Author: Geza Maroczy (1870-1951)
Year: 2012
Publisher: Caissa Editions
Place: Yorklin, Delaware
Description:
xiv+292 pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams, photographs, indexes and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 `1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Translated from the German by Robert Sherwood. First edition in English limited to 600 copies.
Paul Charles Morphy (1837-1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master.
A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin. He then traveled to Europe, residing for a time in England and France while challenging the continent's top players. He played matches with most of the leading English and French players, as well as the German Adolf Anderssen—again winning all matches by large margins. In 1859, Morphy returned to the United States, before ultimately abandoning competitive chess and receding from public view.
Condition:
Near fine.
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