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1837 | Did the World Chess Champion Go Insane? - Paul Morphy | Louisiana History
Paul Morphy was beating opponents at chess when he was just ten years old. He went on to become the World Chess Champion. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of the New Orleans native and how his life took a turn for the worst.
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Reading List
- Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess
https://amzn.to/3M6AOnm
- Beauregard-Keys House
https://www.bkhouse.org/morphy
- Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
- World of Chess
https://worldchesshof.org/chess-hall-...
- The Opera Game
https://amzn.to/39FpgsO
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Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, The New Orleans Historic Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia US National Archives
Music by Pixabay - Cinematic Ambient Feeling
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Louisiana History Minute | Chess | Paul Morphy
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