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I heard about it. Napoleon played against it, and to see if it had pre-programmed moves, he played an illegal move. The Turk, in a fit of rage, knocked all the pieces off the board, scaring the shit out of everyone watching the game. 
Must be some kind of an urban legend... A mechanical chess player? Bah!
There was a man hiding inside.
It is a well known story.
It eventually beat Kasparov in 97 I believe.
The Turk was the great grandfather of Kramnik
This is a picture of The Turk:
And here there is some documental footage, from that age:
chasm1995 wrote:
I heard about it. Napoleon played against it, and to see if it had pre-programmed moves, he played an illegal move. The Turk, in a fit of rage, knocked all the pieces off the board, scaring the shit out of everyone watching the game.
Were you really born in 1995?
Yes. I just saw something on famous magic tricks, and this was between biting the bullet and making the statue of liberty disappear. They went quite in depth on the Turk, which is how I know about Napoleon's attempt at an illegal move.
IVE HEARD OF IT DONT BE MEAN!
DONT HECTOR!
Doggy_Style wrote:
There was a man hiding inside.
That's what they say about me.
and me!
Perhaps, it is very well known story and I'm the only illiterate that didn't know about it.
pdela wrote:
Perhaps, it is very well known story and I'm the only illiterate that didn't know about it.
No, I don't think you are.
A mechanical chess player known as The Turk defeated almost all opponents from 1770 to 1854 and baffled the best minds of Europe including Napoleon Bonaparte (not to mention Benjamin Franklin). Remarkably it was only “exposed” in the 1820s... some trick.