A Chess Master - A Cagen..

By Colonel Bain, Unfiltered 7-30-07

Buena Dias Lectores,
Ever been Morphed? Ha Ha.. dat a common term nowdays. As July days come to a close de Colonel reflecting back to de "Without Glory Mission Series" an a story about someone who was quite famous as a Chess Master. A LA. supreme Court Judge's son named Paul Christian Morphy. humm..

Morphy was a Master at Chesswhom the nation rjoyced when he arrived in New York after playing the Master Adolf Anderson of Germany. A match he had left his sick bed to take victory by seven wins, two losses an two draws. Paul was welcomed by well wishers an intellectuals at NYU an was presented a solid gold an silver chessmen made by Tiffanys.
Morphy was asked then to Go West to practice Law, but after a short venture de public could not believe a world chess champion could find their legal difficulties worthy of attention. So when 1862 came around and the Civil War broke out Morphey ried to get an appointment to a dipomatic Post with the Confederacy..Ney it wouldn't happen
The Englishman feared to play him and Morphey felt rejected.
Morphy spend the time in Havana and Paris where he eventually died in 1884.
Its told Morphy played "Blindfolded"--dat is, seated with his back to eight players on eight boards. Morphey played de eight opponets simultaneously in 1858, en a Paris Cafe'.
Paul won six of the games an two were a draw. His skeptics an his daring style found him climaxing by stunning sacrifices wich brot world justice and fame wit Europeans an Americans .
In 1869, Morphey twas done Playing Chess. This Master and Chess genius gave way to a paranoia, dat led him to suspect relatives of stealing his inheritance an attempting to poison him. He became a wandering soul for 15 years of de chemin le Paris where he died in July.
Wealth, fame an fortune taken it toll on many men. *ahem* De dejected Paul Morphy twas just one soul who was afraid of what man would take frum him. Morphy forgot one lesson in life, dat you cannot buy your way into heaven an de only thing wait'n for a rich man is a hole in de ground, Dat he can possess!
Giddup.. Secreto Amor

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