1866

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January 07, 1866

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, January 07, 1866 - Page 4 — “Chess by Herr Loewenthal” — In America, the close of the civil war gives strong hope for the revival of Chess. Our countryman, Mr. Mckenzie, has frequently visited the Clubs of New York and Philadelphia, and is about, we are informed, to engage in a contest with Mr. Perrin, one of the best American players. Mr. Morphy promises us an edition of his games, annotated by himself, a work which will be eagerly looked for by all zealous amateurs. It is possible, we hear, that he may revisit Europe, and re-enter our Chess circles, and he would certainly receive a cordial welcome from all European Chess players. … We hear from the Evening Bulletin that Mr. Morphy has become the President of a newly-established Chess Club in New Orleans. We cannot but feel gratified to learn this, inasmuch as it indicates that Mr. Morphy still takes an interest in the game, and we earnestly hope that he will soon resume play, and so provide the Chess world with some more of those games which have won him our admiration and applause. It is said that the Honorary Secretary of this New Orleans Club is Mr. Maurien, a talented young amateur. ★ Read More

Mr. Morphy Honorary Secretary of New Orleans Chess Club 07 Jan 1866, Sun The Era (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

January 27, 1866

• The Daily Phoenix Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, January 27, 1866 - Page 2 — Interesting to Chess-Players. The New Orleans Star, of the 14th, in its chess-column gives us the following: “Mr. Ernest Morphy, formerly of this city, and now of Quincy, Illinois, is now on a visit to New Orleans. We understand that although of late years Mr. M. has almost entirely abandoned the practice of chess, he still retains his old fondness for it, and has given a good deal of his attention to the theory of the game. We are informed that the results of his labor will soon be given to the world in the shape of a book on the openings, which will contain a complete analysis of the debuts, including all the latest discoveries in that important branch of the science of chess. One peculiarity of this work will be the system of arrangement adopted by the author, by which he has been able to compress a complete course of lessons within a singularly small space. The leading games will be shorn of the greater portion of their formidable cortege of variations, so repulsive to the student, and which so unnecessarily swell most chess books to incommodious proportions.” ★ Read More

March 16, 1866

• The Louisville Daily Courier Louisville, Kentucky Friday, March 16, 1866 - Page 1 — “Capt. McKenzie,” the victor in the recent New York chess tournament, is to play a match with Mr. G. Reichelm, the best player in Philadelphia, during the present week. The affair derives additional interest from the fact that Capt. McKenzie is an Englishman and Mr. Reichelm an American, and also because the friends of the latter gentleman claim him to be the best player in the country since the retirement of Paul Morphy. ★ / ★ / ★ Read More

March 23, 1866

• The Nashville Daily Union Nashville, Tennessee Friday, March 23, 1866 - Page 3 — Captain Mackenzie

April 29, 1866

• The New York Times New York, New York Sunday, April 29, 1866 - Page 8 — Passengers Sailed in Steam Ship Evening Star, Paul Morphy

May 21, 1866

• The New Orleans Crescent New Orleans, Louisiana Monday, May 21, 1866 - Page 1 — List of consignees per steamer Star of the Union: Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Co., P. Morphy

June 17, 1866

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, June 17, 1866 - Page 5 — Chess — “This position occurs in a game between Morphy and Paulsen. The latter here played K to K 2, which is, undoubtedly, the best move.”

July 06, 1866

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, July 06, 1866 - Page 5 — Amusements. Olympic Theatre, 74 St. Charles Street. First Production of a new Grand Comic Drama, respectfully dedicated to the Great Chess Player, Paul Morphy, Esq., whose brilliant exploits in Europe shed lustre on the American name, and won for him the proud title of the Chess Champion of the World. This Evening, will be presented the new Drama, entitled a Game of Chess! or, The Queens First Move. Read More

September 08, 1866

• The Montana Post Virginia City, Montana Saturday, September 08, 1866 - Page 2 — A Wonderful Memory. Morphy played, blindfolded, eight games of chess simultaneously…

September 25, 1866

• The Buffalo Commercial Buffalo, New York Tuesday, September 25, 1866 - Page 3 — Every chess player should posses one or more of the following books on chess and kindred games Staunton's Chess Players' Companion; Staunton's Chess Player's Handbook (1861); Staunton's Chess Tournament; (1852), Agnel's Book of Chess, Morphy's Games by Lowenthal; Triumphs of Paul Morphy; Tour of a Chess Knight; Brevity in Chess; Bohn's Handbook of Games; (1850), Bowl's New Handbook; American Hoyle, Hoyle's Book of Games. Read More

September 28, 1866

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, September 28, 1866 - Page 1 — Chess. — A New York letter, of the 16th, to the Charleston Daily News, has the following: The fraternity of chess-players have been excited and delighted in the past week by the advent of Mr. Maurian, a Louisianian, and a fellow-chess student of Paul Morphy. Mr. Maurian has broken a lance with Capt. McKenzie, the champion of New York, or rather has broken two lances, having played a couple of games with the latter and lost them both. Read More

November 01, 1866

• Weekly Progress Raleigh, North Carolina Thursday, November 01, 1866 - Page 1 — Our Picture Gallery. — Our photograph man up the street is taking a picture of an old lady and a young man. Now the old lady is looking her prettiest, smiles a long smile, and sits as rigid as death on pale brandy. The young man, in all probability, is her son. He has a regular “stangay” appearance. With his chin thrown slightly forward, he sits gazing as though he was Paul Morphy, engaged in a big game of chess. Now the artist has thrown the black mantle over his camera obscura, and has gone into the dark room with the picture which as yet is only dross… Read More