Paul Morphy: Part 3, Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

Part 3 of 4 of the Paul Morphy Lecture Series by GM Ben Finegold. This lecture focuses on four of Morphy’s odds games against James Thompson in 1859.

Living before chess had a formal world championship, Morphy was widely acknowledged to be the greatest chess master of his era. He won the tournament of the First American Chess Congress of 1857, winning matches with each opponent by lopsided margins.

05:11 Paul Morphy vs. James Thompson, Match 1859
17:45 Paul Morphy vs. James Thompson, Match 1859
22:14 Paul Morphy vs. James Thompson, Match 1859
32:49 Paul Morphy vs. James Thompson, Match 1859

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