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He lived, he played chess, he died…. Did I miss anything?

The only chess player who never lost a single tournament and the only chess player who played blindly against 8 players. He lost games but no one ever beat him. He died at the age of 28, not 40. Wikipedia is not accurate at all.

Why did he went crazy at the end?

Morphy can be considered the GOAT. He was a genius as far as intellectual book learning capacity and excelled in his university studies, including memorizing the entire Louisiana law code by heart! He was a smallish and frail person of person 5'4 height. He was brought up to be chivalrous, a gentleman of impeccable manners and education. His father and uncle were judges of Spanish origin (having immigrated to Spain from Ireland where the family name was Murphy); his mother was of French origin. The family was wealthy and of upper class status. Morphy spoke Spanish, French, probably knew Latin as well as other European languages. He was a child chess prodigy who quickly beat elder chess masters and soared above and beyond all players. Why then did Morphy become unhinged? He wasn't fully crazy or insane in a dangerous way but did talk to himself, had eccentricities and became 'odd.' Unfortunately, Morphy never learned survival skills of a practical nature. He never worked a day in his life and lived off his family wealth. With his education in law he could have followed in his father's footsteps of being a judge, or maybe even a university teacher. But again, Morphy was too lazy and indulged in his family's wealth and distanced himself quickly from the world and reality. Morphy became neurotic to the point that he thought people were trying to do him in and had stolen his family riches. Once giving up competitive chess he basically withered away and had no goals or aim in life. Morphy was more a victim of his wealthy and spoiled upbringing than anything else.

Ben Feingold says he's the best. No shit he's the best. Truth hurts.

Genius but sad 😿

Perfect for a total chess noob like me, thanks :)

I like the amatuer style of this video. It's simple, well paced, decently narrated and does not degenerate into details. Don't try to improve :)

Really interesting. Thanks!

i like the non traditional approach on this channel. Keep it up. You should soon rise in popularity, if so you want.

The most alien genius of chess

Imagine this monster today. With the benefit of all the theory and engines.

Didn't know he died mad. Thanks for that.

Interesting. The myth n the legend. Too many well wishes states their favourites as the best ever. Including myself I guess. Perhaps too far back for any true records to be validated. Naturally the myths n legend grows n grows. As for me I still think Bobby fisher was the GOAT!! He just have this unusual face n eye features that tells his not quite normal in the brain department. (Oscar Wilde had this similar unusual look about him). To me, Fisher’s eyes n face just tells me his is Mr Chess. Just a silly hunch without any evidence to back myself up….. just based on a gut observations between him, Kasparov n Magnusson.

It was also in the time of bobby fische that the hope for an american champion was revived

very nice editing, like the simple style

Imagine you are so bored with winning, you just retire from it.

I think it's very possible Paul Morphy was the greatest natural chess-genius who ever lived, even surpassing phenomenally gifted Bobby Fischer, who I would rank second in this same category. [Note: I consider this a different question than the "best" chess player ever.]

wasn't born 200 years ago, let alone playing at that time.

Nice video

Mental illness like Bobby F. ? Is it more common with chess players than the general public? It seems scientists and mathematicians may have a higher rate of mental illness also. What do you think? If this is so then why ? Did Morphy make any money at chess? Was he independently wealthy because of being from a wealthy family?

Paul Morphy is the greatest chess player to have ever lived. Nobody will ever come close to his talent, ability or pure domination of chess. He is the greatest of them all.

I searched for something like this. Love it.

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Morphy didn’t fight in the war but his brother did. I think he was considered soft. 😕

Needs to be a movie about this guy! An amazing (short) life. And a Nola hero.

Achievement unlocked: How did we get here? But seriously good video 👍

Very good vid!

My opponent once selfmated in a real game, once. I was playing black and white checked me with their queen, my only option was to take with a pawn and that was checkmate. (The game happened a while ago so I can’t send it)

Nice video!

Really, nice visualisation! =) Thanks for your work.

I wonder if he really was insane as people say, or rightfully paranoid, because perhaps he crossed the wrong person and they threatened his life. I heard he died in the bathtub because he had a heart attack from too cold water on a hot day. Is that even a real way you can have a heart attack?

Nice, thank you

Selfmating is such a funny concept, love it.

Sacrificando la torre para hacer reina es mate mas rapido

Really thorough evaluation of all lines, thank you

ur mouth sounds like natural gum

thanks man