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The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player, or simply The Turk, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent. Wikipedia
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chess
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IS A
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automaton
hoax
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chess computer
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appliance
HAS PART
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cabinet
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chessboard
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chess set
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clockwork
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mannequin
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CONTAINS
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chess player
CREATOR
Wolfgang von kempelen
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
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Otto's encyclopedia
OPERATOR
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Aaron Alexandre
Johann Baptist Allgaier
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Jacques François Mouret
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Hyacinthe Henri Boncourt
William Lewis
OWNED BY
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John Kearsley Mitchell
SPORT
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chess
USE
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chess tournament
USES
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chess player

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