Commenting on the April 26th Time Magazine article by
political commentator, Charles Krauthammer, entitled Did Chess make Him
Crazy? concerning the plight of Bobby Fischer, IM Lawrence Day, in his May
14th, 2005 column, published in the Toronto Star, took notice
of Krauthammer's inaccurate remarks concerning Paul Morphy:
...after his triumphal 1858-59 tour of Europe,
[Morphy] returned to the U.S., abruptly quit the game and is said to have
wandered the streets of New Orleans talking to himself.
At the end of Mr. Day's comments, he refers his
readers:
A modern website devoted to separating myth from
fact regarding Morphy is at
http://batgirl.atspace.com/index.html
That's my 15 seconds of fame. |
