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| Mar-23-22 | | Polonia: nobody ever takes murphy to cleaners!
paul morphy was decalred world champion, so was adolf anderssen who won the strongest ever, for that time, tournament... you dont have to be unofficial world champion not to be the world champion, same goes for zukertort.... 1. adolf anderssen
2. paul morphy
3. johannes zukertort
4. wilhelm steinitz |
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| Jul-14-22 | | KnightVBishop: https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2... his mother was afro-carribean is this accurate? |
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Jul-14-22
 | | MissScarlett: <his mother was afro-carribean is this accurate?> Difficult to prove a negative, especially at the remove of two centuries, but I greatly doubt it. When Whyld/Hooper in <The Oxford Companion to Chess> (1e, 1984) claimed that Morphy was born of 'Creole descent' I suspect they (or maybe just Whyld) were animated by the same mischievous spirit that implied Morphy and Edge were lovers. |
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| Jul-15-22 | | Reviews By AdiN: three unofficial world chess champsions who should be 1, 2, 3, then steinitz: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.ph... Any player who draws world champion should be considered as CO-CHAMPION BUT NOT THE CHAMPION. In reality the lineal world champions should start from Anderssen, because of the major intnerational tournament he won in London in 1851 where he pretty much destroyed all the competition. 1. Adolf Anderssen 1851 - 1858, 1860 - 1865, 1868 - 1871 (23 years on top) Won all matches against Zukertort, except for the 1865 and 1871 match, Steinitz defeated Anderssen in 1866 but Anderssen was not the champ. Co Champions: Paulson drew Anderessen in 1860 match, 5 to 5, one draw, Kolisch did it in 1862 match, 3 to 3 with 2 draws. Anderssen also drew Daniel Harrwitz in 1848 match, 5 to 5, this could be considered the first world championship match since at least 10 serious games were played! In 1860 he drew 11 game match vs Harrwitz. In 1861 he won 9 game match vs Harrwitz. In 1862 he drew 8 game match vs Paulson! In 1864 he also drew Suhle, 3 to 3 with 2 draws. He lost a match in 1865 to Zukertort, regained the title in 1868. Since 1848 match was very competitive and Anderssen defeated everybody who met him, he should be considered the best player of his time. 2. Paul Charles Morphy 1858 - 1860
(technically, in reality: 1857 - 1884)
3. Johannes Zukertort 1865 - 1868, 1871 - 1872 In 1866 he played Victor Knorre in a 6 games match, it was drawn 3 to 3 |
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| Jul-22-22 | | Olavi: <MissScarlett: <his mother was afro-carribean is this accurate?>
Difficult to prove a negative, especially at the remove of two centuries, but I greatly doubt it. When Whyld/Hooper in <The Oxford Companion to Chess> (1e, 1984) claimed that Morphy was born of 'Creole descent' I suspect they (or maybe just Whyld) were animated by the same mischievous spirit that implied Morphy and Edge were lovers.> As Whyld later pointed out, in 1859 the word 'lover' would not have been interpreted the same way it is now - it's from a letter from Edge to Fiske. But I guess Whyld enjoyed the ambiguity. As for the Creole descent, that's how it is pretty much everywhere, e.g. Ludwig Bachmann has it so, to give an early 20th century writer. |
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Jul-23-22
| | MissScarlett: <Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s photo discovered by descendant after nearly 180 years [...]
