American chess master Paul Charles Morphy (1837-84) adhered to this motto when he engaged others in the royal game. He played the most uncanny and unorthodox moves during his games. Very often, Morphy ...

Paul Morphy (left) and a friend From "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" By the time Paul Morphy was felled by a stroke on July 10, 1884, he had become an odd and familiar presence on Canal Street in New ...

“Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy,” according to American chess Grandmaster Andrew Soltis. Morphy was a child chess ...

including an Historical Account of Clubs, Biographical Sketches of Famous Players, and Various Information and Anecdote relating to the Noble Game of Chess. By Paul Morphy’s late Secretary. New York : ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS, La. — The game of chess offers ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – A new “Big Kahuna” of New Orleans chess is crowned at the 42nd annual Paul Morphy Memorial Chess Tournament. The top area chess players went head to head, putting Twist reporter ...

In my column 'Champion born this month', today I have the pleasure of presenting a beautiful game by a champion who can be called William Shakespeare of Chess. Let us see what some 'all time greats' ...

When “The Queen’s Gambit” became all the rage on Netflix last year, chess saw a massive jump in popularity and people became fascinated with its history and champions. But few may realize one of the ...

This game is so confusing. From his opponent blundering THRICE in the span of 4 moves to Morphy ... also playing like trash.

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

Triangle native William “Ken” Mask is a bit of a renaissance man. The Hamlet native first moved to the Triangle for an undergraduate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill, traveling down Tobacco Road, afterward, ...

American chess master Paul Charles Morphy (1837-84) adhered to this motto when he engaged others in the royal game. He played the most uncanny and unorthodox moves during his games. Very often, Morphy ...