Paul Morphy: Gaming

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“Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player that ever lived. Every student of the game, who has delved into the stories of the past, realizes that no one ever was so far superior to the players of his time, or ever defeated his opponents with such ease, and no one ever offered knight odds to the men who considered themselves his equal.”

As quoted in Lasker's Chess Magazine
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“"… Morphy, the master of all phases of the game, stronger than any of his opponents, even the strongest of them…" ~ Alexander Alekhine, in Shakmatny Vestnik, January 15, 1914”

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“Anderssen voiced it well when asked why he did not play as brilliantly as usual in his game with Morphy, when he replied: "Morphy will not let me."”

About <br class="br">Source: As quoted in Lasker's Chess Magazine https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lasker%27s_Chess_Magazine/Volume_1

“It [chess] is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game.”

As quoted in Testimonials to Paul Morphy: Presented at University Hall, New York, May 25, 1859

“It has been truly said that Morphy was at once the Caesar and the Napoleon of chess. He revolutionized chess. He brought life and dash and beauty into the game at a time when an age of dullness was about to set in and he did this at a stroke. Then he quit forever. Only two years from the beginning to the end. The negotiations for some modern matches have taken that long!”

J. A. Galbreath (American Chess Bulletin, October, 1909)
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