| Results |
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| Name |
Edo |
Dev. |
Score |
/ |
Games |
| Morphy, Paul |
2803 | (35) |
2 | / | 2 |
| Broughton, William |
| |
0 | / | 2 |
| Morphy, Paul gave odds of a knight |
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| |
| Status: casual |
Event table notes
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| Event data |
| Place: Boston, Massachusetts |
| Start date: 28 May 1859 |
| End date: 30 May 1859 |
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| Notes: |
| First game played on Morphy's arrival in Boston, 28 May 1859; second game played 30 May 1859, according to Lawson (citing the Boston Gazette of 4 June 1859). |
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| References |
| Books |
| Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 217, 218 |
| Periodicals |
| [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1859, page 229 |
| Web |
| Devens, R.M. [Unrivaled Performances by Paul Morphy], page 6 |
| Devens, R.M. [Unrivaled Performances by Paul Morphy (Part III)] |
| Sarah. [The Returning Hero] |
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