On Apr 21, 5:08*pm, SBD wrote:

You know, a lot of our champions have led really crappy lives. Poor
Steinitz....

The similarities of Steinitz and Morphy in their final years is kind
of scary. Morphy spent his final years depressed and wandering around
the French Quarter of New Orleans, talking to people no one else could
see.

The only glaring difference was that Morphy had more than enough
money, thanks to his family fortune.