Originally posted by gambit3Morphy was an attorney-at-law, worked sporadically at it. Set up a law practice, but was too lazy and nutty to make it work. Without chess, he pined away. His mother and sister looked after him until he died of a stroke in his mid-40's.
Morphy was rejected by a woman and could not practice law. Morphy wanted to be an attorny at law. These are the main things that hurt Morphy. I have no idea what happened to Fischer. The things he prized the most are chess and privacy. He was a celebrated hero so he lost some or most of the privacy he prized so much. He also felt that the World Chess Champio ...[text shortened]... lay that he felt he could not live up to? It may be the main reason he did not defend the Title?
Originally posted by Sam The ShamI have been told that his law practice failed because the people did not like his siding with the north. Any person in the South that was sided with the north could expect trouble and lots of it.
Morphy was an attorney-at-law, worked sporadically at it. Set up a law practice, but was too lazy and nutty to make it work. Without chess, he pined away. His mother and sister looked after him until he died of a stroke in his mid-40's.
Originally posted by gambit3Wikipedia:
I have been told that his law practice failed because the people did not like his siding with the north. Any person in the South that was sided with the north could expect trouble and lots of it.
"Possibly because of his antiwar stance, Morphy was unable to successfully build a law practice even after the war ended. His attempts to open a law office failed; when he had visitors, they invariably wanted to talk about chess, not their legal affairs. Financially secure thanks to his family fortune, Morphy essentially spent the rest of his life in idleness. Asked by admirers to return to chess competition, he refused.