AThe Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Saturday, February 13, 1960 ★
Chess Is A War Of Nerves
“Morphy could not pass examinations to qualify as a lawyer.
Really?!
A New Star in the Firmament. 03 Nov 1864, Thu The Daily True Delta (New Orleans, Louisiana) Newspapers.com
The Daily True Delta, New Orleans, Louisiana, Thursday, November 03, 1864
A New Star in the Firmament.
The celebrated chess player and traveler, Paul Morphy, turned some years ago to the study of law and won his diploma with easy grace. That is old news, but we had to mention as a prelude to his present residence and occupation. We learned from high judicial authority that this celebrated gentleman has made New Orleans his home again and was, with the usual formalities, admitted as a member of the bar of this city and State.
'Chess Is A War Of Nerves' 15 Feb 1960, Mon The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Newspapers.com
The current American prodigy, Bobby Fischer, amazed his teachers at Erasmus High School, Brooklyn, when they heard of his chess prowess.
“In class he can't sit still for five minutes,” one teacher said. “He just stumbles through his work, and I did not think he was interested in anything but prehistoric animals and jigsaw puzzles.”
Chess Is A War of Nerves (Pt. 2) 13 Feb 1960, Sat The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Newspapers.com
Worthy of note, the commentary above, is an opinion piece.
Bobby's school administration described a bright child who scores rather well academically:
https://bobby-fischer-1958.blogspot.com/2018/03/whiz-kid-at-chessboard.html
“But last year, despite an intensive schedule, he settled down and scored 97 in mathematics, 90 in Spanish and 80 in biology examinations.”
This year, though his principal said he would be carrying five courses — English, Spanish, intermediate algebra, world history and physical chemistry.
Awarded a gold medal for achievements:
https://bobby-fischer-1959.blogspot.com/2018/03/gold-medal-at-erasmus-hall-high-school.html
Further, in this “Letter to the Editor” a reader responded, with some further criticism, which also contained some preconceived errors of its own, about Bobby Fischer's academic standing and other players mentioned in the Commentary:
https://bobby-fischer-1960.blogspot.com/2018/04/chess-is-war-of-nerves.html
