Daily Quiz for September 7, 2008

The first American chess hero. Paul Morphy won fame in 1857 as the first American chess hero. The New Orleans native became the world’s leading chess player after he defeated Adolf Anderssen of Germany. Morphy beat all the world’s masters who took him on, although Englishman Howard Staunton managed to avoid a match. Morphy then issued a challenge to take on any player, but none responded, and Morphy retired.