Morphy in Europe (20 juin 1858 – 30 avr. 1859)

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Morphy's time in Europe is probably the most important era of his chess life. He was able to play some of the best players in the world and establish himself as a chess legend.

After winning the 1st American Chess Congress "The New Orleans Chess Club then issued a challenge on Morphy's behalf for a match against Staunton, who was still famous for his dominance in the late 1840s and for his influential chess writings. Morphy and his friends took Staunton's response to be an acceptance of the challenge, and Morphy set off for England in mid-1858.

While the negotiations with Staunton dragged on, Morphy spent most of his time in London and Paris, where he achieved crushing victories against other top players of the time: 10–4 against Löwenthal; 5½–2½ against Daniel Harrwitz; 8–3 against Adolf Anderssen".

The official match with Staunton never happened.