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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 : ...

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 ...

In 1884, the American star chess player Paul Morphy was found dead in his bathtub, at the age of forty-seven. “The pride and the sorrow of chess is gone forever,” the Austrian chess master Wilhelm ...

Among the innumerable things to love about the French Quarter is the fact that nearly every building has a story. Some, though, have more stories than others. Take, for example, the three-story, circa ...

He didn't exactly have Paul Morphy's number, but largely unheralded 19th century English master Thomas Barnes -- born 200 years ago this month -- did manage to win more chess games off the brilliant ...

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 ...