The match between Paul Morphy and Adolf Anderssen started on Monday, December 20th, 1858 in Paris. Because Morphy had been ill, it was agreed that…
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Did Morphy play against the French Emperor Napoleon III during his stay in Paris ?
The above announcement was published by Thomas Frere in the July 24th edition of Franck Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, (source here), a few weeks after Paul…