On Apr 30, 7:25 am, RookHouse <mor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 29, 10:10 am, The Historian <neil.thehistor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Speaking of facts, I've read your well-written article on Morphy, and
> > I have a question:
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> > "it was said that Louis Paulsen was an extremely slow player and that
> > made Morphy nearly cry while playing with him)."
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> > What was your source for the "nearly cry" statement?
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> It appears that I picked up that statement from an old Wiki about
> Morphy. I received some form of confirmation through this statement
> from someone on another chess site:
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> "Yes, Morphy won this game tactically, positionally, and technically.
> There was only one factor to consider, if Paulson moved that same hour
> morphy would have took the quicker roads to mate. He in my opinon took
> the long ways to checkmate because he knew his opponent would
> apprecciate it so he could burn all his brain cells to decide to make
> an obvious move. Why do you need one hour and 15 or so minutes to make
> such a apparent recapture?? It's no wonder why this made Morphy cry
> one day during a game. He was waiting for the notoriusly slow Paulson
> to move and went down to have bisquit and a drink when he declared
> that Paulson would never when another game from him and indeed he
> never did again in his lifetime."
>
> I believe he said that this information was from "Paul Morphy: The
> Pride and Sorrow of Chess", but I'm not sure. I personally do not own
> that book, as it is very expensive.
Libraries have it.
> Hope that answers your question. Thanks.
It does. So you specialize in picking up bits of flotsom from the
Internet and cobbling it together as 'history.' Typical.
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