Monday, June 04, 2007

Paul Morphy




At a time when America was seen as a backwoods nation with little cultural history and even less intellectual impetus, at a time when chess was considered the exclusive property of a few European countries, at a time when the game was played successfully by a handful of men wizened by years, Paul Morphy, in the brief span of 19 months and with seemingly little effort, defeated conclusively every player he met. Link…

3 comments:

david said...

Hi - Do you have any idea who the woman in that last picture is and what's going on there?

Love the expression on his face. :-)

tellurian said...

Sorry, I'm buggered if I can find the picture again. It must be on there somewhere.

david said...

Okay, I'll see if Batgirl knows.