Actually, it was thanks to Meek, that Morphy participated in the 1st Chess Congress of USA ( According to some sources it was spelled Kongress at the time). The organizers didn't know about Morphy's existence, and Meek ( who had been invited to participate), made a speech in which he said that the result of the tournament depends on one thing only - whether they invite Morphy from Lusiana or not. He had hard time convincing the organizers, because no one ever heard of Morphy among them. Meek said that he had the honour to meet Morphy in person where he learned first hand about his chess power. Thanks to Judge Meek from Alalbama, Moprhy was in the end invited to the the 1st Championship of USA, and the rest is history....
@@Amer1kop I read it in Zagoryansky's biography about Morphy. I have that book in Russian, and since my knowledge of Russian is limited, and I understand English much better ( neither of those are my first languages), I was looking for an English translation, but I couldn't find it, so I am not sure it was ever translated. The original title of the Zagoryanski book is " Povest o Morphy", which could be translated as something like : " A Tale about Morphy" or " History of Morphy" or " The Morphy Story". What fascinates me, is how has Zagoryanski acquired all the pieces of information for his book? While reading the book I noticed that sometimes he referred to some sources, e.g. Staunton's wife telling someone (after Staunton's death) what happened when Morphy visited their home one evening in 1858.
Morphy is NOT my favorite Chess Master but he is the most Fascinating character in this entire Chess Universe. All of his wonderful Chess performances were done before this game was organized at all and his excellence was all of his own solitary creation. Morphy was never World Champion because the first one of those came 2 years after he died. Never a Grand Master because that Title would not exist until 1950. He had no large Library of chess books to study, no elite Chess Club to join, certainly no computers or chess engines to consult. He had no organized chess tournaments to go win or no strong chess community to thrive in and enjoy that fellowship. He went out on his own and conquered the Chess World that existed in his time only to discover the really wasn't much out there to conquer. Got bored with the lack of challenge and walked away from the game. A truly remarkable man and as soon as I finish my time machine this is the Historicsl Figure I am goung back to have Lunch with first.
A nice post! I would like to add that he had access to some books that were published by then and was also receiving some European chess magazines ( being form a wealthy family). He had an astonishing memory, so by remembering every game that he had played or seen, it was easier for him to quickly advance. He sometimes entertained guests at his home, by asking them to pick up a book about Law from his library, and then open a random page and he would recite the content of the page word by word. Alekhine later had a similar ability for memorizing chess games ( I don't know about other stuff) , and today we have Ivanchuk and Carlsen with astonishing memory similar to Morphy's, but probably somewhat inferior. In general you are correct, the number of books and magazines he had access to, was extremely small compared to the times of Alekhine ( and of course much much smaller compared to our times). Definitely a genius. Also in his family many people played chess ( Father Alonso, Grandfather from mother's side Montaine ( I can't spell his name correctly) , uncle Ernest, brother Eduard). and by playing with them he made his little database in his mind which he somehow utilized to develop his chess skill so fast.
That was too good , unbelievable in the clarity .thanks very much thoroughly enjoyed it besides being a great lesson. You should write a book . You are a great teacher ! Congratulations!
I think your disparaging assessment of White's playstyle, *TWICE now* , is uncalled for. If Meek had played like this *ONCE* , then, OK -- _THEN_ you might potentially honestly call him a failed copycat of Morphy. But it's two times now that we've seen him play like that... So, maybe... *Maybe that's just how he **_played ALL the time_** ?? y'know ?? ~_~* .
Actually, it was thanks to Meek, that Morphy participated in the 1st Chess Congress of USA ( According to some sources it was spelled Kongress at the time). The organizers didn't know about Morphy's existence, and Meek ( who had been invited to participate), made a speech in which he said that the result of the tournament depends on one thing only - whether they invite Morphy from Lusiana or not. He had hard time convincing the organizers, because no one ever heard of Morphy among them. Meek said that he had the honour to meet Morphy in person where he learned first hand about his chess power. Thanks to Judge Meek from Alalbama, Moprhy was in the end invited to the the 1st Championship of USA, and the rest is history....
That is fascinating! Where did you acquire this vast knowledge?
