Английская Википедия:Eric Schiller
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Eric Schiller (March 20, 1955 – November 3, 2018) was an American chess player, trainer, arbiter and one of the most prolific authors of books on chess in the 20th century.
Early life and education
Schiller was born in New York City. He attended Guggenheim Elementary, Sousa Jr. High School and later Paul D. Schreiber High School. He graduated from the University of Chicago 1976, later teaching both there and at Wayne State University. In 1991, he earned his PhD in linguistics from the University of Chicago.
After his undergraduate years, Schiller turned to music performance and founded a music group called the "Long Island Sound Ensemble" and studied conducting in Vienna, Salzburg and Hancock, Maine. He was a frequent attendant at NY Philharmonic rehearsals until 1981.
Chess career
In 1974, Schiller was the Illinois Junior Champion. Schiller played for the University of Chicago team several times at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. Schiller was the Hawaii action and blitz champion for 1988/89. He was an organizer of the Hawaii International chess festivals 1994–98, including 1998 US Open California Champion 1995. Later that year, he appeared as a chess advisor for the music group Phish on some of the stops for their "Chess Tour" where they played an ongoing game of two chess moves per tour stop and some "band vs. audience" partial games as part of their stage performance. Schiller was an arbiter at several notable games and championships including the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000. While Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov opted not to participate in the event, they had both endorsed Schiller for this sensitive role during the planning stages.
Schiller was an International Arbiter and International Trainer.[1]
Schiller organized several chess tournaments. He was often a news reporter, reporting on Chess Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches. Schiller was the arbiter for the Staunton Memorial tournament in London in 2005, 2007 and 2008,[2] and the 2006 Gibtelecom International Chess Festival in Gibraltar.[2]
As of July 2017, Schiller's FIDE Elo rating for chess at standard time controls was 1989. At his peak, his rating was 2370.[3]
Chess author
Schiller wrote over 100 chess books, more than any other author of the genre in the 20th century except Fred Reinfeld and Raymond Keene. John L. Watson, who co-wrote three books with Schiller,[4] considers some of Schiller's output to be well suited to its amateur audience. Watson wrote of Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings and Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings that "these books are explicitly aimed at the developing student, not the advanced player, and I think they both do a particularly good job of gently guiding an inexperienced player through a new opening. ... While Schiller probably deserves some of the criticism he gets, a consequence of writing too many books too quickly, he should also get credit when he does a good job."[5] International Master Jeremy Silman wrote of Watson and Schiller's The Big Book of Busts, "I am forced to swallow my bigoted view of Schiller's work (or does this just validate my opinion of Watson?) and admit that this is a great book".[6]
Schiller also worked as chess developer[7] mainly developing teaching tools, like all the tutorials for computer software Kasparov's Gambit,[8] chapters of the reference manual of the same game and developing teaching tools included in Chessmaster 5000.
Amongst Schiller's large output, some of his books have received poor reviews. Chess historian Edward Winter has criticized many of Schiller's earlier books for large numbers of spelling, factual and typographical errors,[9][10][11] and even claimed plagiarism.[12] Schiller's Unorthodox Chess Openings received a noted two-word review from Tony Miles in Kingpin: "Utter crap."[13][14] Carsten Hansen wrote of Schiller's book on the Frankenstein–Dracula Variation of the Vienna Game that it was "by far the worst book that I have ever seen."[15]
Career in linguistics
Schiller's PhD thesis was entitled "An autolexical account of subordinating serial verb phrase constructions". He was a published author in linguistics, specializing in Mon-Khmer languages.[16][17] Schiller was a co-founder of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society[18] and was an officer of the Chicago Linguistic Society. He maintained a web page with a lengthy list of his linguistic publications at this URL.
