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Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his time.
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![Morphy in 1857, studio of Mathew Brady[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Paul_Morphy_standing_New_York_1859.jpg/330px-Paul_Morphy_standing_New_York_1859.jpg)
![Morphy in 1859[30]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/PaulMorphySittingLookingChessboard.jpg)
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Lived 1837 to 1884 · aged 47
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