''TwoThousandAndOne'' ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' near the end, though it's from an UnreliableNarrator.]]
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''Computer Chess'' is Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.

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''Computer Chess'' is Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film set in 1980 about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.
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* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Only the ''computers'' are playing chess, but one is kind of eccentric. The grandmaster/host does have some quicks, though.

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* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Only the ''computers'' are playing chess, but one is kind of eccentric. The grandmaster/host does have some quicks, quirks, though.
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* TetrisEffect: Shelley says she has TetrisEffect started seeing people as chess pieces.

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* TetrisEffect: Shelley says she has TetrisEffect started seeing people as chess pieces.

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* ChessMotifs: Subtle ones, such as Papageorge's loop and Shelley's TetrisEffect.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe, Shelley says she has started seeing people as chess pieces.


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* TetrisEffect: Shelley says she has TetrisEffect started seeing people as chess pieces.

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* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Only the ''computers'' are playing chess, but one is kind of eccentric. The grandmaster/host does have some quicks, though.



* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Only the ''computers'' are playing chess, but one is kind of eccentric. The grandmaster/host does have some quicks, though.
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* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Only the ''computers'' are playing chess, but one is kind of eccentric. The grandmaster/host does have some quicks, though.
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* ThreeWaySex: Poor Peter is hit on by a free love middle-aged couple. They don't succeed.

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* ThreeWaySex: Poor Peter is hit on by a free love middle-aged couple. They don't succeed.succeed.
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Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.

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''Computer Chess'' is Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.
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* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Full frontal female nudity literally in the last few seconds of the film.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Beuscher and Shelly discover that his software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.
* AspergersSyndrome: Not explicitly started, but it's obvious some of the characters suffer from it, like Beuscher.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Beuscher Peter and Shelly discover that his software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.
* AspergersSyndrome: Not explicitly started, but it's obvious some of the characters suffer from it, like Beuscher.Peter.



* GovernmentConspiracy: The drug dealer assumes that the Pentagon is using the computer programs for covert ops. [[spoiler: Beuscher's boss confirms this.]]

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The drug dealer assumes that the Pentagon is using the computer programs for covert ops. [[spoiler: Beuscher's boss Beuscher confirms this.]]



* NerdsAreVirgins: Implied, played straight with Beuscher. [[spoiler: Until the RoboSexual ending.]]

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* NerdsAreVirgins: Implied, played straight with Beuscher.Peter. [[spoiler: Until the RoboSexual ending.]]



* ThreeWaySex: Poor Beuscher is hit on by a free love middle-aged couple. They don't succeed.

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* ThreeWaySex: Poor Beuscher Peter is hit on by a free love middle-aged couple. They don't succeed.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe, Shelley says she has started seeing people as chess pieces.
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* [[DoAndroidsDream: Some not-so-subtle references to ''TwoThousandAndOne'' near the end, though it's from an UnreliableNarrator.]]

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* [[DoAndroidsDream: [[spoiler: DoAndroidsDream: Some not-so-subtle references to ''TwoThousandAndOne'' near the end, though it's from an UnreliableNarrator.]]
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The drug dealer assumes that the military industrial complex and government agencies are hiring and using the computer programs for covert ops. [[spoiler: Beuscher's boss confirms this.]]

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The drug dealer assumes that the military industrial complex and government agencies are hiring and Pentagon is using the computer programs for covert ops. [[spoiler: Beuscher's boss confirms this.]]
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Using computer for ''dating''?! Hah!

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Using computer for ''dating''?! to find ''dates''?! Hah!
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Using computer for ''dating''?! Hah!

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* AcidTripSequence / SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]



* MushroomSamba / SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]



* ShownTheirWork: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980. One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera.

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* ShownTheirWork: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980. One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera.camera.
* ThreeWaySex: Poor Beuscher is hit on by a free love middle-aged couple. They don't succeed.

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* AcidTripSequence / SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]



* ShownTheirWork: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980. One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera.
* SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]

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* ShownTheirWork: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980. One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera.
* SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Beuscher and Shelly discover that their software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Beuscher and Shelly discover that their his software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.
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* AspergersSyndrome: Not explicitly started, but it's obvious some of the characters suffer from it, like Beuscher.
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* Foreshadowing: In the press conference, Henderson notes the disastrous endgame played by one computer program, stating it's caught in an endless loop for a stalemate. [[spoiler: Michael Papageorge finds himself in one searching for his money stash to pay for drugs.]]

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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: EndlessTimeLoop: Papageorge finds himself in one when searching for the money to pay for his drugs.]]
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In the press conference, Henderson notes the disastrous endgame played by one computer program, stating it's caught in an endless loop for a stalemate. [[spoiler: Michael Papageorge finds himself in one searching for his money stash to pay for drugs.]]



** Cats seem to be infesting the hotel.

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** Cats seem to be infesting the hotel.hotel.
* ShownTheirWork: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980. One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera.
* SplashOfColor: [[spoiler: During Papageorge's aforementioned EndlessTimeLoop, the only time the film is in color.]]
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Andrew Bujalski's experimental DeliberatelyMonochrome 2013 film about programmers competing in a chess tournament to see who has the best software.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Beuscher and Shelly discover that their software program won't play well unless it's playing a human.
* Foreshadowing: In the press conference, Henderson notes the disastrous endgame played by one computer program, stating it's caught in an endless loop for a stalemate. [[spoiler: Michael Papageorge finds himself in one searching for his money stash to pay for drugs.]]
* GovernmentConspiracy: The drug dealer assumes that the military industrial complex and government agencies are hiring and using the computer programs for covert ops. [[spoiler: Beuscher's boss confirms this.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Michael Papageorge.
* MindScrew: [[spoiler: The RoboSexual ending]].
* NerdsAreVirgins: Implied, played straight with Beuscher. [[spoiler: Until the RoboSexual ending.]]
* [[spoiler: RoboSexual: The MindScrew ending reveals the prostitute is an android.]]
* RunningGag:
** Papageorge nomadically looks for a room to sleep with after the hotel screws up his reservation.
** Cats seem to be infesting the hotel.

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