Chess Recorder

Back before computers chess scores were always written down.  Of course, in tournements it's generally done by hand even today.  However, in 1946 a Mr. A. W. Fey, to help ease the drudgery or chance of error of having to write down game scores, invented a mechanical game score recorder featured in the Feb. 1946 issue of "Chess Review."

Tremulous but slightly cynical joy... oh for the golden age of journalism.

Is this officially the first chess robot? 

Here is one of my favorite chess robots:

Nerves of steal and the dexterity of a ninja!

The golden age of journalism when a journalist could get away with such a badly written paragraph... No information, unrelated facts with no logics, ...

Thanks again batgirl, so what became of the machine ?

I have that 1946 Chess Review. It's a legit article.

Why? It's just you that doubts.

Hardly worth much effort.

24 hours? That was good for a laugh, anyway.

I would think a dude from the Bahamas would have a coconut in his hand, not stuck up his ***.

Maybe one fell on his head?

Yes, they must both be in the same place.

I'd like a photo of him holding the coconut in front of today's paper, so we know he's still alive and worth the ransom.

In 24 hours!

He can easily obtain illegal coconuts and photoshop in a paper in 24 hours. I say give him twelve minutes.

And here I thought that people from the Caribbean were so very calm and relaxed. However as it turns out a recent photo of Santa Claus with all of his Reindeer is going to be required instead. This is needed because a rumour has been circulating that Rudolph had been very ill and had to be euthanised.   

He had a horrible head cold I heard...

Too bad your eye for hoaxes isn't as "patently" developed as your imagination.