Félix Sicre Explained

Félix Sicre (1817 – 1871) was a Cuban chess master.

He became the first Cuban champion in 1860,^[1] and lost the title in 1862 match against Celso Golmayo Zúpide.^[2] Sicre lost all games to Paul Morphy, during his two visits in Havana in October 1862^{[3] [4]} and February 1864.^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Web site: Los Campeones de Ajedrez de Cuba . 2010-06-20 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194154/http://www.galeon.com/facostaruiz/Campeones.htm . dead .
2. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/corzo.html Immortal but Unknown by Edward Winter
3. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter33.html Rarest Morphy monograph by Edward Winter
4. http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m549.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Morphy, P.C. – Sicre, F. 1862
5. http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m579.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Morphy, P.C. – Sicre, F. 1864
6. Rogelio Caparrós, Paul Morphy. Partidas completas, Ediciones Eseuve, Madrid 1993. .

Further reading

• Andrés Clemente Vázquez, La odisea de Pablo Morphy en La Habana, La Propaganda Literaria, Habana 1893.