1837 - 1884
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Morphy has received more than 1,798,261 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Paul Morphy is the 15th most popular chess player (up from 18th in 2019), the 700th most popular biography from United States (up from 794th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Chess Player.
Paul Morphy is most famous for being the first world champion of chess, and for being a chess prodigy.
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Among chess players, Paul Morphy ranks 15 out of 374. Before him are Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and François-André Danican Philidor. After him are Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, Viktor Korchnoi, and Vera Menchik.
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 13
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 20
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1837, Paul Morphy ranks 14. Before him are Fredrik Bajer, Cosima Wagner, Adam Opel, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Pedro V of Portugal. After him are Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, John Newlands, Ivan Kramskoi, Georges Ernest Boulanger, and Francis, Duke of Teck. Among people deceased in 1884, Paul Morphy ranks 5. Before him are Gregor Mendel, Bedřich Smetana, Maria Anna of Savoy, and Marie Taglioni. After him are Elias Lönnrot, Johann Gustav Droysen, Marie Bashkirtseff, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Alfred Brehm, and Allan Pinkerton.
1837 - 1922
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 8
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 10
1837 - 1894
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 11
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
1837 - 1861
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 13
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 14
1837 - 1905
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 15
1837 - 1892
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 16
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 17
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 18
1837 - 1891
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 19
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 20
1822 - 1884
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 1
1824 - 1884
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 2
1803 - 1884
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 3
1804 - 1884
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 4
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 5
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 6
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 8
1853 - 1884
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 9
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 10
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 11
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Paul Morphy ranks 700 out of 18,182. Before him are Donald Knuth (1938), Victor Fleming (1889), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Roy Orbison (1936), Margaret Hamilton (1936), and Thomas Harris (1940). After him are Carl Lewis (1961), Philip Johnson (1906), Robert E. Howard (1906), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Jules Dassin (1911), and Charles Taze Russell (1852).
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 694
1889 - 1949
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 695
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 696
1936 - 1988
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 697
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 698
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 699
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 700
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 701
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 702
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 703
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 704
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 705
1852 - 1916
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 706
Among chess players born in United States, Paul Morphy ranks 2. Before him are Bobby Fischer (1943). After him are Frank Marshall (1877), Reuben Fine (1914), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), William Lombardy (1937), Jackson Showalter (1860), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), Robert Byrne (1928), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Fabiano Caruana (1992).
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 1
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 2
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 3
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 4
1872 - 1906
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 6
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 7
1905 - 1985
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 8
1914 - 2005
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 9
1928 - 2013
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 12