Hertan: The Real Paul Morphy (hardcover) Taktik Games against five world champions

Games against five world champions and leading rivals including Marshall

White can choose three different setups depending on Black's response:

of one thing you can be sure: Black certainly has a lot of fun in trying to checkmate the white king

but even today

with relatively little effort

Hertan: The Real Paul Morphy (hardcover) Taktik Games against five world championsHis Life and Chess Games Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20 year old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and permanently retired from serious