tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post7824654309290608654..comments2023-06-27T05:50:22.732-07:00Comments on CHESSX: FAMOUS GAMES BY FAMOUS PLAYERS PART 12chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-80186175893459706002008-12-27T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-27T08:14:00.000-08:00Thanks for the comments rolling pawns and chesstig...Thanks for the comments rolling pawns and chesstiger, that is a very good point about morphy being the first fischer.<BR/>I think fischer was scared to play in case he lost and not be perfect.<BR/>But morphys chess is exciting to play over.<BR/>Happy new year to you all.chessxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-24005382289565030152008-12-27T06:13:00.000-08:002008-12-27T06:13:00.000-08:00I think that Morphy went crazy because he didn't r...I think that Morphy went crazy because he didn't really had an opponent who could put up some challenge for him so he thought he was all mighty, even more then God.<BR/><BR/>Maybe one can say he was the first Fisher, his countryman Fisher went also crazy and didn't really had a challenger.<BR/><BR/>Btw, i may not comment much on this blog but i do read each post of it. <BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas and happy new year!From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-22608350674735703792008-12-23T08:21:00.000-08:002008-12-23T08:21:00.000-08:00I just found this:In a 1992 press conference in Yu...I just found this:<BR/><BR/>In a 1992 press conference in Yugoslavia, Fircher said (about Morphy): <BR/><BR/>"A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today.<BR/><BR/>"Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.<BR/><BR/>"Paul Morphy was a great chessplayer, a genius... Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all..."<BR/><BR/>sentiments that echoed those in his 1964 Chessworld article, "The Ten Greatest Players of All Time."<BR/><BR/>I understand what you are saying about the attitude and I read that to become a world champion requires "killer instinct" - Fisher and Kasparov had it in abundance, but look at Anand. He is gentleman too. At Grand Slam Final Bilbao he offered a draw when Ivanchuk had just 22 seconds left on his clock.<BR/>Amber tournament, March 2008. "In his Blindfold game with Boris Gelfand (right), Kramnik was expecting 24.Nxe4 when he intended to recapture (presumably with the pawn) and offer a draw. However, Gelfand played 24.Qxe4??. Apparently this was not a conceptual error but a mouse slip (the moves are entered on to a blank chess board on a computer). Kramnik decided not to take advantage and offered a draw - a wonderful piece of sportsmanship."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-59963052544575055992008-12-18T11:32:00.000-08:002008-12-18T11:32:00.000-08:00Playing strength he is a top player, but his bygon...Playing strength he is a top player, but his bygone gentleman attitude would be taken advantage of by todays must win players.<BR/>Because international chess was still newish in his day,i wonder if he had any idea of the impact he would have on later generations of chess players?<BR/>I suppose he thought chess would stay as it was then for a long time, a gentleman amatuer game.chessxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-84070408740495575902008-12-18T11:15:00.000-08:002008-12-18T11:15:00.000-08:00I think if you multiply his genius by all this cur...I think if you multiply his genius by all this current knowledge, computer programs, DBs, online, etc., he still would be world champion (he was unofficial one).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-9833696580109826132008-12-15T11:17:00.000-08:002008-12-15T11:17:00.000-08:00I know styles have changed since Morphy's time but...I know styles have changed since Morphy's time but how would he have done in this age?chessxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-43588296793193441942008-12-15T05:46:00.000-08:002008-12-15T05:46:00.000-08:00Long time ago I read a book about him (with games)...Long time ago I read a book about him (with games) and it made a huge impression on me, maybe even formed my style of play. I remember memorizing the game you posted and another one - Morphy-Schulten:<BR/>http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1075588<BR/>There is a good expression: "everything of genius is simple" - that's what I see in his games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com