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Gambit
24 Saturday Feb 2018
Tag Archives: chess
The Turk
17 Tuesday Oct 2017
Posted in Life, Magic, Performance, Theatre
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automaton, chess, Genii Convention, illusion, John Gaughan, magic, mechanical chess player, photography, The Turk
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18th century chess-playing automaton, reconstructed by John Gaughan
Orlando, Florida
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