Paul Morphy itu apa sih?

Paul Charles Morphy (22 Juli 1837 – 10 Juli 1884)  adalah seorang pemain catur asal Amerika Serikat. Dia hidup sebelum Kejuaraan Catur Dunia formal diadakan, dia dikenal luas sebagai salah satu Grandmaster catur terhebat dimasanya.  Dia memenangkan Turnamen Catur Amerika Pertama pada 1857.

Paul Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson, 424 pages; McKay, 1976. .  – The only book-length biography of Paul Morphy in English, it corrects numerous historical errors that have cropped up, including Morphy's score as a child versus Löwenthal.

Paul Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson, 426 pages; University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2010.  .  - Edited by Thomas Aiello.  Includes annotated bibliography of books and articles published since Lawson's original edition.  Omits the sixty game scores in Part II of Lawson's original edition.

Frederick Milne Edge, Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion. An Account of His Career in America and Europe, D. Appleton and Company, New York 1859. Edge was a newspaperman who attached himself to Morphy during his stay in England and France, accompanying Morphy everywhere, and even acting at times as his unofficial butler and servant. Thanks to Edge, much is known about Morphy that would be unknown otherwise, and many games Morphy played were recorded only thanks to Edge. Contains information about the First American Chess Congress, and the history of English chess clubs in and before Morphy's time.

Morphy's Games of Chess by Philip W. Sergeant, London, G. Bell & Sons, 1916. Features annotations collected from previous commentators, as well as additions by Sergeant. Has all of Morphy's match, tournament, and exhibition games, and most of his casual and odds games. Short biography included.

Morphy's Games of Chess by Philip W. Sergeant & Fred Reinfeld, Dover, 1957. . Paperback reprint of Sergeant's original book, with an introduction by Reinfeld.