Talk:The Turk

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We should probably add some of The Turk's game scores in—I'll do it tomorrow when I'm less tired unless someone else leaps in. Most famous is his defeat of Napoleon I.

1 We are waiting for the notation of his play with Napoleon...
2 Napolean game
3 Size discrepancy
4 Known as Farkas
5 Date?
6 Game against Napoleon

[edit] We are waiting for the notation of his play with Napoleon...

[We are waiting for the notation of his play with Napoleon..] Just added.

Any idea why it is called The Turk?

Because the mannequin was dressed in the garb of a Turk. --Flex 22:13, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Months ago I herd on Paul Harvey that Napoleon actually guessed that it was a hoax by angering the hidden chess master with frequent invalid moves. Any body have a source that would confirm/deny this?

[edit] Napolean game

I think that raw game notation should be kept at wikisource and only notation which is explained should reamain in wikipedia. I'm considering moving the moves of the game there since it seems more appropriate. BrokenSegue 03:55, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Size discrepancy

In the introduction, the article states that the Mechanical Turk could contain a midget. However, in the section on myths at the end, it states that it could hold a full-sized man... --David.given 14:32, 04 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Well, it seems hard to imagine a contraption that could hold a full size man and yet not be able to hold a midge. DoorFrame 20:12, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Known as Farkas

Well, I removed the section which said he was not known as Farkas. In his earlier years, when he lived in Hungary, he was known as Farkas. That's not 'nationalist speech', that's the Hungarian for Wolfgang. Simple as that. Source: http://www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/cache/damjanich_hu.htm in Hungarian. There must be a Slovakian version of his name as well, I guess it's Ján Vlk Kempelen. Caius 12:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date?

The Turk was unvailed in 1770 and not 1769 no? Kempelen challenged he could do better at a magic show of the court of the Empress of Austria-Hungary in the Autumn of 1769. CassiusBilbao 22:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)