Louis Paulsen

 Ah thank you. As I was surfing I came upon an article by a batgirl that showed the watchface and other Morphy goodies.

I was also looking for an online source for the Fritz Leiber story, "Midnight by the Morphy Watch." Just as a point of interest of course. Leiber was a USCF expert and as I recall won a tournament in...Santa Monica I think.

how interesting

I had also written a little article on Morphy and his prizes  here

The novella/long short story, Midnight by the Morphy Watch is most definitely copywrited and so ou won't find it online. But it can probably be bought for a song and borrowed fro the library in some compilation if not as a stand-alone.

How did Morphy usurp Paulsen thread?

 I have that story on my shelf happily. I was hoping for something that could be clicked on and read by those who were interested. Excerpts, a not-too-short synopsis perhaps.

Back to Paulsen.

"I have that story on my shelf happily. I was hoping for something that could be clicked on and read by those who were interested. Excerpts, a not-too-short synopsis perhaps."

No one is preventing you from writing one!

 I think my chess muse and writing muse have absconded together to some place where it is perpetually 80 degrees. It snowed again today....

wow, really interesting...as always batgirl...i've been enjoying reading your blog..  sorry you stopped posting there, but i can understand why..really nice layout on it also....in some ways Paulsen reminds me of mathematician  John Nash of  "beautiful mind" fame...  I wonder if Paulsen ever tried his hand at blackjack.

Important!

I was left this note:  "there's a link harisse something or other that goes to this page: http://sbchess.sinfree.net/Harrisse.html ... that page is infected according to avira antivirus... I don't recall the name of the virus.. dldr.inject something."

I had visited this page myself a half dozen times in the past 2 days, including this morning, and I ran a check for this trojan on my own computer and found no infection.   I don't see how this page, which is my own page containing nothing but some text, could be infected, but I want everyone to be aware that someone else had an issue with it.

 Turns out I don't have "Midnight by the Morphy Watch." It looks like I do have something to do--hunt a copy down. I did find an article he wrote called "Weird World of the Knight" that appeared in the California Chess Reporter. Not of great interest though.

edit: Actually found a copy cheap and local. Doesn't always turn out so nice.

This is Louis Paulsen's only known chess problem. It was originally published in the April 30, 1859 issue of the "New York Musical World."  In that same issue, Morphy's only probelm was re-published (having been published in June 28, 1856 issue of the "New York Clipper."

I took the problem from the 1868 book, American Chess-Nuts by Charles A. Gilberg, where it was re-published.I haven't been able to find a solution myself.

edit: The book gave 1. Re4 as the first move.  I just figured out the rest and will publish the solution if no one else does.

Batgirl -

we meet again.

1. Re4 Kxe4 2. Bg2#
{White mates} 1-0

1. Re4 Bxe4 2. Ng1#
{White mates} 1-0

gretagarbo,

Exactly. Thanks.

Paulsen-Lange, Leipzig 1864

Unfortunately I can't read this, because black text on a very dark gray background basically becomes invisible. It would be easier if you just left your text white, like the letters of your name.