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| | Talk:Paul Morphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Morphy didn't defeat all the great players of his day, but he defeated all the players he contended with. | | | Finally, many of the games are exhibition or casual games played against non-masters, and one can't really judge Morphy on his games against non-masters while other players are judged on their record playing masters. | | | I think it's unlikely Morphy was a co-author because he didn't want to be known as a professional chess player. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paul_Morphy
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| | NYCHESSKIDS: Paul Morphy |
| | Morphy was also the first player to play blindfold simultaneous exhibitions, once playing eight blindfold games at once. | | | He beat everyone he played, though one player Morphy set his sights on, the English master Howard Staunton, refused to play him. | | | In his life time, Morphy played thousands of games, almost all them casual. |
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http://www.nychesskids.com/files/Morphy.htm
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| | Morphy's most memorable games, in the main those where he is playing vastly inferior opponents, have a certain charm. | | | Morphy was an extraordinary player in an age of primitives. | | | For his time Morphy was a great player; for his, so was Capablanca, so was Alekhine, Botwinnik, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. |
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http://felixstowechess.tripod.com/morphy.htm
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| | Paul Morphy Chess Champion |
| | Morphy crushes two Dukes playing at the same time, and the game is proof that pairing two mediocre players does not double their talent. | | | Morphy shows why he is the dominating player of his day. | | | Morphy takes control of the center in this game in a big way. |
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http://www.academicchess.com/Focus/Morphy/morphyplay.shtml
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| | A.J.'s 'Paul Morphy' Web Page |
| | Paul Morphy - Perhaps the greatest player who ever lived, statistically 'the gap' that separated him from his generation was larger than any other player in the history of the game of chess. | | | Morphy then proceeded to Europe, where he proved he was much better than all the other players there. | | | Not only was Morphy possessed of a phenomenal memory, which he demonstrated in astounding feats of simultaneous blindfold play, but his style of play was in direct contrast to that of his time. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/games4/lifemasteraj/_Morphy/morphy-list.html
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| | The full Morphy |
| | Morphy.pgn contains all of Morphy's surviving 415 games - 253 regular games, 156 odds games, and 6 game positions - in the chronological order of the standard works by Maroczy (1909) and Sergeant (1916, 1930). | | | In a separate gamefile, pmorphy.pgn, are Morphy's 59 games from what we would consider serious events now: the tournament in New York (1857) and the matches against Löwenthal, Harrwitz, Anderssen (1858) and Mongredien (1859). | | | If you have a Java-enabled browser, and some patience, you can view these 59 games (the default), or all of the 415 games on line with the PGN-viewer below. |
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/ChessTutor/morphy.htm
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| | Paul Cherles Morphy (1837-1884) |
| | As is so common in Morphy games, he develops with gain of time. | | | Morphy was blessed with an exceptionally quick sight of the board, and he rarely took more than a few minutes on any single move. | | | A powerfully played game by Morphy that, in my opinion, hasn’t been properly appreciated. |
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http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_history/grt_plyr_pc_morphy.html
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| | Most of the games we have of him are games where he gave “odds”of a knight or a rook—he started the game with one piece less in order to make the game more fair for his weaker opponents. | | | Morphy was so good a chessplayer that he often played with a piece less than his opponent. | | | But Morphy showed an immense talent for chess, and his ability took him to Europe where he challenged some of the best players in the world, and became the “unofficial” World Champion (the first “official” World Champion was Wilhelm Steinitz in 1886). |
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http://www.nychesskids.com/files/corner/shep/shep01.htm
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| | MORPHY (400 GAMES)(scroll down for game and move buttons) |
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http://www.chesswarrior.com/pgngames/HTML/morphy2.html
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| | The chess games of Paul Morphy |
| | Even today his games are studied for their principles of open lines and quick development, and his influence on the modern game is undeniable. | | | His uncle, Ernest Morphy, claims that no one formally taught Morphy how to play chess, but rather that he learned the rules by observing games between himself and Alonzo. | | | Although the official title of World Champion did not exist in his time, Morphy was and is widely regarded as the strongest player of his day. |
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16002
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| | Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard (1858) |
| | Those players must not be familiar with this game. | | | : Not only is the game appealing because of the brilliant play by Morphy, it also comes with the charming story of a two on one chess game played in an opera house in 1858. | | | So presumably Morphy had the additional advantage of listening to the Allies choosing and analysing each of their moves before they played it. |
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404
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| | Chess Legends - Paul Morphy |
| | Morphy then played a match with Harrwitz as Staunton was avoiding to play him. | | | He totally broke down when a lady turned down his proposal stating that she would not marry a "mere chess player". | | | He also gave some exhibitions and was waiting to play Staunton. |
