The Gazette had said that the men were of ivory and Kokcha lapis lazuli and they and the table had belonged to and been played with by Louis XIV, and that the men were kept in the position after the ninth move of  Paul Morphy's most famous game, his defeat of the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard in Paris in 1858,"
The men were made of ivory and Kokcha lapis lazuli, and they had belonged to Louis XIV, and had been used by him and played with by him. They were kept in their position after the ninth move of Paul Morphy's famous game against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard in Paris in 1858.