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| Aug-12-03 | | pkspks: to me morphy was a good player but when he played really good people the rusults were good but you must relize the poeple he played had no good defense!!! when he played staunten he had a hard time but he was about 2300 on to rating list. |
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| Aug-14-03 | | PVS: "Chess is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game."
--- Paul Morphy |
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| Aug-14-03 | | Shadout Mapes: "Checkers is for tramps." - Paul Morphy |
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| Sep-06-03 | | fred lennox: The most miraculous miracle of the open game. |
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| Sep-19-03 | | Diggitydawg: Morphy was an extraordinary genius who could have had a brilliant legal career (in addition to his chess career) had he not gone insane. How many other people could have memorized the entire civil code of Louisiana? Staunton avoided playing him because he knew that Morphy was the better player; Staunton covered up his fear by disparaging Morphy in the press. Staunton was a chicken****. If another American emerges with the same mental equipment that Morphy had, that person would eventually be world champion. |
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| Sep-26-03 | | Benzol: Wasn't it the fact that people didn't take Morphy the lawyer seriously that help lead to his later mental problems? To the public at large he was always Morphy the chess celebrity. As far as I know Morphy only played Staunton twice and both games were in consultation with partners. I believe Morphy was on the winning side in both games. |
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| Sep-26-03 | | humanehuman: Morphy didnt play enough games to determine his real strength. They found him dead, in a bathtub, dressed as a woman. hmmmmmmmmmm...would that be the DRAG variation...........? |
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| Sep-26-03 | | Benzol: I know that they found him dead in a bathtub,but was he really dressed as a woman? Being dead would be enough of a drag. |
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| Sep-26-03 | | humanehuman: well, in a book I read, they found him in woman's clothes, AND in full makeup. I think it might be that Cajun food, I mean, look at Britney Spears.......... |
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| Sep-26-03 | | Benzol: I'm afraid she doesn't do anything for me. |
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| Sep-26-03 | | knight errant: <humanehuman> I am sure someone of your intelligence will fit in well here. And remember, Jim Morrison was also found dead in a bathtub, and no way Mr. Mojo Risin makes the super match field . |
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| Sep-26-03 | | Benzol: <knight errant> Who is Mr Mojo Risin? |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Kaspablanca: Here i have some questions.
1. How many articles had the Louisiana Civil Code at the time? Why Morphy rejected money when he won the American Chess congress and his match vs Anderssen? Why Morphy wanted to play a match against Staunton if by that time (1858) Staunton wasnt the best player of the world, he was the best in the world since 1843 to 1851. By that time Anderssen was considered the best of the world when he won the first international tournament. |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Sylvester: <Why Morphy rejected money when he won the American Chess congress and his match vs Anderssen?> Honor. <Why Morphy wanted to play a match against Staunton if by that time (1858) Staunton wasnt the best player of the world> He was considered the strongest player in England if not the world. |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Shadout Mapes: <Who is Mr Mojo Risin?>
Jim Morrison. It's a reference to a song by The Doors (LA Woman?). |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Benzol: <Shadout Mapes> Another weird scence inside the goldmine. Thanks for that. I've got the LA Women album too, but didn't make the connection. |
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| Sep-27-03 | | PVS: <Who is Mr Mojo Risin?> Specifically, it is an anagram for "Jim Morrison." |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Benzol: <PVS> A celebration of the lizard king? |
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 | | matey: <humanehuman>What a real comedian you are. So this is what we can expect from you in the future? |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Diggitydawg: Hmmm...I read that Morphy died in his bathtub but never heard the story about being dressed as a woman (fully clothed?) in his bathtub. I'm sure it makes good copy but I wonder about the author's sources. Have no idea about the length of the Louisiana civil code but I do know that Morphy did not miss a single question on his bar exam. As far as his insanity is concerned, people often tried to explain it's cause as a disappointment in love, being dismissed as a merely a chessplayer, and the destruction wreaked on Louisiana by the Civil War. The reason for his insanity is problably more prosaic than that; the onset of paranoid schizophrenia, induced by some biological cause. |
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| Sep-27-03 | | Dustin J.: <Diggitydawg> The Louisiana civil code at any time in the state was very expansive. I'm not quite sure about the length at that time though. And about the money (Taken from Louisianachess.com Hall of Fame):He won important prizes in his matches, but he never accepted money, he even paid his opponents with the money prize, etc. The reason for this attitude is that to consider him a professional was used by part of the English press, especially addicted to Staunton, to discredit him: chess was a game for gentlemen, as Staunton was. Now this Morphy comes from the Mississippi boats as a gambler, to steal Staunton's place in the sun. Obviously Staunton has other, more important things to do in his life that to play cheap professional chessplayers. Morphy fought against this image of himself, but his hurried trip to London was against him. They didn't want to understand that he was just twenty years old and he really wanted to play chess... |
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| Sep-30-03 | | Benzol: Does anyone know where Morphy's grave is? |
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| Sep-30-03 | | Calli: Sure. Send him some flowers:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f... |
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| Sep-30-03 | | Benzol: <Calli> WOW! That's amazing. Isn't the internet marvellous. Thanks for that. |
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| Oct-10-03 | | talchess2003: ROFLMAO. |
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