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http://www.chathurangam.com/Legends/index.asp
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| | Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective - USCF Sales |
| | The result is a fresh and instructive look at the strategy and tactics of the American legend, and their relevance to the modern approach to the royal game. | | | Until now, I was not sure how Morphy's play compared to the play and analysis of modern grandmasters. | | | Here he has tried to build a well-rounded picture of Morphy's chess strength, avoiding the trap of concentrating on his flashy (but rather one-sided) thrashings of lesser players. |
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http://uscfsales.com/item.asp?PID=1565
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| | Paul Morphy A Modern Perspective |
| | Reinfeld and Soltis, in MORPHY CHESS MASTERPIECES, cite this game as evidence that Morphy was a modern player and that this was inspiration for Garcia-Fischer, Havana (ol) 1966, often given as the first game to employ this plan. | | | To be fair to Beim, he points out on page 36 the move 23.Rg1 (Morphy-Paulsen, New York 1857) and compares it with the exhibition game Fischer-Andersson from 1970. | | | The game I am referring to, played on October 10, 1857 in New York, sees Morphy, in a position somewhat analogous to those arising from some Hedgehog and Najdorf, play...Kh8,...g5 and...Rg8. |
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http://jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jd/jd_morphy_a_modern_perspective.html
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| | Lichtenhein-Morphy |
| | Morphy delighted in piece play, and there is more than ample opportunity for it in the Open Games. | | | Morphy was never one to play passive moves. | | | Reinfeld wrote: "The two-Rook sacrifice is one of the most elegant tactical themes in the attacking player's repertoire." (Here Morphy brings it off with flair and panache'!) "Anderssen introduced this beautiful motif in 1851 in his famous 'Immortal Game' with Kieseritsky. |
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http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/lich-morp1.html
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| | Chessmetrics Ratings: Morphy, Paul C |
| | These ratings, calculated for Morphy, Paul C, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the year before the "Date of rating", along with the ratings that were already calculated one year previously. | | | If a player has an insufficient number of games in recent years, there may be gaps in the list, even though you may see ratings listed on previous and/or subsequent dates. | | | Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age. |
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http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL27032.htm
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| | Paul Morphy |
| | The brilliant American chess master Paul Morphy (1837-84) had a dazzling gift for attacking play that is admired to the present day. | | | Author Chris Ward undertakes a fascinating examination of Morphy's games and style of play, providing a revealing insight into how Morphy was able to dominate his contemporaries. |
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http://www.morozevich.com/chessbooks/players/Morphy.htm
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| | Frederick Edge – Background Facts and Quotations by Edward Winter |
| | Now, the mere fact of Morphy staying, as the simple individual, was nothing; but it was something to make sure beyond all dispute that he was infallibly the best living player; and, in addition, to add many games to the finest pages of chess literature. | | | The issue at stake was a claim by Edge about Staunton’s annotations of Morphy’s games in the Illustrated London News during a specific period. | | | I shall watch over Morphy until he leaves Europe, and when he leaves I can say - “What you are outside of chess, I have made you. |
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http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/edge.html
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| | Best Game: paulsen-louisvsmorphy-paul.pgn |
| | Morphy's dominance of the game of chess was legendary. | | | It should be noted that Paulsen was a very good chess player, and is credited with having invented the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defense; a very popular system even to this day. | | | In this game we see the 20 year old Morphy defeat the German master Louis Paulsen to win the first American Chess Congress held in New York in 1857. |
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http://www.logicalchess.com/resources/bestgames/traditional/game14parent.html
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| | About the letter, Lawson remarks that it was sent by Morphy after being prodded by Fiske for games for the Chess Monthly. | | | Henceforward, depend upon it, the games will reach you in good time. | | | Morphy Chess Clubs - Where Are They Now? |
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http://www.chesscafe.com/text/morphmtch.txt
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| | MORPHY. PAUL CHARLES - LoveToKnow Article on MORPHY. PAUL CHARLES |
| | Morphy went to Europe in the spring of 1858 and entered upon a series of triumphs, both in regular matches and in blindfold play, that proved him to be one of the best players of the time. | | | MORPHY, PAUL CHARLES (1837-1884), American chess player, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 2 and of June 1837, the son of Alonzo Morphy (1798-1856) and his wife, whose maiden name was Le Carpentier. | | | See Exploits and Triumphs of Paul Morphy, by F. Edge (New York, 1859); Morphy's Games, edited by J. Lowenthal (New York, 1860); Paul Morphy, by Max Lange (Leipzig, 1881). |
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http://16.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MO/MORPHY_PAUL_CHARLES.htm
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| | Online Chess Blog - All about Chess |
| | I love to replay the games played by these two great and talented chess players. | | | Technorati Tags: Bobby Fischer Vs Paul Morphy Tournament, Chess Engine Tournaments | | | Fritz has the capability to play out matches and tournaments between different chess engines. |
