The Turk

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Norm on 2003/08/01:

  „Now meet the Turk, a turbaned automaton from the 1770's that not only played the game but also defeated virtually everybody it came up against in matches across Europe. In Raymond Bernard's highly entertaining 1927 silent classic "The Chess Player," released this week on DVD and VHS by Milestone, the vanquished include Catherine the Great, who has the device shot shortly before dawn for the crime of lèse-majesté.“

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