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The Automaton Chess-Player [from the Memoirs of Robert Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer]

Houdin, Robert. "The Automaton Chess-Player [from the Memoirs of Robert Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjurer]." New York Saturday Press. 13 Aug. 1859: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
personal record
Abstract: 

Anecdote about an avid chess player and doctor who is duped by a more talented friend in the guise of a robot.