print email comment close Chess: The Mechanical Turk URL: http://emagazine.credit-suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=106274&coid=120&lang=EN Description: This 2005 article discusses how "during the 18th century, a chess-playing automaton held audiences in Europe and America in thrall" and how the machine was found to be a hoax in that "the Turk was actually manipulated by someone hidden in the cabinet during the performance." Includes details about how the Mechanical Turk operated and how Edgar Allan Poe almost discovered the truth. From the Credit Suisse online magazine.  Author: Hafen, Ruth Publisher: Credit Suisse Group Extra Keywords emagazine artificial intelligence LII Database Information: Record 22865 created by Maria Brandt on 11/06/2006 Last modification on 11/06/2006 Published: 11/08/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22865