Books by Schiller on linguistics include:
- Autolexical Theory: Ideas and Methods, Eric Schiller, Elisa Steinberg & Barbara Need (eds.), Mouton de Gruyter, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Best of CLS: A selection of out of print papers from 1968 to 1975, Eric Schiller, et al. (eds.), Chicago Linguistic Society, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
Personal life
Since 2008, Schiller experienced some health setbacks, including having his right hand and foot amputated due to complications from diabetes. Nonetheless, he remained active and ambulatory with the aid of a walker and taught chess at several elementary schools in and near Mountain View, California, in affiliation with Bay Area Chess, where he lived in the last years of his life. He offered chess tutoring over the Internet via videoconferencing. He died on November 3, 2018, from complications of cardiovascular disease.[19]
Books on chess
- 100 Awesome Chess Moves, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2001. Шаблон:ISBN.
- 639 Essential Endgames, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Alekhine for the Tournament Player, Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1985. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Alekhine for the Tournament Player (2nd ed.), Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1991. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Attacking the Castled King, Eric Schiller, The Chess Player, 1986. Шаблон:OCLC Шаблон:ASIN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Batsford Chess Openings 2, Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene, Henry Holt, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Big Book of Busts, John L. Watson & Eric Schiller, Hypermodern Press, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Big Book of Chess, Eric Schiller, Cardoza Publishing, 2006. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Big Book of Combinations, Eric Schiller, Hypermodern Press, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Black to Play Classical Defenses and Win, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1993. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1985. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Variation, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Cambridge Springs Defense, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1984. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Cambridge Springs Defense: Expanded and Updated Edition, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Caro Kann: 4...Nd7, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Catalan, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1983. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Catalan (Revised Edition), Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Checkmate in One Move, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2005. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Chessplayer's Laboratory Volume 1, Eric Schiller, Hays, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Classical Caro-Kann Rejuvenated, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Development of a Chess Master, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2000. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Fianchetto Against the West Indians, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
- First Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2005. Шаблон:ISBN.
- First Chess Tactics, Eric Schiller, Ishi Press, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Frankenstein-Dracula Variation, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- French Winawer Poisoned Pawn, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Gambit Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2002. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Gambit Opening Repertoire for White, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1985. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations (Revised Edition), Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1988, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Handbook of Tricky Opening Strategies, John Watson & Eric Schiller, Hardinge-Simpole, 2004. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play Black against the Staunton Gambit, Eric Schiller & Billy Colias, Chess Digest, 1993. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Albin Countergambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1991. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Belgrade Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1997. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Chigorin Defense in the Queen's Gambit Declined, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1991. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Dilworth Attack, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to play the Fischer Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian, Ali Mortazavi & Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the From Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Goering Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the King's Indian Attack, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Queen's Indian, Eric Schiller & Jonathan Goldman, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Reti, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Scotch Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Torre Attack, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1991. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Torre Attack (Revised), Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- How to Play the Winawer Countergambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- How To Win With Hypermodern Chess Strategy, Raymond Keene & Eric Schiller, Hardinge-Simpole, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Hunting the Castled King, Eric Schiller, Ishi Press, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Hypermodern Opening Repertoire for White, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Improve Your Endgame, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Janowski Indian, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Janowski Indian eBook, Eric Schiller, ChessCentral 2004.
- Joel Benjamin: Selected Games of the United States Champion, Bill Haines & Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Kasparov's Opening Repertoire, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Killer Chess Tactics, Raymond Keene, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2004. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2005. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Learn to Attack with Rudolph Spielmann, Eric Schiller, Ishi Press Шаблон:ISBN.
