Eric Schiller

Eric Schiller (born March 20, 1955 in New York) is an American chess player, trainer, arbiter and author. Schiller has a Ph.D. and is a published author in linguistics, specializing in Cambodian languages. [Encyclopedia of Languages and Linguistics, Oxford: Pergamon, entries on Khmer, Mon-Khmer and Austric]

Chess career

Eric Schiller represented the University of Chicago several times in the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championships. He was awarded the title of Fide Master shortly after reaching a rating of 2300 points. Since then, he has fallen down the charts and according to the July 2007 FIDE list he has an Elo rating of 2174.cite web|publisher=FIDE|title=Chess Player card|url=http://fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=2002973|accessdate=2007-06-11|work=Rating cards] He is also an International Arbitercite web|url=http://www.fide.com/official/arb.asp?id=1590|title=Eric Schiller's FIDE card|accessdate=2007-06-11|work=FIDE cards] and was the arbiter of a chess match between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik in 2000Fact|date=June 2007.

Schiller has organized many chess tournaments, including the World Youth Championship in ChicagoFact|date=June 2007, and several international tournaments in HawaiiFact|date=June 2007. He has often been a news reporter, reporting on Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches. Dr Schiller was the arbiter for the third Staunton Memorial tournament London 2005, missed 2006 because of ill health, but was again arbiter for 2007 [Schiller's daily news reports posted at [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=50688&crosstable=2 Chessgames.com's Gibtelecom 2006 Tournament Page] ] . Dr Schiller has also arbited at the Gibtelecom tournament in Gibraltar [Schiller's daily news reports posted at [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=50688&crosstable=2 Chessgames.com's Gibtelecom 2006 Tournament Page] ] .

Chess author

Schiller is noted as a prolific author of chess books, having written over 100, more than anyone else except Fred Reinfeld, Raymond Keene, and the late Eduard Gufeld. However, some of the books have received scathing reviews: Reviewing for the Chess Cafe, Carsten Hansen said Schiller's tome on the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation of the Vienna Game was "by far THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN" [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen15.txt] , while Tony Miles' famous review of "Unorthodox Chess Openings" for "Kingpin" consisted of two words: "Utter crap." Noted chess historian Edward Winter criticized Schiller's books for large numbers of spelling, factual and typographical errors. [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/schiller.html] [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/keene.html] , as well as outright plagiarism [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/copying.html] . Others, however, have found some of Schiller's output to be well suited to its amateur audience. John L. Watson said 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." [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/jwatson9.html] .

Books

Among Schiller's many books on chess are the following:

