Paul Morphy: New Orleans' Forgotten Chess Grandmaster — New

It’s National Chess Day, so thought we’d mention one of the greatest—and most eccentric—chess players in history was a New Orleans boy. Paul Morphy was born into a rich family in 1837. A physically small and bright child, he displayed an uncanny memory and was described as “logical to a fault.” Morp

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