What is your Morphy number?

How many players does it take to form a chain of "A played B who played C..." joining you to Paul Morphy?

My Morphy number is 5.

I played Tal, who played Keres, etc.

probably somewhere in the hundreds.

That would be 9 the way you've counted it, but Magnus is actually a 5 so it's 8 instead.

I think mine is a 4. I played 2 MN3's from this list: (Reuben and Wade) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphy_number

I could do it as 5 in multiple ways.

@cap78red - If Clough played Leonard Barden, Wade, Penrose or C.H.O'D. Alexander (all UK players) that would make you a 5.

So if I played you, my Morphy number would be 6? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

I am useful for something!

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at first glance, i thought my number (if there was one) would be well into the 100's. 

then i remembered i've played a few games against gop, so, whatever his number is, add one.

Casual games do count. Check the rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphy_number

I will challenge you and make my 6.

But it says "These are players who are important..."

He was just lucky!

Tal and Yanofsky?

Neither one was a tournament game, no.

Ha! We'll see how long it lasts before someone says "Hey! Who IS this guy?"

I played my grandfather, who played his grandfather, who played Paulsen in 1859, who played Morphy in 1857.

So my number would be 4?

Yup.

Is it only OTB, or do online games count?

Ive played pavel blatny, i don't know what that would make my

morphy number