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 man Was beaten by the boy."…
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