Paul Morphy

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Paul Morphy was a 19th-century American chess prodigy widely regarded as one of the strongest players of his era and an unofficial world champion.

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Paul Charles Morphy 1
Paul Morphy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
chess prodigy ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsInChess 1857-1859 ⓘ
burialPlace St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1837-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1884-07-10 ⓘ
describedAs the pride and sorrow of chess ⓘ
unofficial world chess champion ⓘ
educatedAt Spring Hill College ⓘ
University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) ⓘ
linked to: Tulane University
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Creole ⓘ
familyName Morphy ⓘ
famousGame Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris 1858 ("The Opera Game") ⓘ
father Alonzo Morphy ⓘ
fieldOfWork chess ⓘ
law ⓘ
fullName Paul Charles Morphy ⓘ
linked to: Paul Morphy
givenName Paul ⓘ
influenced Bobby Fischer ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Wilhelm Steinitz ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
mother Louise Thérèse Félicité Thelcide Le Carpentier ⓘ
neverMarried true ⓘ
notableAchievement defeated many leading European masters in 1858-1859 ⓘ
won the First American Chess Congress in 1857 ⓘ
notableFor being one of the strongest chess players of the 19th century ⓘ
brilliant attacking style in chess ⓘ
contributions to chess opening theory ⓘ
occupation chess player ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
openingSpecialty Evans Gambit ⓘ
King's Gambit ⓘ
linked to: King’s Gambit

Philidor Defense (as White) ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
playedAgainst Adolf Anderssen ⓘ
Daniel Harrwitz ⓘ
Howard Staunton ⓘ
Johann Löwenthal ⓘ
positionHeld unofficial world chess champion ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
styleOfPlay romantic attacking style ⓘ

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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 → notableBurial → Paul Morphy ⓘ
Paul Morphy → fullName → Paul Charles Morphy ⓘ
linked to: Paul Morphy