Morphy, P.C. – Marache, N. 1857 (2)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Morphy, Paul    2800 (34) 4/
Marache, Napoleon    2258 (50) 1/
  Morphy, Paul gave odds of pawn and move
 
Status: casual

Event table notes

Event data
Place: New York
Start date: 1857
End date: 1857
 
Notes:
These games were played while Morphy was in New York between his arrival on 5 Oct. 1857 and 16 Nov. 1857, the date of a letter by Morphy (quoted by Lawson and Sarah's Morphy website) giving this result.
 
References
Books
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 75
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 78, 86
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1857, page 383
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 1858, page 30
Web
   Morphy, Paul.  [A Letter from Morphy to Maurian, November 16, 1857]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Match information updated: 31 Dec. 2014