like it did and it was meant to be is a way to let go and move on, to understand that part nf life... To drive conclusions from it. But that is not necessarily true or correct, I say if the problem has not been resolved in some way, if you had the chance and it was not hard... Dont let that be the justification to yourself you are correct, because it may be false justification and feeling. There are other ways to go around it. Overcome power with brains power. Brains control power. Makious blindfold play (playing 10 boards at once at that time was unheard of and he played it real well) but his style of play was in direct contrast to that of his time. He was far ahead of his times. He was a master of the open game, in which center pawns are exchanged, open files are utilized, and rapid development of the pieces is demanded. D. Harrwitz, J. Lowenthal, and Adolph Anderssen were among the many who succumbed to his crushing combinations. In 1860 he had returned to New Orleans from world triumphs ending his serious chessplay. (He ran a chess column for a popular newspaper for unprecetended 3000$ a year where he mostly analyzed old 1834 games. Hid column ran from late april 1860 unyil early April 1861, one week before the start of American Civil War. Paul Charles Morphy was an extraordinary and precocious talent: a child prodigy who quickly rose to become the best player in America, and then the world, before he effectively retired from serious play at the age of 22. Morphy's prowess created masterpieces of attacking chess so beautiful that they endure to the present day. In textbooks all over the world, Morphy's name is synonymous with the romantic era, a time of dazzling sacrifices and spectacular king hunts. Ranking: Rating: Age: January 1st, 1858 1 2800 20 January 1st, 1859 1 2880 21 January 1st, 1860 1 2850 22