Chess in the arts Poul Anderson's short story "Immortal Game", inspired by the 1851 game played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky (which also appears in the film "Blade Runner"); or Waldemar Łysiak's "Szachista" (), centered on a game played between Napoleon Bonaparte and The Turk. The game Frank Poole versus HAL 9000 from the film "" is also based on an actual match, albeit not widely known. Other artists drawn their inspirations from the life of players. Vladimir Nabokov wrote "The Defense" after learning about Curt von Bardeleben, while the musical "Chess" was loosely based on the life of Bobby Fischer. Some authors
A Game of Pool (The Twilight Zone, 1959) Fats disappears with Jesse vowing to keep practicing until he is good enough to face Fats once again. The episode was remade in the 1980s version of "The Twilight Zone". The remade version featured Esai Morales as Jesse Cardiff and Maury Chaykin as Fats Brown. This version used the original alternate ending that Johnson intended for the original 1961 version. A Game of Pool (The Twilight Zone, 1959) "A Game of Pool" is episode 70 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on October 13, 1961, on CBS. According to Rod Serling, it is "the