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The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

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  1. Preface

    3:20

  2. Morphy's First Games

    3:21

  3. The First American Chess Congress

    12:52

  4. Morphy Prepares to Start for Europe

    16:54

  5. Chess in England, part 1

    27:48

  6. Chess in England, part 2

    27:43

  7. Morphy in England, part 1

    21:29

  8. Morphy in England, part 2

    25:43

  9. The Staunton Affair, part 1

    20:29

  10. The Staunton Affair, part 2

    28:21

  11. The Staunton Affair, part 3

    23:57

  12. The Staunton Affair, part 4

    30:26

  13. Morphy in France

    6:10

  14. The Café de la Régence

    10:23

  15. The Match Between Morphy and Harrwitz

    13:39

  16. Morphy's Greatest Blindfold Feat

    10:03

  17. Continuation Of the Match With Harrwitz

    6:30

  18. Morphy in Society

    8:59

  19. Morphy and the French Amateurs

    9:12

  20. Morphy Gets Beaten

    4:16

  21. Morphy and Anderssen

    15:50

  22. Morphy and Mongredieu

    4:14

  23. Trophies and Valedictory

    6:44

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Before Paul Morphy's achievements in England and France come the clubs and enthusiasts who helped bring him to public attention. Frederick Milnes Edge begins with Morphy's early games, his father's teaching and the preparations for the first American Chess Congress in New York. Edge describes his own work promoting that gathering, including newspaper publicity and his appointment as one of its secretaries.

Published in 1859, this biographical account combines Morphy's career with club history, portraits of players and anecdotes about chess. Chapters cover the Café de la Régence, matches with Harrwitz and Anderssen, and blindfold play. Correspondence about a proposed match with Staunton reveals another side of competition: dates, challenges and arguments conducted through the press. Edge's openly supportive account offers readers interested in chess history a view of the social networks and public debates surrounding a player's reputation.

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First published
1859
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
93
Language
English
Genre
History
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Audio read by
MaryAnn, Jacob Paul Starr, KHand and others