The Turk, screen printed

Endgame Clothing continues their line of innovative chess designs with two new releases, The Turk and Fool’s Mate. Both designs display amazing hand-drawn artwork and are individually screen printed using a process that is as old as chess itself.

The Turk was one of the greatest hoaxes of all time. Built in 1770, the Chess Playing Automaton, nicknamed The Turk, was said to be a machine that could best any man at chess. While in fact, The Turk was an elaborate mechanical illusion that swindled people on both sides of the Atlantic for nearly 100 years before being destroyed in a warehouse fire in 1854. The Turk’s victims included both Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. Edgar Allen Poe even tried to debunk the machine, but was wrong with several of his assertions.

[The Turk image above]

As most players know, the Fool’s Mate represents the fastest possible checkmate in the game of chess.

Endgame Clothing is based in Orange County, California and designs chess apparel for players and enthusiasts all over the world. Endgame Clothing combines a love of chess with a love of art to create the best chess t-shirts on the planet. Their designs are worn by such notable players as Nakamura, Akobian, Shankland, Hess and Liu.

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