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Morphy and shoes

92 - Anecdotes "historic"

Some readers of my new History of Chess noted, reading extensive biographical section devoted to Paul Morphy, the absence of the "mystery of the shoes" .
Before revealing the banal truth, I want to mention that some historians have argued that Morphy chess was a "paranoid fetishist" (Fine) as:
a) he liked to stay the center of a circle formed by women's shoes placed on the floor of the bedroom;
b) he liked to have in a semicircle about a dozen women's shoes ecstatic contemplation;
c) was found dead in the bathroom surrounded by numerous shoes for women.
These three versions on "paranoia" of Morphy do understand how easy it is, over the years, a reality warp at times trivial. That Morphy was found dead in the bathroom is the only thing true of the three "stories" are mentioned.
In 1926 the grandson of Morphy revealed the "mystery of the shoes."
The great chess player, although sometimes that attitudes could be think of a case of paranoia, was a very precise and orderly and, before reaching under the covers, provided the their shoes in a semicircle to choose without delay, upon awakening, which make for the day.
I will probably fallen into some false history (although I tried to avoid sensational trappoloni, especially, many of Koltanowski), but I assure readers that the "mystery of the shoes" is not that of Paul Morphy.