Paul Morphy.
Alexander Alekine.
Jose Raul Capablanca.
Emuanel Lasker(A good friend of Einstien)
Tim Murphy is his name.
You may be talking about chess champ Ruy Lopez.
World Champ happened in 1990.
Viswanathan_Anand.
World Champ was created on 1990-12-07.
Before there was an official 'World Champion', American Paul Morphy was considered the unofficial World Champion between 1858-1862. Click on the 'Paul Morphy' link on this page to read his biography.
World Chess Championship was created in 1886.
World Chess Network ended in 2007.
World Chess Network was created in 1997.