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Andreas Ascharin
A Ascharin 
 

Number of games in database: 89
Years covered: 1862 to 1896
Overall record: +43 -35 =11 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ANDREAS ASCHARIN
(born Jun-24-1843, died Dec-24-1896, 53 years old) Estonia (federation/nationality Latvia)

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Andreas Ascharin was born in Pärnu, 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 president of the Riga Chess Association.

Wikipedia article: Andreas Ascharin

Last updated: 2021-04-03 07:24:11

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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  0-1201862Dorpat Chess ClubC29 Vienna Gambit
2. A Ascharin vs H Clemenz  ½-½191862Dorpat Chess ClubC60 Ruy Lopez
3. H Clemenz vs A Ascharin  1-0251862Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
4. H Clemenz vs A Ascharin 1-0281862Dorpat Chess ClubC39 King's Gambit Accepted
5. A Ascharin vs H Clemenz  0-1261863Dorpat Chess ClubC55 Two Knights Defense
6. G Vogt vs A Ascharin 0-1261864Dorpat Chess ClubC44 King's Pawn Game
7. A Ascharin vs Bruhns  1-0211864Blind simul 5bC33 King's Gambit Accepted
8. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  0-1251864Dorpat Chess ClubC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
9. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  0-1441864Dorpat Chess ClubC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
10. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  0-1311864Dorpat Chess ClubC50 Giuoco Piano
11. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  1-0341864Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
12. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  1-0291864Dorpat Chess ClubC33 King's Gambit Accepted
13. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  0-1361864Dorpat Chess ClubC52 Evans Gambit
14. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  0-1191864Dorpat Chess ClubA00 Uncommon Opening
15. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  1-0431864Dorpat Chess ClubC24 Bishop's Opening
16. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  0-1231864Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
17. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  0-1311864Dorpat Chess ClubA00 Uncommon Opening
18. H Clemenz vs A Ascharin  1-0241865Dorpat Chess ClubC33 King's Gambit Accepted
19. A Ascharin vs H Clemenz 0-1301865Dorpat Chess ClubC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
20. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  1-0441865Dorpat Chess ClubC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
21. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  1-0311865Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
22. G Vogt vs A Ascharin  1-0431865Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
23. A Ascharin vs G Vogt ½-½501866Dorpat Chess ClubC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
24. A Ascharin vs G Vogt  1-0321866Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
25. H Clemenz vs A Ascharin  1-0261870Dorpat Chess ClubC51 Evans Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
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)

Jul-02-13  Karpova: <[...] der geniale, leider zu früh verstorbene Ascharin [...]>

(the ingenious Ascharin, who sadly passed away too early)

From page 174 of the 1899 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Dec-30-14
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  Gottschalk: Full name:
Andreas Aleksandrovich Ascharin
Oct-17-20
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  MissScarlett: I could have sworn this guy used to play for the Arsenal.
Oct-25-20  Nosnibor: Is game 27 genuine between Ascharin and Niemzowitch ? If so then Nimzo would have only been 4years of age at the time! In addition to that it would seem that although it is listed it does not show on the opening board what the odds were and no score is shown of the game. Perhaps the editors have already realised this but not removed the game entirely.
Oct-26-20
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  jessicafischerqueen:

<Nosnibor> You mean this game here A Ascharin vs Nimzowitsch, 1891 yes as you say <Aron Nimzowitsch> did not play this. His father Schaya Niemzowitsch played it.

The score published in the Baltische Schachblatter lists "Niemzowitsch" as Ascharin's opponent. That is how the father's family name is spelled. Aron later changed the spelling by dropping the letter "e."

I sent in a correction slip for this game a few days ago.

You may also notice that the game has no playable moves on the <Olga> viewer.

It's actually an odds game starting from this position:

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In order for <Olga> to be able to parse a pgn of an odds game, the FEN string tag has to have the numerals <0 1> appended to the end of the string.

If you click "view" on A Ascharin vs Nimzowitsch, 1891 and look at the pgn, you will see that there is no <0 1> appended to the end of the FEN string.

<Olga> *can* properly display the moves for the odds game A Ascharin vs H Seyboth, 1876 the pgn has the <0 1> appended to the end of the FEN string. If you click "view" on this game and look at the pgn you will see this extra coding.

Oct-26-20  Nosnibor: <jessicafischerqueen> Thanks for explaining the mystery. Naturally Nimzo`s father should be set elsewhere.
Oct-26-20
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  jessicafischerqueen:

<Nosnibor> Sorry here is the starting position of the game sans QN:


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Oct-26-20
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  jessicafischerqueen:

<Nosnibor> Very good news! Hard working administrators have deleted the incorrect <Ascharin vs "Aron" Nimzowitsch> [bad chessgames.com link] game already.

Now I can submit it with the correct players and also the correct FEN string pgn tag for an odds game.

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