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On the night of his untimely and mysterious death in post-Civil War New Orleans, world chess champion Paul Morphy's (1837-1884) exciting and tortured life is reviewed. Known as the greatest chess player of all time, Morphy was a multidimensional genius prodigy.

The Opera Game is a 2018 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour and 18 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.6.