Paul Morphy

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Sources

1. BookThe Oxford Companion to Chess
2. BookThe Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

Relations

born in:

• New Orleans

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

defeated:

• Duke of Brunswick1858

  The Opera Game, in consultation with Count Isouard.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess, The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

Appears in2 items

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  Chess: From Chaturanga to AlphaZero2 items
  • The Romantic era1830
  • Morphy’s Opera Game1858