The “Mechanical Turk” Chess Machine Completely Fooled Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin And Many Others Into Believing It Was Real
A pretty impressive con!
It took all of 80 seconds but in fairness the situation is a little loaded. His opponent is Magnus Carlsen, the 23-year-old chess prodigy who is currently the reigning World Chess Champion and No. 1 ranked player in the world. His peak rating of 2872 is the highest in chess history. He’s also playing…
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