Apr-29-09 Paul Morphy 
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SBC: ahh.. I hadn't noticed the date of the AH article. 25 yrs ago, huh? 150 years ago tomorrow, April 30, Morphy would be boarding the Persia and bidding England farewell.
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| | Apr-02-09 The Turk (Automaton)
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SBC: . I've written/transcribed a series of 26 long articles on Automatons, including 17 on the Turk alone, on my chess blog at chess.com - http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess... I don't know if you need to be a member to view them (I don't think you do, but if so , joining is simple and ...
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| | Apr-02-09 Mephisto (Automaton)
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SBC: . I've written/transcribed a series of 26 long articles on Automatons, including 3 on Mephisto, on my chess blog at chess.com - http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess... I don't know if you need to be a member to view them (I don't think you do, but if so , joining is simple and free.) .
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| | Apr-02-09 Ajeeb (Automaton)
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SBC: . I've written/transcribed a series of 26 long articles on Automatons, including quite a few on Ajeeb, on my chess blog at chess.com - http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess... I don't know if you need to be a member to view them (I don't think you do, but if so , joining is simple and ...
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| | Apr-02-09 Charles Devide
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SBC: . Charles Devidé was an New York chess editor (A Memorial to William Steinitz, 1901)) and analyst. .
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| | Apr-02-09 Ajeeb vs C Devide, 1890
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SBC: . How odd.
My original posting (when this game had been presented as Ajeeb vs. Divine, showing that Ajeeb's opponent as, in fact, Charles Devide [sans accent, as my later posting indicates] )
has been removed.
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| | Feb-04-09 P Williams
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SBC: This is Peter Unger WIlliams (1775- 1837)
Along with William Lewis, Williams was a chess student of Jacob Surratt, "Professor of Chess." Lewis, as the director of the Turk, played a game with, and recognized his opponent as (the director couldn't see his opponent), Peter Unger ...
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| | Feb-04-09 Hook vs The Turk, 1820
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SBC: . Of course this is MISS Hook. However, the earliest reference is by no means Tomlison's 1845 "Amusements in Chess." I would have assumed, apparently quite incorrectly, that anyone interested in this part of history would have been familiar with Hunneman's 1820 book on the Turk's 1820 ...
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| | Dec-30-08 A Mathiassen vs S Sorensen, 1862
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SBC: . The link from 2006 is no longer valid. "Nordiske Skakproblemer" can be downloaded from Anders Thulin's newest location: http://www.anders.thulin.name/PDF/A... .
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| | Dec-25-08 W Ballard vs L Fagan, 1880
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SBC: . I made a little page (little because I only know a little, but it does at least have her photo which, in itself, should be worth the price of admission) on Ms. Fagan here: http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/signo...
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