Chess Training for OTB play

— New Orleans correspondent of the New York Sun.
The Sun of the 24th instant contains a repetition of that off-told lie about the insanity of Paul Morphy— that he has not played chess for a long time, and so forth, ad nauseam. Will you have the kindness to publish the following, which contains all the facts concerning Paul Morphy with which the public have anything to do?
He is now practicing law in this city; and has never been insane, or spoke of in that relation by his family or friends.
As to chess, he is unquestionably to-day the best chess player in the world, although he does not play often enough to keep himself in thorough practice. He gives the odds of a knight to our strongest players, and is seldom beaten, perhaps never when he cares to win.
His disappearance from public view as a chess player has just this explanation—no more, no less.
“The publicity and lionizing which attached to him for a time, both in this country and Europe, were always distasteful to his family, and especially so to his mother. On his return from his European triumphs, he entered into an engagement with his mother never again to play for a money or other stake; never to play a public game or a game in a public place, and never again to encourage or countenance any publication of any sort whatever in connection with his name. This last clause in the agreement has been so strictly construed as to prevent any denial by him or his family of the numerous silly publications that have been made concerning him. It is now time, however, that the thing should be stopped.”

He sometimes seems to have problems will the difference between correlation and causality (makes me think of the well-known example of drownings and ice creams), but for a player who was perhaps the best writer of his generation and certainly the most educated, who had continuously good results at tournaments for a decade, one bad year, one long article in NIC, and he was not invited to RR top tournaments any more. He was 35 years then, probably at the height of his strength.

What does he do now? He lives in Spain. Do you happen to know?

Just curiosity, but he should earn enough for a comfortable life. As a chess player with an Elo over 2600, he could make 20k euros per year just playing for clubs in the Bundesliga, in France, Spain, Croatia... plus money from teaching chess. 

Anyway, I visited the forum shekhina. On a page, the admin mentioned Michael Hoffman. Hopefully, I read one of his books, but I have forgotten most of it, the central thesis excepted, which I internalized. I forgotten so many good books, always being in hurry to learn more, to understand deeper.

There isn't time enough, Ozy. My friends are falling like flies -- leukemia, cancer, heart attacks  -- mostly those who have never drank, smoked, who were in good shape.