Morphy:
eBook - ePub

Morphy:

Move by Move

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eBook - ePub

Morphy:

Move by Move

About this book

Paul Morphy is a chess legend and without doubt one of the greatest players in the history of the game. His understanding of the game was years ahead of his time and in his era he was easily the best player in the world. His chess career was brief but brilliant and he influenced all the great champions who came after him. His legacy includes a treasure trove of wonderful strategic and attacking games which are highly instructive for all aspiring chess players. In this book, Grandmaster Zenón Franco examines in detail Morphy's chess style, selects and studies his favourite Morphy games, and demonstrates how we can all improve our chess by learning from Morphy's masterpieces.Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.*Learn from the games of a chess legend*Important ideas absorbed by continued practice*Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781781943632

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Paul Morphy’s Style of Play
  5. 2 Games Against Family Members
  6. 3 The First American Chess Congress 1857
  7. 4 The Visit to London and the Match Against Löwenthal
  8. 5 The Journey to Paris and the Match Against Harrwitz
  9. 6 The Match Against Anderssen
  10. 7 Retirement
  11. Paul Morphy’s results
  12. Index of Complete Games
  13. Anderssen.A-Morphy.P, 2nd matchgame, Paris 1858
  14. Arnous de Rivière.J-Morphy.P, Paris 1863
  15. Bird.H-Morphy.P, London 1858
  16. Harrwitz.D-Morphy.P, 3rd matchgame, Paris 1858
  17. Löwenthal.J-Morphy.P, 9th matchgame, London 1858
  18. McConnell.L-Morphy.P, New Orleans 1852
  19. Morphy.P-Anderssen.A, 11th matchgame, Paris 1858
  20. Morphy.P-Arnous de Rivière.J, Paris 1863
  21. Morphy.P-Baucher.H, Blindfold simultaneous, Paris 1858
  22. Morphy.P-Boden.S, London 1858
  23. Morphy.P-Bonford.J, Blindfold simultaneous, New Orleans 1858
  24. Morphy.P-Duke Karl of Brunswick & Count Isouard, Paris 1858
  25. Morphy.P-Lichtenhein.T, First American Congress (s-final, game 2), New York 1857
  26. Morphy.P-Löwenthal.J, 12th matchgame, London 1858
  27. Morphy.P-Löwenthal.J, 8th matchgame, London 1858
  28. Morphy.P-Löwenthal.J, New Orleans 1850
  29. Morphy.P-NN, Blindfold simultaneous, New Orleans 1858
  30. Morphy.P-Paulsen.L, First American Congress (final, game 1), New York 1857
  31. Morphy.P-Schulten.J, Blindfold game, New York 1857
  32. Paulsen.L-Morphy.P, First American Congress (final, game 6), New York 1857