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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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)