This is the Turk, a mechanical chess playing robot from the 1700’s that was basically unbeatable. It made its own moves, called checkmate and even laughed in its opponent’s face. For almost 90 years, it toured the world, facing some of the best chess players…
Ewan Cunningham
Writer, editor and creator of the Primal Space channel.
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