Now i know you don't want to be no.1 kibitzer just yet.

You're taking the time. You have Mrs. Alekhine and Russiangrandmasters as well. Of course English teachers should be very good at kibitzing...

I still think we'll get into that coronation night sooner or later...

On Tuesday, Lennon's son, <Sean Lennon, defended his mom while respecting his dad. Taking to Twitter>, he wrote: <<"She did not do it for money. Has to do w hoping to keep dad in public consciousness. No new LPs, so TV ad is exposure to young.">>

A valid point, to be sure, but the commercial is still, perhaps, a little unsettling to Beatles fans who consider things like high-end automobile endorsements undermining Lennon's true legacy as an artist, as well as his integrity as a public figure. Click here to view a YouTube of the actual commercial.

<"Having just seen the ad I realize why people are mad," Sean followed up, on Twitter. "But intention was not financial, was simply wanting to keep him out there in the world.">

Good for him!

<Paul Morphy: Mozart of Chess-Part three>

In this segment Morphy finishes his match with Daniel Harrwitz and plays his famous Opera House game against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard. He receives a challenge from the fearsome German champion Adolf Anderssen, arguably the best chess player in the world since he obliterated Howard Staunton at the great London 1851 Supertournament.

Everyone I know likes you.

<Oct-21-08
jessicafischerqueen chessforum
technical draw: <JFQ> Just saw the video you call "The Saddest Bobby Fischer video". I agree. It's hard to watch. I thought I caught a glimpse of our friend Malthorpe, right?>

<Anyways thanks again for such helpful comments.>

Acksherly, it wasn't my first intention, doh, to be helpful and all "coach-like" - guess it's hard to shake off - but mainly wanted to convey something along the lines of ....

heh

PART DEUX is at "my" space/place ...

Fascinating how you've brought Morphy back "in the picture" for me, and definitely planning here to study games of the great Matches you address; AND IT CAN ONLY IMPROVE MY CHESS!!

It's very difficult in some cases (for me) to see the continuation- very often it's a ONE MOVE ONLY continuation and derives from a series of preceding ONLY MOVE combinations.

He was master of the complicated, and forced, tactical line.

Also I think it's a fallacy that he wasn't a positional player. He played positionally, and more conservatively, when his opposition demanded it.

This was particularly true in the case of <Adolf Anderssen>, who I think was his toughest opponent and by some measure too.

Look at the three games Morphy plays Black against the dreaded "Anderssen Opening"- which he scored 50% in- these are very "modern looking" positional struggles in which subtle piece maneouvering and "principles" come to the forefront.

It's just not true that Steinitz "invented" the positional style- although he certainly went to town with it.

Of course remember also that Steinitz was stomping everyone in Match play BEFORE his "positional" era as well.

I think it was much more that he was simply a stronger player period- as opposed to he started dominating through a "superior style."

I think the distinction between "positonal" and "tactical" is ultimately false anyways. One is just an extension of the other.

Bobby thought Morphy to be the "most accurate" player of all time.

And Bobby didn't care about style.

"I believe in good moves."

"The Chess Network"- he's a strong American tournament player, and he often combines very interesting historical information with game analysis:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChessNe...

And here is his most recent video on <Mikhail Tal's> last game- ever- in his life.

A win on time against Kasparov in Blitz:

<Jess> And your above assessment on <chess style> is mostly shared in the quotes I drew from our "old" canadian friend <Chopin> (remember him? he helped me get over <20> pages, so I wouldn't be a "teenager" anymore!) - Chopin left the scene a few years ago, but "gave us" some fine game-collections, one on <Morphy>, introduced by a number of very striking quotes.

Here's one: <

"In Paul Morphy the spirit of La Bourdonnais had arisen anew, only more vigorous, firmer, prouder... Morphy discovered that the brilliant move of the master is essentially conditional not on a sudden and inexplicable realisation, but on the placing of the pieces on the board. He introduced the rule: brilliant moves and deep winning manoeuvres are possible only in those positions where the opponent can be opposed with an abundance of active energy... From the very first moves Morphy aimed to disclose the internal energy located in his pieces. It was suddenly revealed that they possess far greater dynamism than the opponent's forces."

--Emanuel Lasker >

The collection <If Chess was a religion, Morphy would be God> is linked chez Le Centre.