What is The Mechanical Turk’s Secret?

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darsh_pammi
What Chess player do you think the Mechanical Turk is ? (June Bots)
WildFitBrain
It’s Casablanca
WildFitBrain
He said that the secret to improvement is studying the endgame and that he played against alekhine
darsh_pammi

It's Capablanca?

darsh_pammi

You have defeated him?

darsh_pammi

He said that he will reveal himself on June 15th

Peter-M-24

I WON AGAINST MECHANICAL TURK !!!!

WildFitBrain
Well I used stockfish (assisted)
darsh_pammi

what happened?

maksimoto_18

I didn't know about the Mechanical Turk and learned about it in wiki after seeing the bot pop up. Pretty cool story.

darsh_pammi

K

darsh_pammi

There is a person inside the 'machine'.

pyitharmyatthu

He is from Turkey and likes to eat turkeys???

RyanVorgs128

idk if it's capablanca cuz it was made in the 1770's and capablanca played in the 1900's so yeah

saachivikasd

https://www.chess.com/terms/turk-chess-automaton#:~:text=The%20Mechanical%20Turk%2C%20also%20known,contemporary%20intellectuals%20and%20prominent%20figures.

Chess.com stuff.

Also Wiki!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

saachivikasd

Capablanca was 1900s

Turk is 1700s. It can't be Capablanca.

saachivikasd

Or 1888-1942.

darsh_pammi

it may be capablanca

darsh_pammi

'the secret to improvement is studying the endgame ' because he said this

darsh_pammi
It is Capablanca