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Mephisto

chess-playing "pseudo-automaton" built in 1876
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Mephisto

Summary

Mephisto is a machine[1]. Mephisto draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (machine category, ranking #17 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mephisto is credited with the discovery of Charles Godfrey Gümpel[3].
  • Mephisto's instance of is recorded as machine[4].
  • Mephisto's instance of is recorded as deception[5].
  • Mephisto's part of is recorded as chess terminology[6].
  • Mephisto's has part is recorded as chessboard[7].
  • +1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mephisto[8].
  • Mephisto's sport is recorded as chess[9].
  • Mephisto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05kyyg[10].
  • Mephisto's Chessgames.com player ID is recorded as 31739[11].

Body

Geography

Mephisto's part of is recorded as chess terminology[6].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include machine[4] and deception[5].

History and Context

+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mephisto[8].

Why It Matters

Mephisto draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (machine category, ranking #17 of 23).[2] Mephisto has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mephisto. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mephisto-q2916210
MLA “Mephisto.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mephisto-q2916210.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mephisto-q2916210_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mephisto}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mephisto-q2916210}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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