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Paul Morphy : The Pride and Sorrow of Chess David Lawson
Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press

He was called The Pride and Sorrow of Chess because he had a brief and brilliant chess career, but retired from the game while still young. He died two years ago in Iceland, ending one of the greatest and then saddest stories in the history of chess. Jun 23, 2009 - This may be the reason one of his biographers referred to him as the “pride and sorrow of chess”. Paul Morphy- The Pride and the Sorrow. Jan 18, 2008 - Then how come Keene has to crib the name "Pride and Sorrow of Chess" from Paul Morphy? To quote GM Nigel Short on his views on the chess of Paul Morphy: “We're not talking rocket science here. Kurt Richter- The Executioner from Berlin. Apr 24, 2014 - He was a chess prodigy. It's a pity that "the pride and sorrow" was already taken by his countryman Paul Morphy. Dec 5, 2008 - The Pride and the Sorrow is a novel about a famous New Orleans chess player, Paul Morphy, and his passionate but destructive love for a prostitute, Clara Young. At least come up with something original, for goodness sakes. Oct 7, 2012 - Vladimir Kramnik- The Iceberg/The Impaler. Aug 27, 2011 - References: Paul Morphy: The Pride and the Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2010. Friday, January 18, 2008 at 9:43:00 AM CST. Oct 26, 2011 - He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. Tigran Petrosian- The Iron Tiger. Bobby Fischer Goes to War, by David Edmonds and John Eidinow, Harper Collins Publisher, 2005. Mikhail Tal- The Wizard from Riga.