Paul Morphy Vs Samuel Smyth, French Defense

Paul Charles Morphy(June 22, 1837 July 10, 1884) was an Americanchessplayer. Living before chess had a formalworld championship, he was widely acknowledged to be the greatestchess masterof his era. He won the tournament of theFirst American Chess Congressof 1857, winning matches with each opponent by lopsided margins. Morphy then traveled to England and France to challenge the leading players of Europe. He played formal and informal matches with most of the leading English and French players, and others includingAdolf Anderssenof Germany, again winning all matches by large margins. He then returned to the United States, and before long abandoned competitive chess. , paulmorphy, chessgame , chess, chesspuzzles, frenchdefense