The New York Times on March 31 1859 is yet another story of Morphy's exploits,
including his win over Mongredien. However, it also gives an interesting twist;
that to choose from the 100 players who want to play Morphy, they would be
divided into groups of 20 to select 5 challengers for Morphy. Does anyone know
whether this competition to challenge Morphy actually took place, and if so any
details of how it was organized/what happened in it? Thanks!

Jerry Spinrad

Did Paul Morphy serve in the Confederate army during the civil war? (RSHaas)

Yes that competition took place.

Morphy played 8 of the top players in Paris chosen in the way that
previous article described in a BLINDFOLDED Simul. I think this is one
of the most amazing blindfold simuls ever because it lasted 10 hours
against strong players and Morphy didnt as much take a sip of water. He
sat motionless for the entire time in a wierd Morphy trance.

You can see the October 19th, 1859 New York times store he
http://www.academicchess.com/learn/l...lindfoldchessn
yt.shtml (you may need to copy and paste this link.)

Also you can play through the eight games which are great amateur vs
master games he

http://www.academicchess.com/images/...ndfoldchess.ht
m

Finally you can see a great picture show about Morphy he

http://www.academicchess.com/learn/l...ssacredone_fil
es/frame.htm

Again...Some of these links are very long so you may need to cut and
paste them.

It just re-confirms to me that Morphy was one of the very best players
ever.

http://wwww.academicchess.com
Best Free Learning Site on the Planet

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