Winning Chess Moves: Morphy vs. Schrüfer, 1859

Last night I dreamt about attending a dinner party with Paul Morphy. At some point in my dream I asked him what he was doing here as he died a long time ago. Unfortunately, this subconscious realization jolted me awake before the chess games started. Luckily, I know a real Morphy game played under similarContinueContinue reading “Winning Chess Moves: Morphy vs. Schrüfer, 1859”

Chess Position Worth Sharing 141

“A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today… Morphy was perhaps the most accurate chess player who everContinueContinue reading “Chess Position Worth Sharing 141”