W.H. Auden

Historical marker location:

2 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn, New York

( Marker is on Montague Terrace just south of Montague Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1995

Poet (1907 - 1973).

The first American chess tournament was held in New York City in 1843, and it was won by a 21-year-old named Paul Morphy.