Talk:Frederick Deacon

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RE: "He drew against Paul Morphy (1 - 1) in 1858.[11]"

Shorty prior to this statement, we are informed that Deacon's game vs. Morphy were spurious. Since this is true (as Morphy himself attests) the cited games from chessgames.com were attributed to Deacon in error.

In January 1860 Morphy wrote to W.J.A.Fuller in New York:

Dear Fuller, The two games published in the "Illustrated London News" of December 17, were not played by myself with Deacon. I never contested a single game with the man, on even terms or at odds. Had I played at all, I would have given the pawn and move at least, as public estimation does not rank him as a player on an equality with Owen, to whom I yielded those odds successfully. One of the games published in the 'Illustrated London News', the Evans Gambit, was shown to me in London by Riviere, as being played between Deacon and himself. I do not know who Deacon's competitor was in the other game, but must repeat that someone has been guilty of a deliberate falsehood in both instances.

                                          Ever yours,
                                               Paul Morphy

The match draw between Morphy and Deacon in the article need to be changed...actually deleted completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Batgirl (talk • contribs) 01:22, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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