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Also known as Paul Charles Morphy

US chess player (1837–1884)

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Paul Morphy was an American chess player who lived from 1837 to 1884 and is considered one of the greatest chess masters of the 19th century. He matters because his innovative playing style and dominance during his competitive years significantly influenced how chess was played and understood.

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Born
1837
Died
1884
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  • Paul Morphy's gewonneneschachwettkämpfe gegen Anderssen, Löwenthal und Harrwitz
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  • Dreissig ausgewählte schachpartiestellungen

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  • I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. It is, to be sure, a most exhilarating sport, but it is only a sport; and it is not to be wondered at that such as have been passionately addicted to the charming pastime should one day ask themselves whether sober reason does not advise its utter dereliction.
  • Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations.
  • It [chess] is not only the most delightful and scientific, but the most moral of amusements.
  • It [chess] is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game.
  • Let the chessboard supercede the card table, and a great improvement will be visible in the morals of the community.

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Paul Morphy
date of birth
1837-06-22
date of death
1884-07-10
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Paul Charles Morphy
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Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his time.

A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin. He then traveled to Europe, residing for a time in England and France while challenging the continent's top players. He played matches with most of the leading English and French players, as well as the German Adolf Anderssen—again winning all matches by large margins. In 1859, Morphy returned to the United States, before ultimately abandoning competitive chess and receding from public view.

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