What are some of the great books ever written on Paul Morphy? Better if ranked. Thanks.
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What are some of the great books ever written on Paul Morphy? Better if ranked. Thanks.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/bio-of-paul-morphy
What are some of the great books ever written on Paul Morphy? Better if ranked. Thanks.
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Thank You very much.
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
https://www.chess.com/blog/Chessmo/review-a-first-book-of-morphy
If you want lots of Morphy games, you can find about 300 of them in Sergeant's book, but I do not think it has ever been converted to algebraic. There is game commentary, but, of course, with so many games, there is less room for explanation in any one of them. On the other hand, there is more about Morphy's life than you are likely to find in any book written in the last two decades. Lawson's Morphy book covered his life very thoroughly, and perhaps subsequent authors have felt it best to not devote too much space to biographical information. Del Rosario selected a much smaller number (than Sergeant) of games "to illustrate basic principles" (using algebraic notation).
In his book, Morphy: Move by Move, GM Franco uses Morphy's games for instruction at a somewhat higher level than the instruction in the Del Rosario book.
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Morphy-Move-by-Move-80p3927.htm
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7625.pdf
The quality of Morphy's play is a particular focus of GM Beim in his book, Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective.
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/historical-and-biographical-works-installment-2
Everyman Chess has recently reprinted an examination of selected Morphy games by Chris Ward.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234305/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/morph.txt
Perhaps the most complete readily available Morphy game collection can be found in a Dover reprint of a study of Morphy by Shibut. If I remember correctly, Shibut was primarily concerned with the role of Morphy in the evolution of chess.
Just a few years ago, it became possible to obtain an English translation of the monumental 1909 study of Morphy's games by Maroczy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095424/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review845.pdf
I think there is some new Chessbase thing about Morphy.
Staunton's Morphy commentary (primarily of historical interest) can be found in a recent reprint of Chess Praxis by Staunton. If you share my interest in what was written about Morphy around 1860, you might want to also look into reprints (in the last few decades) of works (about Morphy) by Lange and Loewenthal.
Some nonMorphy books with substantial commentary about Morphy:
Secrets of Attacking Chess by Mihail Marin
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092913/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review494.pdf
Improve Your Chess by Learning from the Champions by Lars Bo Hansen
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095920/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review724.pdf
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play by Neil McDonald
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708112104/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review711.pdf
The Book of The First American Chess Congress, New York 1857 edited by Daniel Fiske
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095613/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review355.pdf
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part I by Garry Kasparov with Dmitry Plisetsky
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110300/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review385.pdf
Play Chess Like the PROs by Danny Gormally https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090724/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review760.pdf
(Ironic that Morphy was discussed in a book with that title.)
Macon Shibut's book, Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory is very good. Plenty of narrative and annotated games, as well as lots of unannotated games...
https://www.amazon.com/Morphy-Evolution-Chess-Theory-Dover/dp/0486435741/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=paul+morphy+chess&qid=1568513267&s=books&sr=1-
For an instructive introduction to Morphy's masterful application of fundamental chess principles in the open game, I recommend, for the beginner, novice and improving chess amateur....
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
https://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Morphy-Frisco-Rosario/dp/1412039061/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=paul+morphy+chess&qid=1568513267&s=books&sr=1-6
more books on Paul Morphy...
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=paul+morphy+chess&i=stripbooks&qid=1568513223&ref=sr_pg_1
The Masters on Morphy...
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/the-masters-on-morphy
Not a book, but if you just want to read the details of Morphy's life along with some ancillary information you may find THIS useful.
Not a book, but if you just want to read the details of Morphy's life along with some ancillary information you may find THIS useful.
Thank You. I have read in other forums that you have done some good research on him. I will read it.
Well, then here are some of my stuff on Morphy on chess.com
Articles
https://www.chess.com/article/view/on-the-death-of-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/mementos-of-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/mementos-of-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/an-hour-with-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/visions-of-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/morphy-time
https://www.chess.com/article/view/morphy-and-music
https://www.chess.com/article/view/a-blind-simul-game
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-in-the-vieux-carreacute
Blog (pictures might be missing thanks to the elimination of albums in v3)
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphy-honored
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphy-details
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphys-muzios
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphys-house
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphy-yet-again
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/dizikes-does-morphy
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphys-queen-sacrifices
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphy-in-philadelphia
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/die-schachspieler-and-the-morphy-anecdote
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/die-schachspieler-and-the-morphy-anecdote-pt-ii
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphys-place
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/when-morphy-was-a-boy
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/lasker-philosphizes-on-morphy
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphy-in-the-news
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphy-book-shop
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/a-couple-morphy-myths
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphy-by-willard-fiske
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/morphys-later-life
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphy-as-chess-editor
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-conqueror
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/my-great-successors
https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/pride-and-sorrow
Forums
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/morphy-ad
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/morphys-pawn-move
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/lasker-s-lecture-on-paul-morphy-and-life
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/some-notes-on-morphy-and-steinitz
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/in-the-good-old-days-of-morphy
What are some of the great books ever written on Paul Morphy? Better if ranked. Thanks.