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Subject: Re: Fritz 9 and the "Turk"

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:21:19 11/08/05

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On November 08, 2005 at 04:36:36, George Speight wrote:

>
>Anyone who has played a game against the Turk, I'm sure you have noticed how
>slow he moves his arm and hand out of the way after me makes a move. His arm and
>hand hide the pieces on his side, and you have to wait about 10 or 15 seconds
>before you can see the whole board. All this time your clock is running. Has
>anyone figured out a way to make him get his damn arm and hand out of the way
>quicker. If they have, I would love to know how.  Thanks, George

I did some search in google for the Turk.

I cannot play against it

http://games.cs.ualberta.ca/TheTurk/index.cgi#PLAY

I get the following message:
WWW: problems in connecting to The Turk server

Alternatively the turk is an ancient thing that does not play today

see
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/automaton.html

Uri



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