*"Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games", ISBN 1-58042-120-2
*"Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games", ISBN 1-58042-146-6
*"Gambit Chess Openings", ISBN 1-58042-057-5
*"Unorthodox Chess Openings", ISBN 1-58042-072-9
*"Standard Chess Openings", ISBN 1-58042-048-6
* Catalan Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1983 ISBN 0-931462-26-6
* Spanish:Schliemann (Jaenisch) Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Batsford 1983 ISBN 0-7134-4248-4
* Orthodox Variation Queen's Gambit Declined Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1984 ISBN 0-931462-34-7
* Play the Tarrasch Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Pergamon 1984 ISBN 0-08-029747-1
* U.S.S.R. versus Rest of World Eric Schiller The Chess Player 1984 ISBN 0-906042-58-5
* Cambridge Springs Defense Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1984 ISBN 0-931462-61-4
* Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1985 ISBN 0-931462-52-5
* Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1985 ISBN 0-931462-44-4
* The Alekhine for the Tournament Player Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller Batsford 1985 ISBN 0-7134-1596-7
* Wie spielt man Katalanisch Eric Schiller Walter Rau 1986 ISBN 3-7919-0249-0
* Attacking the Castled King Eric Schiller The Chess Player 1986 OCLC|14686051 ASIN|B0007B7UDW
* Sicilian Modern Richter Rauzer Systems Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1986 ISBN 0-931462-51-7
* Sicilian Richter Rauzer: Systems with 7...a6 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0-931462-66-5
* Spanish Gambits Leonid Shamkovich Batsford 1987 ISBN 0-02-029020-9
* Sicilian Defence: Yugoslav Attack with 9 Bc4 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0-931462-68-1
* Unorthodox Openings Joel Benjamin & Eric Schiller Batsford 1987 ISBN 0-02-016590-0
* Sicilian Classical Richter Rauzer Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0-931462-72-X
* Saving Lost Positions Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Batsford 1987 ISBN 0-02-053770-0
* Wie spielt man Damenindisch Eric Schiller Walter Rau Verlag 1987 ISBN 3-7919-0268-7
* How to Play the Reti Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0-931462-78-9
* Caro Kann: 4...Nd7 Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0-931462-26-6
* Janowski Indian Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0-931462-97-5
* Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations (Revised Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0-931462-84-3
* French Winawer Poisoned Pawn Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0-931462-74-6
* Fianchetto Against the West Indians Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0-931462-79-7
* Catalan (Revised Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0-931462-75-4
* The Best of CLS: A selection of out of print papers from 1968 to 1975 Eric Schiller et al., (eds) Chicago Linguistic Society 1988 ISBN 0-914203-29-0
* Wie spielt man die Reti-Eröffnung Eric Schiller Walter Rau Verlag 1988 ISBN 3-7919-0279-2
* Modern Stonewall Dutch Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0-931462-96-7
* How to Play the King's Indian Attack Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0-931462-95-9
* Batsford Chess Openings 2 Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene Henry Holt 1989 ISBN 0-8050-3409-9
* Spanish Inquisition I: Zaitsev Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0-931462-89-4
* Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0-931462-90-8
* The Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack II Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0-931462-88-6
* Tarrasch French: Guimard Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1990 ISBN 0-945470-02-9
* How to Play the Albin Countergambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 90-454-7019-5
* How to Play the Torre Attack Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1991 ISBN 0-87568-199-9
* Modern Defense: Averbakh Lines Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 0-931462-81-9
* How to Play the Chigorin Defense in the Queen's Gambit Declined Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 0-945470-11-8
* The Alekhine for the Tournament Player (2nd ed.) Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller Batsford 1991 ISBN 0-7134-6951-X
* White to Play 1.e4 and Win Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1992 ISBN 0-87568-206-5
* How to Play the Scotch Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 0-945470-24-X
* Strategy for Advanced Players Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1992 ISBN 0-87568-202-2
* How to Play the From Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 0-945470-14-2
* The Chessplayer's Laboratory Volume 1 Eric Schiller Hays 1992 ISBN 0-486-20290-9
* Von Hennig-Schara Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 0-945470-20-7
* The Schliemann Defense Volume 1: Tartakower Variation Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1993 ISBN 0-945470-32-0
* How to play Black against the Staunton Gambit Eric Schiller & Billy Colias Chess Digest 1993 ISBN 0-87568-236-7
* Black to play Classical Defenses and Win Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1993 ISBN 0-87568-219-7
* Win with the Djin! Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0-945470-40-1
* Winning with the Hypermodern Raymond D. Keene Batsford 1994 ISBN 0-7134-6874-2
* Panov Attack: Volume 1 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0-945470-43-6
* The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1994 ISBN 0-87568-245-6
* Cambridge Springs Defense: Expanded and Updated Edition Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0-931462-32-0
* The Classical Caro-Kann Rejuvenated Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0-945470-34-7
