Hertan: The Real Paul Morphy (paperback) OHNE BILD Check your progress with rule-breaking

Check your progress with rule-breaking exercises

It's popular at all levels of chess and a constant source of anxiety for White players

This easily accessible and up-to-date book offers everything you need to get started with the Basman-Sale Variation

at a time when theory (almost) didn't exist

for others it is the ultimate 'defense'

Hertan: The Real Paul Morphy (paperback) OHNE BILD Check your progress with rule-breakingHis Life and Chess Games Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20 year old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and permanently retired from serious