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Where was Paul Morphy from?

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Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1837, Paul Morphy emerged as a prodigious chess player in America during the mid-19th century. Despite his relatively short-lived chess career, his exceptional talent and remarkable victories garnered him acclaim as one of the leading chess players of his time. He was particularly renowned for his intuitive playing style and remarkable ability to calculate complex variations effortlessly.
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