It has long been rumored that the chess game between Dr. Elden Tyrell (Joe Turkel) and J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson) uses the conclusion of a game played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in London in 1851. It is considered one of the most brilliant games ever played, largely due to Anderssen boldly sacrificing his Queen to secure a checkmate (which is also how Sebastian beats Tyrell). The game is universally known as "The Immortal Game". If the filmmakers did use "The Immortal Game" as inspiration, the concept of immortality has obvious associations in the ensuing confrontation between Tyrell and Roy Batty. On one level, the chess games represents the struggle of the replicants against the humans: the humans consider the replicants pawns, to be removed one by one. The individual replicants (pawns) are attempting to become immortal (a Queen). At another level, the game between Tyrell and Sebastian represents Batty stalking Tyrell. Tyrell makes a fatal mistake in the chess game, and another fatal mistake trying to reason with Batty. However, that "The Immortal Game" was specifically used in this movie is open to doubt. Firstly, the chess boards in this movie are not arranged exactly as they would be in "The Immortal Game". Secondly, Sebastian's board does not match Tyrell's. Thirdly, in an interview published in Future Noir, Sir Ridley Scott dismissed the rumor as incorrect, saying any similarity between "The Immortal Game" and the Sebastian/Tyrell game was purely coincidental.
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