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There should be some mention that Paul Morphy of Louisiana was the unofficial world chess champion just before the Civil War. He won a match against Gen. Winfield Scott once. [[User:Chronicler|Chronicler]] 11:47, 21 September 2007 (EDT)
 
There should be some mention that Paul Morphy of Louisiana was the unofficial world chess champion just before the Civil War. He won a match against Gen. Winfield Scott once. [[User:Chronicler|Chronicler]] 11:47, 21 September 2007 (EDT)
 
:and that should be on bobby fisher's page because?-[[User:Greenmeanie|Greenmeanie]] 23:11, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
 
:and that should be on bobby fisher's page because?-[[User:Greenmeanie|Greenmeanie]] 23:11, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
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::It's a response to the claim that Fischer was the only American to be world champion on the page. It's a fair point and I will clarify that he was the only OFFICIAL world champion. (There was no official world champion until Steinitz later in the 19th century.) [[User:DanH|DanH]] 23:17, 1 June 2008 (EDT)

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There should be some mention that Paul Morphy of Louisiana was the unofficial world chess champion just before the Civil War. He won a match against Gen. Winfield Scott once. Chronicler 11:47, 21 September 2007 (EDT)

and that should be on bobby fisher's page because?-Greenmeanie 23:11, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
It's a response to the claim that Fischer was the only American to be world champion on the page. It's a fair point and I will clarify that he was the only OFFICIAL world champion. (There was no official world champion until Steinitz later in the 19th century.) DanH 23:17, 1 June 2008 (EDT)