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Charles Hertan, The Real Paul Morphy: His Life and Chess Games (New in Chess, 2024):

I have contributed an article on Edward Winter's site commenting on just that part of the book which covers the Staunton - Morphy controversy:

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/index.html#CN_12105

Amended link: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/win ... l#CN_12105.

My contribution is also included in a feature article https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/hertan.html which Edward Winter posted on 8 March.

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