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darkrider21
10-19-2012, 03:27 AM
this was an atomation that played chess between 1779-1854 when it was burned in a fire. created by wolfgang von kempelen. it played chess with napolen bonapart which napolen makes an ilegal move and the atomation knocked off the peaces after said move was made

Eris
10-19-2012, 11:34 AM
It was a hoax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk). Had a guy inside of it that did the actual playing.

OminousCloud
10-20-2012, 05:07 AM
Shut down so fast, no time to even humor the kid.