In an article in the spring/summer issue of The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, out Thursday (July 21), the two historians detail the steps they took to authenticate the daguerreotype. They hired facial recognition experts to compare the daguerreotype to Smith’s death mask. The company reported back that 19 of 21 measured features matched, within a 95% confidence interval. Another expert compared the daguerreotype’s facial features with those seen in the most famous oil painting of Joseph Smith, noting that the hairline and other features were a match and that both images showed the same “distinctive frown line near the left eyebrow,” the article states. Meanwhile, Mackay and Romig tried to verify the find through historical research. Now that they knew the long-rumored daguerreotype was housed inside a locket, they realized that it had, in fact, been “hiding in plain sight” all this time. “The locket shows up on prominent Smith family women through the years,” Mackay said. Bertha Madison Smith, who married one of Joseph Jr. and Emma’s sons, wore it in a portrait in 1869. In 1875, a granddaughter wore it in her wedding portrait, in which the locket was hanging from a chain. It’s believed that the locket remained in Emma’s possession until her death in 1879 and that she loaned it to female family members for special occasions. It eventually made its way to the family of the RLDS prophet Fred M. Smith (1874–1946), Joseph Jr.’s grandson and Larsen’s grandfather. Mackay and Romig also investigated links to the likely photographer, a man named Lucian Foster. A Mormon branch president in New York City in 1839, when daguerreotypes first reached U.S. shores, Foster was an expert in the craft by the time he moved to Nauvoo to join his fellow Mormons in April 1844. Since he rented a room in the prophet’s home, he had close proximity to the Smith family. Experts think it’s during the brief period of May or early June of 1844 that Smith had Foster take his picture.> https://religionnews.com/2022/07/21... |
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| Jul-23-22 | | stone free or die: RE: Joseph Smith
Why? |
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Jul-23-22
| | MissScarlett: Why not? Ties into Morphy, daguerreotypes and facial recognition. |
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| Jul-23-22 | | stone free or die: +1 customer service turn around time.
(-1 for not including it in original post) |
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Jul-23-22
| | MissScarlett: < Everything about van Gogh fascinates us. The reasons can seem bottomless. What’s amazing is that, even after every aspect of his life has been subjected to a century-long barrage of scholarship, both scientific and archival, we remain in the dark about so many things. Did he, for instance, die by suicide, or was he murdered, as his most recent biographers claim? If he was mentally ill, what exactly was his ailment? What medicines did he take to try to treat his problems, and what effect did they, or his illness, have on his art? What exactly made him cut off part of his ear and give it to a prostitute in Arles, in the south of France? After this latest revelation, I have yet more questions, and I know I’m not alone.> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl... What's the tie-in? |
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| Jul-23-22 | | stone free or die: <MissInscrutitoottoot> maybe it's plying the bottomless? Oh wait, after visiting the article - I see the connection... both you and van Gogh should only be handled with gloves! We await enlightenment... |
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| Oct-30-22 | | Honest Adin Reviews: morphy played check until late 1870's with his good friend marion, who later emigrated to paris, but marion beat him with odds, so morphy had to play him on even terms to beat him! |
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| Oct-30-22 | | Honest Adin Reviews: C.A.Buck from: Later Life of Paul Morphy, remembered: http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000...
http://encyclopediasupreme.org/0000... crap, he did not make it to 50.. problem is in full number, it may say one lived 1900-2000 but that is not certain you made it to 100, however if it says 1900-2001, one is for sure 100... it's what venerable wanda nida discovered... let's say today is your 100th birthday, that is it, however if you make it to the next day, you are entering your 101st year... also, let's say you are a boxer and graph shows your pro fighting years: e.g. rocky marciano (1947-1955, in reality 1946-1956, counting amateur and exhibitions fights, book explaining more on that and other topics can be bought on trafford.com lubek's threelogy, 2013 award winner) so, rocky's first pro bout was on march 17 1947 and he was to fight either floyd patterson or sonny liston on january 5 1957, it's not full 10 years, but his boxing years would have shown: 1947-1957. |
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| Dec-01-22 | | Honest Adin Reviews: YO, CHECK OUT WHAT VENERABLE WANDA NIDA DISCOVERED (MORE LOGIC): let's say today is your 100th birthday, that is it, however if you make it to the next day, you are entering your 101st year... also, let's say you are a boxer and graph shows your pro fighting years: e.g. rocky marciano (1947-1955, in reality 1946-1956, counting amateur and exhibitions fights, book explaining more on that and other topics can be bought on trafford.com lubek's threelogy, 2013 award winner) so, rocky's first pro bout was on march 17 1947 and he was to fight either floyd patterson or sonny liston on january 5 1957, it's not full 10 years, but his boxing years graph will show: 1947-1957. |
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| Dec-15-22 | | Honest Adin Reviews: paul morphy did not wanted to be remembered just as a mere chess player, but also as good attorney who pretty much memorized entire book of louisiana law. he did not play chess for the hell of it or for money, but for sport and honor! |
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| Dec-15-22 | | Honest Adin Reviews: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.ph... |
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| Jan-09-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: encyclopediasupreme.org/0000/morphy |
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| Jan-11-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: fischer said if morphy was alive today, all he has to do is learn modern openings and he would be the man to beat... but people forget morphy only played chess for its glory and honor, not dough! |
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| Jan-14-23 | | WilhelmThe2nd: In 1976, David Lawson published his book 'Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess' (New York: David McKay Co.).
