What is your Morphy Number?

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Well I've played a handful of OTB tournament games against an FM who played Fischer, and so add two to whatever the shortest path from Morphy to Fischer is. I guess I could ask the guy what other famous American players he's played but it doesn't make all that much difference to me what my Morphy number is. 

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is this only OTB? because it's fairly to play a GM online these days even if you are a patzer

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*fairly easy

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13
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mine is pretty high. 

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although i did sit in his chess chair at his house in new orleans, no bs. so my number is probably 1

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Also Morphy (0) -> Bird (1) -> Lasker (2) -> Botvinnik (3) -> Suetin (4) -> me (5).

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And Morphy (0) -> Owen (1) -> Maroczy (2) -> Keres (3) -> Suetin (4) -> me (5).

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MorphyManiac wrote:

although i did sit in his chess chair at his house in new orleans, no bs. so my number is probably 1

Only for your butt.

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Topalov is 4. Morphy (0) - Owen (1) - Maroczy (2) - Arturo Pomar Salamanca (3) - Topalov (4). Moreover, Topa beat Pomar, Pomar beat Maroczy, Maroczy beat Owen, and Owen did score a victory over Morphy (although he mostly lost to Paul).

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I have a Morphy number of 5 but with the Strong Rule that I can say I beat Walter Browne in tournament who had a Morphy Number of 4 , Tal- Botvinnik-Lasker-Bird.