See how unofficial world chess champion Paul Morphy showed promise as a player from an early age in this matchup against local attorney James McConnell.
Blindfolded simuls were a favored format of chess master Paul Morphy, who played several throughout his career. In this lesson, we’ll look at one of the three games from his 1864...
Before GM Bobby Fischer–America’s first and only World Chess Champion–there was Paul Morphy, a young chess prodigy turned international player whom numerous greats like Fischer and multi-time World Champion GM...
See how 16th century Italian chess master Gioachino Greco used a series of forcing moves to slow his opponent’s progress and allow for an easy checkmate.
