18th Century
- 1744 - François-André Danican Philidor plays two opponents blindfolded in Paris.
- 1747 - François-André Danican Philidor (France) defeats Philipp Stamma (Syria) in a London match.
- 1763 - Sir William Jones invents Caissa, the chess muse.
- 1769 - Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen builds the Mechanical Turk.
- 1783 - Philidor plays as many as three games simultaneously without seeing the board.
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