@@Amer1kop I read it in Zagoryansky's biography about Morphy.
I have that book in Russian, and since my knowledge of Russian is limited, and I understand English much better ( neither of those are my first languages), I was looking for an English translation, but I couldn't find it, so I am not sure it was ever translated.
The original title of the Zagoryanski book is " Povest o Morphy", which could be translated as something like : " A Tale about Morphy" or " History of Morphy" or " The Morphy Story".
What fascinates me, is how has Zagoryanski acquired all the pieces of information for his book? While reading the book I noticed that sometimes he referred to some sources, e.g. Staunton's wife telling someone (after Staunton's death) what happened when Morphy visited their home one evening in 1858.
I was there in 1857 I remember this game, everyone was absolutely delighted
It is nice to get a firsthand experience.
😂
@@manojradhakrishnan5686 😂😂
The moment GM Morphy castles and you are not, then you are as good as dead, all his moves comes with threats, you have no time to breath.
Morphy is NOT my favorite Chess Master but he is the most Fascinating character in this entire Chess Universe. All of his wonderful Chess performances were done before this game was organized at all and his excellence was all of his own solitary creation. Morphy was never World Champion because the first one of those came 2 years after he died. Never a Grand Master because that Title would not exist until 1950.
He had no large Library of chess books to study, no elite Chess Club to join, certainly no computers or chess engines to consult.
He had no organized chess tournaments to go win or no strong chess community to thrive in and enjoy that fellowship. He went out on his own and conquered the Chess World that existed in his time only to discover the really wasn't much out there to conquer. Got bored with the lack of challenge and walked away from the game. A truly remarkable man and as soon as I finish my time machine this is the Historicsl Figure I am goung back to have Lunch with first.
A nice post! I would like to add that he had access to some books that were published by then and was also receiving some European chess magazines ( being form a wealthy family). He had an astonishing memory, so by remembering every game that he had played or seen, it was easier for him to quickly advance. He sometimes entertained guests at his home, by asking them to pick up a book about Law from his library, and then open a random page and he would recite the content of the page word by word. Alekhine later had a similar ability for memorizing chess games ( I don't know about other stuff) , and today we have Ivanchuk and Carlsen with astonishing memory similar to Morphy's, but probably somewhat inferior. In general you are correct, the number of books and magazines he had access to, was extremely small compared to the times of Alekhine ( and of course much much smaller compared to our times). Definitely a genius. Also in his family many people played chess ( Father Alonso, Grandfather from mother's side Montaine ( I can't spell his name correctly) , uncle Ernest, brother Eduard). and by playing with them he made his little database in his mind which he somehow utilized to develop his chess skill so fast.
Wow!
He did have access to his father and uncle's chess. That's an advantage I never had.
Good work ! Love Morphy games !
Great stuff ChessDawg
That was too good , unbelievable in the clarity .thanks very much thoroughly enjoyed it besides being a great lesson. You should write a book . You are a great teacher ! Congratulations!
Thank you.
Meek tried to develop rapidly, but you can't best the master at his own game. Great video!
If only we have a time machine. Magnus vs Morphy would be awesome.
Morphy vs Tal!
@@georgevanandersson-om5ez a tournament between Morphy, Fischer, Tal, Kasparov and Magnus in Chess 960 comes to mind
Morphy’s opponent was anything but meek in this game; he was rash.
Morph - the dude…
“GM Morphy”?! 😂
Hah. Yeah, Morphy was 2600 by modern standards.
@@PaulFurberUndoubtedly, but died decades before the GM title
love it...!!!
wait, wasn't this game already shown like 2-3 weeks ago ??
Or I'm thinking of another channel?? :O
I covered another game between these two players, but it was a different game.
@@chessdawg oh, ok
Meek was Meek against the great Morphy
So, Meek played too meekly?
I think your disparaging assessment of White's playstyle, *TWICE now* , is uncalled for.
If Meek had played like this *ONCE* , then, OK -- _THEN_ you might potentially honestly call him a failed copycat of Morphy.
But it's two times now that we've seen him play like that... So, maybe... *Maybe that's just how he **_played ALL the time_** ?? y'know ?? ~_~*
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his play was meek