“Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy,” according to American chess Grandmaster Andrew Soltis. Morphy was a child chess ...

including an Historical Account of Clubs, Biographical Sketches of Famous Players, and Various Information and Anecdote relating to the Noble Game of Chess. By Paul Morphy’s late Secretary. New York : ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – A new “Big Kahuna” of New Orleans chess is crowned at the 42nd annual Paul Morphy Memorial Chess Tournament. The top area chess players went head to head, putting Twist reporter ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

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When “The Queen’s Gambit” became all the rage on Netflix last year, chess saw a massive jump in popularity and people became fascinated with its history and champions. But few may realize one of the ...

It’s Mardi Gras, and we’re taking a little mental vacation down to the Big Easy to check out the chess scene. Of course, finding the best chess player to come for New Orleans is about as hard as ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

Among the innumerable things to love about the French Quarter is the fact that nearly every building has a story. Some, though, have more stories than others. Take, for example, the three-story, circa ...

Like most classic board games, chess starts with the same number and type of pieces on each side. White and black face off with identical armies (though experts agree that there is a small advantage ...