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...
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Opera Game (redirect from Morphy versus the Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard)
1858 chess game, played at an opera house in Paris. The American master Paul Morphy played against two strong amateurs: the German noble Karl II, Duke of...
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The Morphy number is a measure of how closely a chess player is connected to Paul Morphy (1837–1884) by way of playing chess games. People who played a...
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Howard Staunton (section Staunton–Morphy controversy)
Staunton and Paul Morphy, but it never came about. It was alleged by British Chess Association president Lord Lyttelton that Staunton misled Morphy while trying...
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Paul Morphy was an American chess player, considered an unofficial world champion in the late 1850s. Morphy may also refer to: Alonzo Morphy (1798–1856)...
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Ruy Lopez (redirect from Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense)
based on whether or not Black responds with 3...a6, the Morphy Defence, named after Paul Morphy, although he was not the originator of the line. The variations...
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The Staunton–Morphy controversy concerns the failure of negotiations in 1858 for a chess match between Howard Staunton and Paul Morphy and later interpretations...
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Daniel Harrwitz (section Game against Morphy)
against Jules Arnous de Rivière. In 1858, he played a match against Paul Morphy in Paris. Harrwitz won the first two games, but lost the match 5½-2½...
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Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker 2700: Mikhail Tal 2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include...
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Adolf Anderssen, who played it three times in his 1858 match against Paul Morphy. Although Anderssen was defeated decisively in the match, the games he...
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figure who has been eclipsed by the achievements of the world famous Paul Morphy. Stanley defeated Eugène Rousseau of New Orleans in 1845 to claim the...
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Adolf Anderssen (section Morphy match, 1858)
great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly, he is generally...
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1851 and 1862 London International Tournaments and his one superior, Paul Morphy, had retired from competitive chess. Steinitz won with eight wins and...
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(1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as...
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decisively beaten in an 1858 match against the American Paul Morphy (7–2, 2 draws). In 1858–59 Morphy played matches against several leading players, beating...
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included Adolf Anderssen, Daniel Harrwitz, Henry Bird, Louis Paulsen, Paul Morphy and Joseph Henry Blackburne. The Immortal Game, played by Anderssen and...
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former lead singer of The Destroyers (band) Paul St. Clair Murphy, United States Marine Corps officer Paul Morphy (1837–1884), chess player This disambiguation...
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played, "The Opera Game" played in 1858 between the American chess master Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs, the German noble Duke Karl of Brunswick and...
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Philidor Defence named after him, based on one of his games against Paul Morphy. Morphy was of the opinion that Boden was the strongest English master, even...
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G. Bohn. OCLC 3561640. Lawson, David (2010). Aiello, Thomas (ed.). Paul Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess. Lafayette: University of Louisiana Press...
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majority of his games at odds. About fifteen percent of the known games of Paul Morphy (1837–1884) are games in which he gave odds. Other strong odds-givers...
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through the late 1870s. He is best known today for playing many games with Paul Morphy when the American champion visited Paris in 1858 and 1863. Born in Nantes...
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Champion, Paul Morphy Lawson, David (2010). Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. "Alonzo Morphy, 1839 (31...
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Checkmate pattern (redirect from Morphy's mate)
the game Louis Paulsen vs. Paul Morphy (November 8, 1857 in New York City, New York (First American Chess Congress)). Morphy did not use this mating pattern...
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grandmasters or even World Chess Champions. Early chess prodigies included Paul Morphy (1837–1884) and José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942), both of whom won matches...
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American baseball player Paul Monette (1945–1995), American author, poet, and activist Paul Morand (1888–1976), French author Paul Morphy (1837–1884), American...
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into the nature of chess came with the American Paul Morphy, an extraordinary chess prodigy. Morphy won against all important competitors (except Staunton...
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nineteenth century, when some of the world's leading players rejected it. Paul Morphy, the world's best player in the late 1850s, decried "that pernicious...
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the losing side of the "Opera Game," defeated by American chess master Paul Morphy in one of the most famous chess games ever played. Charles was born in...
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move upon Black, in the initial position, and thereby winning". Morphy, 1840s? Paul Morphy is credited with composing the position illustrated "while still...
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