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Jun-17-11
 | | FSR: <TheFocus> True enough. I've been meaning to write an article on the effect of James Mortimer on Morphy numbers. It's huge. Mortimer reportedly played hundreds of games with Morphy in the 1860s. ChessGames.com's database shows him playing as late as 1907, including J Mortimer vs Tartakower, 1907 and
O Bernstein vs J Mortimer, 1907. He played in a few tournaments after that, playing some British and French players who went on to have long careers, such as George Alan Thomas. Need I say more? |
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Jun-17-11
| | FSR: <keypusher: ... I am a four, but via simuls, which I suppose shouldn't count.> Simuls count, blitz games count, everything counts. I'm a four, through either Barden (a blitz game) or Bisguier (two simul games). |
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| Jun-17-11 | | parisattack: <FSR: <TheFocus> True enough. I've been meaning to write an article on the effect of James Mortimer on Morphy numbers. It's huge. Mortimer reportedly played hundreds of games with Morphy in the 1860s. ChessGames.com's database shows him playing as late as 1907, including J Mortimer vs Tartakower, 1907 and O Bernstein vs J Mortimer, 1907. He played in a few tournaments after that, playing some British and French players who went on to have long careers, such as George Alan Thomas. Need I say more?> I guess he was the Morphy Number equivalent of OctoMom |
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Jun-17-11
 | | keypusher: <FSR> Good! In any case, I misspoke. I played a four (Kasparov), which makes me a five. |
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Jun-17-11
| | FSR: <parisattack: ... I guess he was the Morphy Number equivalent of OctoMom> Or of Michelle Duggar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19_Kid... |
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Jun-17-11
| | keypusher: Or Patient Zero. |
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| Jun-22-11 | | abstract: Happy birthday! |
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| Jun-22-11 | | kingfu: Yo, Bobby Fischer , get stuffed. |
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Jun-22-11
 | | perfidious: Guess I'm a four, as I played Bisguier several times, plus some simuls in the 1970s, and Benko. |
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Jun-22-11
 | | sleepyirv: Today, let us remember why he was called the pride of chess. |
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| Jun-22-11 | | DrKurtPhart: Happy birthday to Paul
brilliant lil creole bird |
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| Jun-22-11 | | drnooo: Perhaps Mr. New Orleans should not be called the pride of chess but the Terror. Nobody in the history of the game ever had the little world of the 64 squares so terrorized: only HE issued a challenge to ANYONE willing to play him that he would beat them beautiful
when the game was still in the hands of the fastest draw with real bullets no ersatz organization intervening. There is a moment in a truly bad western Tombstone which has a great line
go ahead throw down you sonofabitch pull that smokewagon..... Well Morphy said the same even letting them draw first pawn and move fellas give you that now come and get me
sort of it was the same with Koufax it didnt do any good to steal Rosebouros signs they even knew what was coming curve or fastball he only had two pitches and it never did them a whit of good same age as Carlsen or Fischer or Kasparov I suspect you give ole Paul
about a month on the computers, just a month considering his eidetic memory and he could beat any of em and if not a month, then a year tops |
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| Jun-22-11 | | WhiteRook48: brilliant player, far ahead of his time. I was introduced to chess with a Morphy game |
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| Jun-24-11 | | kingfu: Hey Focus,
After you get done with The Fischer Monster book (when?) , I have a suggestion: Write a book comparing and contrasting Bobby Fischer and Paul Morphy. I think there would be many more comparisons and less contrasts. |
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| Jun-24-11 | | kingfu: I just noticed the first comparison.
Even though the picture of Morphy is a drawing, he has THE STARE. Anybody ever see The Fischer Monster with THE STARE?
Anybody? |
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| Jun-24-11 | | TheFocus: <kingfu> <Hey Focus, After you get done with The Fischer Monster book (when?) , I have a suggestion:> At least another 12-18 months. I received some great advice from NM Eliot Hearst (he made some nice contributions), who told me to "find a place to stop, and then STOP. If not, you will research forever." When <parisattack> visits this summer, I am going to allow him to look at it and then maybe he will come in here and say, either: "A great book is coming!" or "Man, that book is a load of crap. Back to the drawing board, <Focus>." (I bet I know what he will say, though. Then maybe the naysayers will be quiet.) <Write a book comparing and contrasting Bobby Fischer and Paul Morphy. I think there would be many more comparisons and less contrasts.> I think that would be an excellent idea. |
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| Jun-24-11 | | parisattack: <When <parisattack> visits this summer, I am going to allow him to look at it and then maybe he will come in here and say, either: "A great book is coming!" or "Man, that book is a load of crap. Back to the drawing board, <Focus>." (I bet I know what he will say, though. Then maybe the naysayers will be quiet.)> I intend to do an objective review - and then proceed to lock <TheFocus> in his study until it is completed! What I have seen so far is 1) Stunning research of top-flight quality and 2) A theme that will set it apart from and above all other Fischer tomes. In 45 years of chess literature collecting I have done some research of my own and have seen the research of others. You can take my word or not - this man's work is at the top of the scale. As I have admitted many times, I do not have a world-class collection. But I do know the space and have at least some perspective on same. |
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| Jun-24-11 | | TheFocus: Thank you, my friend. |
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| Jun-24-11 | | kingfu: Focus,
Yes, I agree. We must do all we can to avoid premature publication! Take your time. We need everything you can give us regarding Robert James Fischer. The HBO thing was fun. However, it gave us no new facts or insight into The Fischer Monster. I want to know EXACTLY what made him go. Give it to me now. Give it to me, baby. I want it Siclian Style. No, stop. Please, stop. Give me The Spanish Torture. Fischer Versus Morphy can be Volumn Two. |
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| Jun-26-11 | | bartonlaos: New Paul Morphy Game
Or maybe just a partial game against Jules Arnous De Riviere in 1863. I'm posting it here that someone will translate the descriptive notation into a pgn, as I'm having trouble - I get to move 40 and the whole thing falls apart. Hopefully someone with better skills can piece together the missing moves to make the mate work. Maybe it's an odds game - or maybe it's just me, but anyway, here's the game:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/ima... |
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| Jun-26-11 | | BobCrisp: This is the game in question: Morphy vs De Riviere, 1863 |
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| Jun-26-11 | | bartonlaos: Appreciated <BobCrisp>. I misread 34.P-KKt4 for 34.P-Kt4 to translate 34.b4 instead of 34.g4 --- and an (m) I thought was Mate on move 46, is actually a footnote. |
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| Jul-01-11 | | chesstyro: whats the answer to the chessgames morphy tee shirt? thank you |
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| Jul-01-11 | | TheFocus: Mate in two. See if that helps. |
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| Jul-09-11 | | Antiochus: "I am not, nor want to be one
professional chess player."
Paul Morphy |
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