* The Big Book of Combinations Eric Schiller Hypermodern 1995 ISBN 1-886040-14-1
* How to Play the Goering Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-945470-63-0
* How to Play the Torre Attack (Revised) Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 0-87568-199-9
* How to Play the Queen's Indian Eric Schiller & Jonathan Goldman Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-931462-77-0
* Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-945470-46-0
* Autolexical Theory: Ideas and Methods Eric Schiller, Elisa Steinberg, Barbara Need (eds.) Mouton de Gruyter 1995 ISBN 3-11-012626-5
* How to play the Fischer Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian Ali Mortazavi & Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 0-87568-254-5
* Improve Your Endgame Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-945470-66-5
* How to Play the Winawer Countergambit Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 0-87568-272-3
* Kasparov's Opening Repertoire Leonid Shamkovich Batsford 1995 ISBN 0-7134-5744-9
* The Big Book of Busts John L. Watson & Eric Schiller Hypermodern 1995 ISBN 1-886040-13-3
* Panov Attack: Volume 2 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-945470-47-9
* How to Play the Dilworth Attack Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0-945470-52-5
* The Schliemann Defense Volume 2: Classical Variations Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1996 ISBN 0-945470-60-6
* World Champion Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1996 ISBN 0-940685-69-8
* How to Play the Belgrade Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1997 ISBN 0-87568-294-4
* Standard Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1997 ISBN 0-940685-72-8
* Unorthodox Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1997 ISBN 0-940685-73-6
* Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-80-9
* Whiz Kids teach Chess Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 1-58042-007-9
* Panov Attack: Volume 3 (Fianchetto Var.) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998
* World Champion Combinations Raymond D. Keene & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-77-9
* Gambit Opening Repertoire for White Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-78-7
* Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-79-5
* World Champion Tactics Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 1-58042-005-2
* Joel Benjamin: Selected Games of the United States Champion Bill Haines & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998 ISBN 0-945470-73-8
* The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-93-0
* Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit (2nd Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998 ISBN 0-945470-68-1
* Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0-940685-92-2
* Secrets of the King's Indian Defense Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 1-58042-017-6
* 639 Essential Endgames Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 1-58042-016-8
* Frankenstein-Dracula Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1999 ISBN 0-945470-75-4
* Hypermodern Opening Repertoire for White Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 1-58042-015-X
* The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 2000 ISBN 0-940685-93-0
* Development of a Chess Master Eric Schiller Cardoza 2000 ISBN 1-58042-050-8
* The Official Rules of Chess Eric Schiller & Richard Peterson Cardoza 2001 ISBN 1-58042-025-7
* 100 Awesome Chess Moves Eric Schiller Cardoza 2001 ISBN 1-58042-021-4
* The Ultimate Tarrasch Eric Schiller Chess Central 2001 ISBN 1-886846-42-1
* Standard Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1-58042-048-6
* World Champion Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1-58042-046-X
* Gambit Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1-58042-057-5
* Unorthodox Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1-58042-072-9
* The Official Rules of Chess Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1-58042-092-3
* Killer Chess Tactics Raymond Keene, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1-58042-111-3
* The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1-58042-088-5
* Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN ISBN 1-58042-109-1
* Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings Vol. 1 (Open Games) Eric Schiller & John Watson Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1-58042-073-7
* How To Win With Hypermodern Chess Strategy" Raymond Keene & Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2003 ISBN 1-84382-105-2
* Janowski Indian eBook Eric Schiller ChessCentral 2004
* Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games Eric Schiller Cardoza 2004 ISBN 1-58042-120-2
* Handbook of Tricky Opening Strategies John Watson & Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2004 ISBN 1-84382-149-4
* The Pterodactyl Defense Eric Schiller Chess Central 2004 forthcoming
* Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1-58042-146-6
* Checkmate in One Move Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1-58042-171-7
* First Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1-58042-152-0
* Win with the Djin Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2005 ISBN 1-84382-172-9
* The Rubinstein Attack Eric Schiller Universal 2005 ISBN 1-58112-454-6

References

External links

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* [http://www.ericschiller.com Eric Schiller website]

* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/eric_schiller.html The Chess Games of Eric Schiller]

* [http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?10346100 USCF Rating and Tournament Directing Record of Eric Schiller]

* [http://www.chesscenter.com/kingpin/Kingpin/book_reviews.htm#Unorthodox Tony Miles' famous 2 words review of Schiller's book, "Unorthodox chess openings"]