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re: Is Chess a Sport?
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:08 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:08 pm to Kafka
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He was World Chess Champion at age 21
*Unofficial World Champion
Chess was a very different game back then. Not rules wise but competition wise. He is known as being the first modern player though. He was a great genius that played the game positionally in the way that modern gm's play. Truly before his time. It is interesting that when his games that we have the notation for are run through engines they are very precisely played. Just leaps above the competition at the time. But the competition was very weak relatively speaking.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:09 pm
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Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:14 pm to Peazey
quote:He was as much World Champion as anybody until the torunaments started after WWII
*Unofficial World Champion
quote:His main competition, Anderssen, was a great player
But the competition was very weak relatively speaking
Morphy is actually significant in US History. He was the first American to take on Europe culturally and emerge victorious.
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