List of people who have beaten Paul Morphy in chess

The following people have beaten Paul Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) in a regular game of chess – not a game played at odds. He was considered to be one of the best players in history (see comparing top chess players throughout history).[1][2]

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Match and casual games

Adolf Anderssen, Paris 1858 (match +2 –7 =2, casual games +1 –5 =0) [3]

Thomas Barnes, London 1858 (casual +7 –19 =1)

Henry Edward Bird, London 1858 (casual +1 –10 =1)

Samuel Boden, London 1858 (casual +1 –6 =3)

Frederic Deacon, London 1858 (casual +1 –1 =0)

Daniel Fiske, W.J.A. Fuller, Frederick Perrin, Hoboken, NJ, 1857 (casual +1 –0 =0)

George Hammond, New York 1857 (casual +1 –15 =0)

Daniel Harrwitz, Paris 1858 (casual +1 –0 =0, match +2 –5 =1)

Johann Löwenthal, London 1858 (match +3 –9 =2), London 1859 (casual +1 –1 =1) [4]

George Webb Medley, London 1858 (casual +1 –3 =0)

John Owen, London 1858 (casual +1 –4 =0)

Louis Paulsen, New York 1857 (match +1 –5 =2)

Jules Arnous de Rivière, Paul Journoud, Paris 1858 (casual +1 –0 =0)

Jules Arnous de Rivière, Paris 1858 (casual +1 –6 =1), Paris 1863 (match +3 –9 =0) [5]

Eugène Rousseau, New Orleans 1849–1850 (casual, ca. +5 –45 =0)

John William Schulten, New York 1857 (casual +1 –23 =0)

Charles Henry Stanley, New York 1857 (casual +1 –12 =0)

See also

References

  1. ^ Arpad Elo, The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present, (1978)
  2. ^ Jeff Sonas, The Greatest Chess Player of All Time – Part I (2001), at Chessbase
  3. ^ Edo Historical Chess Ratings – Morphy, Paul
  4. ^ Rogerio Caparrós, Paul Morphy, Partidas Completas, Madrid (1993)
  5. ^ C. Sericano, I grandi matches 1850-1864

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