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Chess automatons

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The Turk
chess automaton hoax
Johann Nepomuk Maelzel
German inventor (1772–1838)
El Ajedrecista
first true automaton able to play chess
Ajeeb
thumb|right|Photo of "Ajeeb the Wonderful", 1886 right|thumb|An advertisement for an exhibition of Ajeeb, including an illustration of its appearance. Ajeeb was an imitation of Mechanical Turk|the Turk.
Mephisto
chess-playing "pseudo-automaton" built in 1876
Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz
German noble
Maelzel's Chess Player
essay by Edgar Allan Poe, exposing the chess automaton "The Turk" as fraudulent