FrankPacey

A friend at school taught me chess when we were 15 years old. In my first game against him he was telling me what I could and could not do. I made a move and he suddenly realized it was checkmate. He made sure he won the next game. I saw the famous Morphy vs Brunswick and Isouard game and the famous Reti vs Tartakower game and was taken by the possible paradox of winning when way behind in material. At that time I did not like end games much. Most chess games do not have that paradox. I used to take the train to the city, go to Cecil Purdy's shop, Chess World, and ask Mr. Purdy lots of questions. He was always courteous and never said I was annoying.