Charles Maurian

Charles Amédée de Maurian (May 21, 1838 – December 2, 1912), also known as Charles Amédée Maurian, was an American amateur chess player and close personal friend of Paul Morphy.

Biography Maurian was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 21, 1838. He was of French descent. His father, Charles A. de Maurian, was a judge, and his mother was named Lasthenie Peychaud before her marriage. He was a classmate of Morphy at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and the two remained close friends thereafter. Maurian never played in any public tournaments in his later chess career, but he did win first prize at the New Orleans Chess Club in 1858. Maurian edited a chess column in the New Orleans Delta newspaper from 1858 to 1860, and served as co-editor of the chess column in the New Orleans Times-Democrat for many years, beginning in 1883. Maurian moved to Paris, France in 1890, where he continued to live until his death on December 2, 1912.