The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

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, August 13, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
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.