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http://satishtalim.blogspot.com/2005/10/bobby-fischer-vs-paul-morphy.html
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| | jaced.com |
| | Howard Staunton from England, considered the best player of the day, refused to play him, and it is still considered to this day, that he was afraid to be massacred by the chess genius of Morphy. | | | Morphy then "retired" in 1859, in his twenties, only two years after his meteoric rise to chess fame, because a young woman rebuffed his advances "because he was only a chess player"!! | | | No one in a 3-year period rattled the chess world as Morphy did. |
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http://dev.jaced.com:8080/htm/c/cbios/cbios_morphy.htm
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| | Paul Morphy and Vincenzo Bellini |
| | A beautiful music of Vincenzo Bellini in "Norma" (as written by Milne Edge, Paul Morphy's secretary) magically had affected on the game. | | | A brilliant and easy game of the ingenious American Paul Morphy against Duke Karl and Count Isouard was held in October, 1858 in the Italian Opera in Paris. | | | Morphy, P. - Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard |
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http://www.chessib.com/morbellini2.html
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| | Nxa8 {was much stronger, but Morphy doesn't want to lose the black king as a target before taking the rook. | | | Only the powerful mind of another chess giant, Wilhelm Steinitz, could systematize the profound positional rules that created a new outlook in chess progress. | | | N1c3 $1 {Morphy feels that chess logic is on his side and goes for immediate refutation of Black's premature activity. |
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http://www.chessaid.com/chess_download/games/Morphy.pgn
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| | Chess software - Paul Morphy — Genius and Myth |
| | Within only two years of active play, the American defeated the strongest players of his time and gained the title of the inofficial world champion. | | | The history of chess knows many peculiar stories, however, none of them was so spectacular like the comet-like rise of Paul Morphy. | | | Moreover, there are expert analyses of Morphy’s playing style by GMs Karten Müller and Rainer Knaak, dealing with the interesting question: “How was Morphy superior to this contemporaries?” |
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| | The Definitive Paul Morphy Biography |
| | Paul Morphy is considered to be one of the best chess players of all time, when considering how he dominated his time period. | | | Paul Morphy had an active professional chess career of only two years. | | | He is often referred to as “the pride and sorrow of chess.” Although he was widely recognized as the best player in the world, he retired at the peek of his powers before he was officially recognized as world champion. |
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http://www.academicchess.com/Focus/Morphy/morphybio.shtml
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| | PAUL MORPHY LETTER One of the great unanswered questions in chess history is why Paul Morphy ceased playing chess. | | | There exists a letter in the Russell Collection, however, wherein for the first, and as far is known, the only time, Morphy states as best he ever did, why he no longer played chess. | | | Did he suffer some mental imbalance as a result of not being able to play Staunton when he went to Europe? |
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http://www.chesscafe.com/text/morphy.asc
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| | Morphy, Paul (Charles) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Morphy, Paul (Charles) |
| | After winning the American championship and beating the strongest masters in Europe in 1857–59, he went home to a hero's welcome as unofficial world champion (title play was not formalized until 1886). | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Morphy,+Paul+(Charles)
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| | Paul Morphy |
| | The result is a violent game miniature by the great Paul Morphy in just seventeen moves. | | | Here he answers a sharp assault on the Sicilian (repeated by Fischer more than a century later) with equal energy. |
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http://www.chess-poster.com/great_games/gg_morphy.htm
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| | Paul Morphy: Public Domain Images |
| | Also, a nearly-complete collection of the Chess games of Paul Morphy as well as a user-friendly bulletin board devoted to discussions of his contributions to the history of Chess will be found at the Chessgames.com site titled The chess games of Paul Morphy. | | | The full-size image from which these smaller images were taken may be seen here. | | | Messages spanning multiple years can be read directly: simply scroll down to the bottom region of the page. |
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http://www.100bestwebsites.org/alt/paulmorphyimages.htm
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| | Paul Morphy links |
| | Rating lists of the 1850s (Morphy - 2400) |
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http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/morphyli.htm
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| | Chess Graphics : Paul Morphy |
| | All three from Maroczy's book on Morphy Leipzig 1909 reprinted by Olms Zurich 1979. | | | An autographed photo, a photo of Morphy playing Lewis Elkin in Philadelphia october 1859 and an engraving of his match against Anderssen. |
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http://www.chessgraphics.net/pamorphy.htm
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| | Paul Charles Morphy -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Includes excerpts from his book, The Right to Be Lazy, and other works. | | | An international celebrity from childhood, he was known as a sportsman and as an outspoken... | | | He was also one of the first French writers to address theories of individual psychology in his novels. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9053805?tocId=9053805
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