"My theory of a key-move was always to make it just the reverse of what a player in 999 cases out of 1000 would look for."

Morphy and 16 yr. old Sam Loyd met at the 1st American Chess Congress of 1857 (Morphy's ONLY tournament). Morphy gave Sam Loyd Queen Knight odds (and won) on Oct. 10, 1860 while they both worked for the Chess Monthly, however the score doesn't exist. They possibly played other games besides. Morphy was anything BUT an avid tournament player, believing that match play was the ONLY true test of skill and that tournaments left too much to chance.

Perhaps one of the most overused phrases among management folk is "(to) think outside the box".

I think the phrase itself has worked its way INTO the box: the hum-drum, uncreative pronouncements that we sometimes make without thinking much about them.

Animator Joseph Pelling has a bit of fun with this one -- two pseudo-visionary consultant-types trying to out-clever one another with this tired phrase. Fun viewing! (Best viewed on full screen.)

http://www.vimeo.com/5225011

Incidentally, I think there is general agreement that the phrase originated with the famous "nine dots" puzzle of 19th century puzzle maestro Sam Loyd.

The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using four straight lines or less, without lifting the pen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N...

Of course, most people try this for awhile, come to believe it cannot be done, and then give up.

It CAN be done, IF and ONLY IF we are willing to wander outside the unreal boundaries of the box that the mind (typically) places around it:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...

All rather amusing....

Two boxes are locked and sealed tight. The only key to the first box is inside the second. The only key to the second box is inside the first.

But my answer is more straightforward. In fact, it's so straightforward that you can demonstrate it in your own home with no special preparation and without any special equipment. Here it is, in four easy steps.

1. Go into your bedroom.

2. Lock the door.

3. Put the key in your jewel box.