- Modern Defense: Averbakh Lines, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1991. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Modern Stonewall Dutch, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- New Ideas in the RAT, Eric Schiller & Bill Maddex, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Official Rules of Chess, Eric Schiller & Richard Peterson, Cardoza, 2001. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Official Rules of Chess, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Orthodox Variation Queen's Gambit Declined, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1984. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Panov Attack: Volume 1, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Panov Attack: Volume 2, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1995. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Panov Attack: Volume 3 (Fianchetto Var.), Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1998, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Play the Tarrasch, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Pergamon, 1984. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Queens Gambit Accepted Smyslov Variation, Ishi Press Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Pterodactyl Defense, Eric Schiller, Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Ryder Gambit Accepted, Eric Schiller, Ishi Press Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Rubinstein Attack, Eric Schiller, Universal, 2005. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Saving Lost Positions, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Saving Lost Positions revised 2011, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Ishi Press. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Schliemann Defense Volume 1: Tartakower Variation, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1993. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Schliemann Defense Volume 2: Classical Variations, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1996. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Secrets of the King's Indian Defense, Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon, Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Sicilian Classical Richter Rauzer, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Sicilian Defence: Yugoslav Attack with 9 Bc4, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack II, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Sicilian Modern Richter Rauzer Systems, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1986. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Sicilian Richter Rauzer: Systems with 7...a6, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Spanish Gambits, Leonid Shamkovich, Batsford, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Spanish Gambits updated in 2011, Eric Schiller and Leonid Shamkovich, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Spanish Inquisition I: Zaitsev Variation, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Spanish: Schliemann (Jaenisch), Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1983. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Standard Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1997. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Standard Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza 2002. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Strategy for Advanced Players, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Strategy for Advanced Players, Eric Schiller, Ishi Press, 2011. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings Vol. 1 (Open Games), Eric Schiller & John Watson, Cardoza, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Tarrasch French: Guimard Variation, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1990. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- The Ultimate Tarrasch, Eric Schiller, Chess Central, 2001. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Unorthodox Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1997. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Unorthodox Chess Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2002. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Unorthodox Openings, Joel Benjamin & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- U.S.S.R. versus Rest of World, Eric Schiller, The Chess Player, 1984. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Von Hennig-Schara Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN.
- White to Play 1.e4 and Win, Eric Schiller, Chess Digest, 1992. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Whiz Kids Teach Chess, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit (2nd Edition), Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
- Wie spielt man Damenindisch, Eric Schiller, Walter Rau, 1987. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Wie spielt man die Reti-Eröffnung, Eric Schiller, Walter Rau, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Wie spielt man Katalanisch, Eric Schiller, Walter Rau, 1986. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Win with the Djin!, Eric Schiller, Chess Enterprises, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Win with the Djin, Eric Schiller, Hardinge-Simpole, 2005. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Winning with the Hypermodern, Raymond D. Keene & Eric Schiller, Batsford, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.
- World Champion Combinations, Raymond D. Keene & Eric Schiller, Cardoza 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
- World Champion Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1996. Шаблон:ISBN.
- World Champion Openings, Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 2002. Шаблон:ISBN.
- World Champion Tactics, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller, Cardoza, 1998. Шаблон:ISBN.
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Шаблон:Webarchive
- Шаблон:USCF
- Шаблон:Chessgames.com player
- Шаблон:365Chess.com player
- Шаблон:Webarchive
- Cardoza books profile Шаблон:Webarchive
- Шаблон:Webarchive
- Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Schiller's daily news reports posted at Chessgames.com's Gibtelecom 2006 Tournament Page
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ John L. Watson and Schiller were the co-authors of The Big Book of Busts, Handbook of Tricky Opening Strategies, and Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings Vol. 1 (Open Games). See "Books" section above.
- ↑ Book Reviews by IM John L Watson #9 Шаблон:Webarchive. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ↑ Jeremy Silman, Review of The Big Book of Busts Шаблон:Webarchive. jeremysilman.com. Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
- ↑ Schiller, Eric. Eric Schiller's Chess from Eric Schiller website [1]. Retrieved on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Schiller, Eric. Opinions on Kasparovs Gambit program?. Answer to group rec.games.chess.computer. Retrieved on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Edward Winter, A Sorry Case (1999). Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ↑ Edward Winter, World Champion Combinations (1998). Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ↑ Edward Winter, Chess Explorations (18). ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-03-17.
- ↑ Edward Winter, Copying. Retrieved on 2008-12-29.
- ↑ Tony Miles: 'It's Only Me': England's First Chess Grandmaster, Geoff Lawton (compiler), Batsford, 2003, p. 261. Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Checkpoint August 2000. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Languages and Linguistics, Oxford: Pergamon, entries on Khmer, Mon-Khmer and Austric.
- ↑ Publications in linguistics by Schiller, organized by topic 2008-11-07
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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