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Morphy [ˈmɔːfɪ]

(Biographies / Morphy, Paul (1837-1884) M, US, SPORT AND GAMES: chess player) Paul. 1837-84, US chess player, widely considered to have been the world's greatest player

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-morph			Shenk sees a close relationship between chess and madness, citing the cases of Paul Morphy (a great 19th-century American player who became a paranoid recluse), Bobby Fischer (20th-century ditto) and the Austrian Wilhelm Steinitz, who became the first official world chess champion in 1886. Chess with God (and others) by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			paucity Paugie Pauhaugen Paul Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Paul Bunyan Paul Bustill Robeson Paul Cezanne Paul Dukas Paul Ehrlich Paul Gauguin Paul Hermann Muller Paul Heyse Paul Hindemith Paul I Paul III Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse Paul Johannes Tillich Paul John Flory Paul Jones Paul Joseph Goebbels Paul Klee Paul Leonard Newman Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg Paul McCartney Paul Morphy Paul Newman Paul Pry Paul Revere Paul Robeson Paul Simon Paul the Apostle Paul Tillich Paul Verlaine Paul Vernier Paul VI Paul von Hindenburg pauldron Pauli Pauli exclusion principle Pauli Wolfgang Paulian Paulianism Paulician Paulin Pauline Pauling Pauling Linus Carl Paulinism Paulinus Paulinus of Nola			Paul LoDuca Paul London Paul Louis Brousse Paul Louis Toussaint Heroult Paul Louis Toussaint Héroult Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg Paul M. Grist State Park Paul M. Verlaine Paul M. Verlaine Paul MacCartney Paul Marie Verlaine Paul Marie Verlaine Paul Marlor Sweezy Paul Marshall Excellence Award Paul Martin Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings Paul McCartney's solo career Paul mccartny Paul McGann Estrogen Brigade Paul McMartney Paul Meier New Life Clinics Paul Mitchell the School Paul Montel Paul Morphy Paul Muni Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger Paul N Terry Associates Paul Nash Paul Natorp Paul Newman Paul Newman Paul Nichols Fine Coffee Paul Niggli Paul Nipkow Paul Oakenfold Paul of Aegina Paul of Aleppo Paul of Samosata Paul of Tarsos Paul of tarsus Paul of the Cross Paul of the Cross, Saint Paul of Thebes, St Paul of Tsarsis Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Paul Oskar Kristeller Paul Painleve Paul Painlevé Paul Pelliot

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Morphy (redirected from Paul Morphy)

Morphy
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