Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-10-27
Moro about Niorphy.

E-r1m ihl PARIS Correspondence Of the N y Tunes.
The astounding performances of young Pau
/ 1Iurphv have brought the excitement IN the
chess-Dlaying world Of this city up TO white
| heat. On Monday last he played against and
beat, blindfoded, eight of the best players Of
Paris At one time, The Cafe de Ia Regence, at
which this extraordinary feat occurred, has
two large rooms on the ground floor. In the
first room, which Is fuil of marble tables, were
seated the eight adversaries Of Mr.. MOrphy.-
In the second room, in which are two billiard
tables, was seated the single player. a large
portion of this room, including the billiard
tables, was shut off from the crowd by cord,
and behind the tables, in 4 large arm chair,
sat Mr.. Morpby, with his back nearly directly
to the crowd Two gentlemen, reporting for
the Press, kept the game, and two other gem
tlemen, Messrs. Tounoud and AmOus de
Riyiere, cried out the moves, OF rather carried
them from one room to the other. The adver-
saries Of Mr. Morphy were Messrs. Baucher,
Bierwith, Brnemann, Lequesne, (the distin-
guished seulptor,) Potter, Preti and Seguin.-
They were all either old OF middle aged men,
and superior players, while Mr.. Morphy is but
twenty-one years Of age. The boards Of the
eight players were numbered l, ,, 3, etc, in
the order in which have given the names Of
the gentlemen At I24 O'Clock the anne COM
meneed, Mr.. MOrPhy playing first, and calling
out the same move for all the eight boards, X
P2 The games were conducted in French,
Mr. Morphy speaking French Perfeetly.l At Z
O'Clock No 7 was beaten with an unlOoked-for
cheekmate Soon after O'Clock No. aban-
doned the game as hopeless, and half an hour
later NJ Leguesne, No 5, played for and gained
draw game. Nos. l, ? and 3 were soon after
bealen. At 10 o'clock No. made the blind
L. H,-vN q
o'clock before NJ Seguin, No. 6, Q very old gen.
tlemen, who coutended with great desperation,
was beaten. Thus he beat SIX, while two, who
acted on the defensive and only sought draw
game, effected their purpose, but a draw game
under such circumstances, ought to be eonsid
cred equivalent to a beat
During the entire game, which lasted just ten
hours, Ar. MOTPhy sat with his knees and
eyes against the bare wall, never once rising or
looking towards the audience, nor even taking
4 partiele Of drink or other Tefreshment, His
only movements were those Of crossing his legs
from side to side, and occasionally humping
tune with his fingers on the arms Of the
f,l,lteuI. He cried out his moves without turn
ing his head Against ], 2, 3, and and Z,
who were not up to the standard OF the
other three players, he frequently made his
move instanianeOusly after receiving theirs he
was calm throughout, and never made mis-
take, nor did he call move twice. Il must
be recollected, moreover, That MOrphy played
against the feld"-in other words, that around
each of the eight boards there was large col
lection of excellent cheSs-players, who gave
their advice freely, and who had eight times
longer to study their play in than the single
player. He played certainly against fifty men,
and they never ceased for a moment making
supposed moves and studying the game most
thoroughly during the long intervals that ne
cessarily fell to each board. And yet Morphy
who was cut Of sight OF these eight boards,
saw the game palmer on each than those who
surrounded them Icould scarcely have be-
lieyed the thing possible if had not seen it.
At the end Of the game there was shout
from the three hundred throafs present, which
made one believe he was back again IN old
Tammzny Hall The fact IS, there was a con
siderable number of Englishmen and Amen-
cans present, (among the latter was Professor
Morse, who took deep interest in this extra
ordinary game,) but much the larger number
were French MOrphy did not seem at all IA
tigued, and appeared so modest that the fren-
" and admiration Of the French know no
bounds. He was shaken by the hand and COM
plimented till he hung down his head in con-
fusion One grey haired old man, an Octogena-
rian chess player, stroked his hair with his
hands, as he would a child Of his own, and
showered him with terms Of endearment.-
Morphy has no beard yet, and looks more like
school boy than worlds champion. He es-
caped from the excited crowd as soon as possi-
bic, and left with some friends to get something
20 eat 1t mot necessary to point out to chess
players the immensity Of the intellectual feat