Definitely interested, thanks for the link. He has always been one of my favourite players, such a sad story.
Morphy Screenplay
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Oct 13, 2015
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chess2Knights wrote:
He was as crazy as Fischer.
Morphy seemed to have suffered from some mild paranoia which became apparent after his retirement from chess. He was certainly peculiar, but I don't think anyone could call him crazy. During his later life he attended operas as well as soirees where the members discussed literature and philosophy. He was extremely religious and attended Catholic church services (Mass) every morning. He was generally considered a very kind, gentle and generous man by those who knew him. The aversion to publicity (by him, his family and friends, all who considered it invasion of privacy) fed the rumor mill, exaggerating the extend of his eccentricities. He has affectations, wearing a monacle and carrying a decorative cane, and had no qualms about staring back at those who gawked at him during his daily tour of the French Quarter.
If he was crazy, it's the kind of crazy I hope for myself.
Years ago, I documented all the known "accounts" of Morphy's "madness."
Oct 13, 2015
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Chess_is_my_Heaven wrote:
we were very poor next week , i found a book on my bed
Morphy's Games of Chess Paperback – June 1, 1957 by Philip Sergeant
old but excellent over 300 games
Much better still is Phil Sergeant's later book, "Morphy Gleanings," later published as "The Unknown Morphy." If you get a chance, you might want to obtain that book.
Interesting. Thanks for the post, BG.
Oct 13, 2015
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Fischer had a high IQ too. Still both crazy thinking everyone is trying to murder you is crazy.
Oct 13, 2015
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If what is in this screenplay are his words he was gone. Also if Endgame is accurate he was also gone. There can be no debate on this. Add steinitz to that list.
Oct 18, 2015
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I do not need to be a DR. Anyone who thinks any of those guys were sane at the end needs to see a DR himself.
melvinbluestone wrote:
... his stubborn refusal to embrace the Royal Game as a career ...
Did chess have much in the way of career potential in those days or even decades later?
Chess_is_my_Heaven wrote:
... Europe would have worshipped him as a GOD!, ...
For how long? Fame is fleeting. Madness takes its toll.
Chess_is_my_Heaven wrote:
... look at the attendence when Morphy went to Paris, ... From The New York Times, Oct. 19, 1858 ... Paul Morphy, Café de la Régence, Paris, 1858 ...
How much was Morphy paid?
For anyone interested, here is a screenplay about Paul Morphy entitled, "An American Genius."