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Simon Rogers
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Re: Automaton Chess Player

Post by Simon Rogers » Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:14 pm

Gerard Killoran wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:57 am
Tim Harding wrote:
Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:23 pm
I don't know the Standage book but you should look at the earlier history, published by McFarland in 2000: "The Turk, Chess Automaton" by Gerald M. Levitt.
It includes all the 50 known games played in London in 1820 when Mouret operated it. They were published in a book at the time which used to be free on Google Books but it's no longer available as a PDF download.
The game with Napoleon is on page 41 of Levitt's book. Napoleon was White and opened 1 e4 e5 2 Qf3. He was mated on move 24.
Levitt also mentions the Franklin game but the moves were apparently not preserved.
The book is available here

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iP5 ... q&f=false

Hover (do not click) your mouse pointer over the red rectangle EBOOK-FREE and then click on Download PDF
Article in the Sunday Times Culture Magazine on Sunday 8th August. Book review of Tom Standage's latest release.
It mentions that Tom Standage is a science and technology journalist.
His latest book is titled:
"A Brief History Of Motion "
"From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next"
Bloomsbury £20 pp272

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