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Paul Morphy vs. Mephistopheles

Retzsch’s Die Schachspieler (1831) In Die Schachspieler and the Morphy Anecdote, Part I and Part II, Sarah Beth Cohen reproduces multiple interpretations of a fascinating painting by Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch depicting the familiar theme of a chess game with … Continue reading

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