Paul Morphy's father, Judge Morphy, of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, beguiled his leisure hours with the fascinations of Chess, and, finding a precocious aptitude for the game in his son, he taught him the moves and the value of the various pieces. In the language of somebody,— "To teach the young Paul chess,His leisure he'd employ;Until, at last, the old manWas beaten by the boy." I have here spoilt a very pretty story. The report in... more...