Maxime Goulet’s "Checkmate" is a chess game for piano and orchestra based on the legendary 1996 match where IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer defeated reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov. The piano part (played by Lara Downes) represented Kasparov while the orchestra played the part of Deep Blue, with the actual match projected above the stage in real-time. Special thanks to Creative Bearings for the custom chess-board animation!