Both before and after his book appeared, Lawson wrote other pieces about Morphy: 1950 - Article "Paul Morphy Remembered" in the May-June issue of 'American Chess Bulletin'. 1953 - Article on Morphy in 'The California Chess Reporter' (Vol. 2, No.9, May, 1953). 1953 - Article on Morphy in the program for the anniversary celebration of the Leidsch Studenten Schaakgenootschap Morphy (LSSG Morphy). 1964 - Article "The Life of Paul Morphy" in 'Chessworld' magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan.-Feb., 1964). 1973 - Introduction to the Dover reprint of F. M. Edge's 'The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion'. 1975 - Letter regarding F. M. Edge's book in 'CHESS' magazine (January, 1975). 1978-9 - Two articles titled "Unknown Morphy Games" in the August, 1978 & September, 1979 issues of 'British Chess Magazine'. 1981 - Chapter on Morphy in 'World Chess Champions', ed. E. G Winter (Oxford: Pergamon, 1981). There is also a portion of a letter from Lawson discussing Morphy's playing record published in James J. Barrett's
chess column in the 'Buffalo Courier-Express' (Sunday, January 28th, 1951, page 16-C). I would be grateful for any information about any other writings about Morphy by David Lawson. |
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| Jan-14-23 | | Sally Simpson: You have probably seen https://www.chessscotland.com/docum... which is detailed bio of David Lawson by Alan McGowan. But others may not have done.
Also a wee warning regarding editions of 'Pride and Sorrow.' It appears the 2010 version is missing 60 games from the 1976 edition. |
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Jan-15-23
 | | nizmo11: <Sally Simpson>Also a wee warning regarding editions of 'Pride and Sorrow.' It appears the 2010 version is missing 60 games from the 1976 edition. I have the 2010 edition (editor Thomas Aiello), and was really disappointed by the lack of games. The editor provides the following explanation in Editors Introduction (p.xx), ''Also included in Lawson's original publication was part II, collection of sixty Morphy chess games. I have removed it from this volume". The reasoning: "[...] part II provides nothing that cannot be just as conveniently (and in algebraic notation) found in myriad other Morphy books or outlets."
I find this a very lame excuse. I am getting the feeling that the editor did not want to convert this section from descriptive to algebraic notation.
The chess contents of this edition are limited to two early Morphy games and one position, which all are given in descriptive notation. |
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| Jan-15-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: whatss link to dave's bio? |
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Jan-15-23
| | MissScarlett: The 1976 edition is available at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/ It can be borrowed (assuming you have a free account) for a period of one hour or 14 days, subject to availability (I don't think this is a problem). |
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| Jan-15-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: https://www.chessscotland.com/docum... |
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| Jan-18-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: yo, morphy played until early 1880's with his friend maurian: he was good player, morphy gave odds to him and almost always won, but later on maurian became better and beat morphy, so morphy had to play him on even terms, but only him: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/deMa... after morphy's death he felt america was not his home (i wonder why... so much bs going on here and it's hard to find support system especially in shytti wikipedoia filled with wikiarrogance and wikigornace), so he lived his years in france. charles de maurian is part of chess history!
how good was morphy in positional play?
positional play started with steinitz or did tarrash empower it?
https://encyclopediasupreme.org/000...
anybody for taimanov and classical music: COURTESY OF DA CHESS CHAMP: https://encyclopediasupreme.org/000... good night, dracula is calling:
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https://encyclopediasupreme.org/lub...
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