Left, the American Paul Morphy (1837-1884), who should be considered the first world chess champion. Bobby Fischer, the other American champion, would officially win the international crown in 1972.
For translation into English, I am reviewing En Pos de un Rey Metafórico (literally, ‘in pursuit of a metaphorical king’), a brief book on chess I wrote in 2004. So I won’t be adding many entries on this site (just like I wasn’t adding many entries while reviewing On Beth’s Cute Tits).