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The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.
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Mechanical Turk
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player, or simply The Turk, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent. For 84 years, it was exhibited on tours by various…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chess
Strategy board game
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wolfgang von Kempelen
Hungarian author and inventor (1734–1804)
Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd was a Hungarian author, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)