2/27/2023 0 Comments Zenreader kindle push![]() ![]() It seems simple, yet it can’t be so, since the other masters of the day couldn’t manage it when they confronted him only Morphy grasped it. As Max Euwe pointed out, his style was based on three basic elements: 1. Morphy is possibly the easiest to understand of the players who have been the best of their time. Even so, Morphy’s superiority over the rest was overwhelming. Between his first game in the first USA Championship in 1857 and the last game of his match against Adolf Anderssen, there was a space of only one year and three months. In fact his career was the shortest of all those who can be considered the number one of their time. He became number one, not through a ‘normal’ process of experience and learning, but almost overnight. Introduction It is a pleasure to write about a chess player whose career was as unusual as that of Paul Morphy, who was considered without question to be the best in the world in his day. ![]() Fischer (Simon & Schuster 1969) My Great Predecessors, Part 1, Garry Kasparov (Everyman Chess 2003) Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective, Valeri Beim (Russell Enterprises 2005) Periodicals New in Chess Magazine 1984-2015 Databases Paul Morphy: Genius and Myth, Thomas Eichhorn, Rainer Knaak & Karsten Müller (Chessbase 2003) Mega Database 2015 (Chessbase 2015) Chess Engines Houdini Rybka Sergeant (Dover Publications 1957) My 60 Memorable Games, Robert J. Also by the Author: Anand: Move by Move Rubinstein: Move by Move Spassky: Move by Move Test Your ChessĬontents About the Author Bibliography Introduction 1 Paul Morphy’s Style of Play 2 Games Against Family Members 3 The First American Chess Congress 1857 4 The Visit to London and the Match Against Löwenthal 5 The Journey to Paris and the Match Against Harrwitz 6 The Match Against Anderssen 7 Retirement Paul Morphy’s results Index of Complete Gamesīibliography Books Morphy’s Games of Chess, Philip W. He’s an experienced trainer and has written numerous books on chess. He represented Paraguay, on top board, in seven Chess Olympiads, and won individual gold medals at Lucerne 1982 and Novi Sad 1990. Cover design by Horatio Monteverde.Ībout the Author Zenón Franco is a Grandmaster from Paraguay, now living in Spain. ![]() and is used in this work under licence from Random House Inc.įor Yudania Everyman Chess Series Chief advisor: Byron Jacobs Commissioning editor: John Emms Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton. All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT email: website: Everyman is the registered trade mark of Random House Inc. Distributed in Europe by Central Books Ltd., Central Books Ltd, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, London, RM8 1RX. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Translated by Phil Adams First published in 2016 by Gloucester Publishers Limited, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT Copyright © 2016 Zenón Franco Translated by Phil Adams The right of Zenón Franco to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ![]()
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