"The following story raises the whole question of the method employed in mental calculation. In the famous seventeenth move in the Four Knights’ game played with Paulsen on November 8, 1857, Morphy offered to exchange his queen for his opponent’s bishop. Paulsen was naturally suspicious of a trap and carefully investigated the possibilities. After pondering on the situation for more than an hour, and detecting no trap, he accepted the offer and after eleven more moves had to resign."
Ernest Jones,
"The Problem of Paul Morphy, A Contribution to the Psycho-Analysis of Chess",
The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, Vol. XII, January 1931, Part 1.
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