Andreas Ascharin
Number of games in database: 8
Years covered: 1864 to 1892
Overall record: +2 -5 =1 (31.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
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ANDREAS ASCHARIN (born Jun-24-1843, died Dec-24-1896) Estonia (citizen of Latvia) [what is this?] Andreas Ascharin was born in Pämu, Estonia in 1843. In 1875-1879 he worked in Saint Petersburg as a journalist for The St. Petersburger Zeitung and The St. Petersburger Herold. One of the strongest masters of the era, he beat notable players such as Mikhail Chigorin and Emmanuel Schiffers. In 1879 he moved to Riga where he worked as a teacher of German language at a gymnasium, and a translator of Russian literature into German. Among others, he published Schach-Humoresken (Riga 1894). He was a president of Riga Chess Association. from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea...

page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vogt vs A Ascharin   0-1 26 1864 Dorpat C44 King's Pawn Game 2. Chigorin vs A Ascharin 1-0 29 1875 Petersburg B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. Chigorin vs A Ascharin   1-0 25 1877 Petersburg B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. A Ascharin vs A Solovtsov   ½-½ 47 1879 Best Russian Players C01 French, Exchange 5. A Ascharin vs Chigorin   0-1 61 1879 Petersburg C50 Giuoco Piano 6. Chigorin vs A Ascharin 0-1 18 1881 Petersburg C55 Two Knights Defense 7. A Ascharin vs Chigorin   0-1 41 1892 Riga (Match) C52 Evans Gambit 8. A Ascharin vs Chigorin   0-1 48 1892 Riga (Match) C51 Evans Gambit

Aug-04-08    myschkin: . . . (in German) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea... Dec-27-10    myschkin: . . . "Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature" http://www.utlib.ee/ekollekt/eeva/i... (University of Tartu Library)

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