![]() ![]() (The Secrets of the Chess Machine in the UK). Vienna, 1770: Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange and amazing invention: the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton. The chess machine is secretly operated from inside by the Italian dwarf Tibor, a God-fearing social outcast whose chess-playing abilities and diminutive size make him the perfect accomplice in this grand hoax.īut when a beautiful and seductive countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton, the Mechanical Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion, and the machine and its inventor become the target of espionage, persecution and aristocratic intrigue.įrom the leaden dungeons of Venice to the imperial court in Vienna, from the palaces of the Pressburg nobility to the alleyways of the Jewish quarter, The Secrets of the Chess Machine is the breathtaking historical adventure, based on a true story, of a legendary invention. He is best known for his novel Der Schachautomat, translated into English by Anthea Bell as The Chess Machine. Based on a true story, The Chess Machineis the breathtaking historical adventure of a legendary invention that astounded all who crossed its path. But what the Habsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion. ![]() Venice: 1769 On an anonymous November day in the year 1769 Tibor Scardanelli had woken up in a windowless prison cell, with encrusted blood on his swollen face and a splitting headache. ![]() Vienna 1770 - Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange and amazing invention, the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton. The Chess Machine is a daring and remarkable tale, based on a true story, full of envy, lust, scandal and deception. ![]()
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