Jun-11-04
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| Honza Cervenka: Full name of this player is Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers. |
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| Jun-11-04 |
| zb2cr: Schiffers seems to have been a very poor player against the highest-level players of his day: Tarrasch beat him 6-0, with one draw; Chigorin 19-4, with 4 draws, etc. |
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| Nov-09-04 |
| marekg248: I study Evans gambit and I stumbled upon this guy three times - twice in Pachman's book on open games:
Chigorin vs Schiffers, 1897
Schiffers vs Pillsbury, 1896
and in Chess miniatures by Abram Rojzman (not in the database):
Schiffers-Yurevich Peterburg 1892
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Qf6 7.d4 Nh6 8.Bg5 Qg6 9.d5 Nd8 10.Bxd8 Kxd8 11.Nxe5 Qxe4 12.Re1 Qh4 13.d6! cxd6 14.Qxd6 Bc7? 15.Qxh6! Qxc4 16.Qh4!! 1-0
Marks are from the book. It seems to me that he was a decent player after all. Does anybody know something more about him? Honza, zda sa, ze ty mas celkom peknu zbierku knih o sachu:) |
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Nov-10-04
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| Calli: This bio is from the 1895 Hastings tournament book:
"Russian chess master; born of German parents at St. Petersburg May 4, 1850; died there Dec. 12, 1904. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native city, studying in the classical, physical, and mathematical faculties. In 1871 he became a private tutor." "Schiffers began to play chess when about fifteen, and within five years had made such progress that he defeated Tochoumoff and others of equal standing. He continued to advance until he became the leading player in Russia. In 1873 he first played with Tchigorin, to whom he then gave the odds of a knight. During the following seven years the pupil came to play a stronger game than his teacher, and in 1880 Schiffers lost the championship of Russia to Tchigorin. He has won matches against Alapin, Chardin, and Mitropolsky; and at the International Tournament held at Hastings, England, in 1895, at which twenty-two masters competed, Schiffers gained sixth prize." |
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Nov-10-04
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| tamar: Sixth prize at Hastings 1895 behind Pillsbury, Chigorin, Lasker, Tarrasch and Steinitz. His game against Chigorin in round 4 was amazingly lopsided in his favor. Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1895 |
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| Nov-13-04 |
| marekg248: Thanks, it's interesting to know, that such a great player like Chigorin had a teacher. It is a necessity nowadays for players wanting to achieve success, but I used to think that until approximately the 1930's it was largely due to the natural endowment that players were strong. Did Capablanca have a teacher? Maybe not, and if so, maybe it was an exception. |
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| Jun-01-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Emmanuel's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/sche.html |
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Oct-08-05
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| Pawn and Two: Schiffers's complete tournament and match record (1875 - 1903) against Chigorin was 24 wins, 49 losses and 19 draws. A decent performance against a strong opponent.
This information is from the book - Mikhail Chigorin the first Russian Grandmaster - by Alexander Khailfman & Sergei Soloviov |
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Oct-08-05
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| Pawn and Two: Important tournament results for Schiffers:
1887 - Frankfort - 10th +7 -7 =6
1889 - Breslau - 17th +3 -8 =6
1894 - Leipzig - 8/9th +5 -4 =8
1895 - Hastings - 6th +9 -9 =6
1896 - Nurnberg - 9/10th +5 -4 =9
1897 - Berlin - 11th +7 -6 =6
1898 - Vienna - 12th +13 -14 =10
1898 - Cologne - 10/11th +6 -7 =2 |
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Oct-08-05
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| Pawn and Two: At Nurnberg 1896 Schiffers tied with Chigorin for 10/11th place. In addition to a very interesting draw with Chigorin, Schiffers scored draws against the 2nd place winner Maroczy, 6th place winner Steinitz and the 7/ 8th place winners Schlechter & Walbrodt. Even more notable was his win against the 3/4 place winner Pillsbury. His biggest opportunity of this tournament was in his 2nd round game against Lasker. Schiffers achieved a winning position against Lasker, but missed his way and lost the game. |
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Oct-08-05
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| Pawn and Two: Last post should read - Schiffers tied for 9/10th with Chigorin at Nurnberg 1896. |
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| Dec-22-06 |
| ivanov90: http://www.e3e5.com/petersburg/hist...
This link is about Schiffers, unfortunatly only in russian |
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