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What could the 1912 automaton, considered the world's first computer game, do?

In 1912, long before the advent of the prototypes of modern computers, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres y Quevedo designed the electromechanical machine "El Ajedrecista", which is considered the first computer game in history. The device was a chessboard with a king and a rook moved by a machine with the help of electromagnets, as well as a king of a different color, which was moved by a person. The automaton, albeit not in the minimum number of moves, was guaranteed to complete this chess endgame with checkmate to the opponent.

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