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Nov-10-04
 | | 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
 | | 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
| | 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
| | 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
| | 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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| Jan-10-09 | | brankat: <Pawn and Two> <...Schiffers achieved a winning position against Lasker, but missed his way and lost the game...> Just about every other master had had this kind of experience when facing Dr.Lasker :-) |
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| May-04-09 | | BIDMONFA: Emmanuel Schiffers SCHIFFERS, Emanuel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/schiffers_e...
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| May-04-09 | | WhiteRook48: happy birthday! |
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Apr-13-10
 | | keypusher: From Tarrasch's 1906 article on Pillsbury, which also discussed other cases of mental illness among chessplayers. The full translation and German original are on the Tarrasch page. <The St. Petersburger Schiffers was broadly cultivated, highly intelligent man, with a splendid sense of humor <von prachtvollem Humor – maybe “splendid temperament” is better?>, a lively conversationalist, amiable in company <Verkehr>, in short, as the student song says, “a fellow like velvet and silk, the only harm, is that he drinks!” <”ein Kerl wie Samt und Seide, nur schade, dass er suff!”>. This he did with great consistency, and so it is no wonder, that he went to the madhouse several times, and a greater or shorter time after his release, each time relapsed. His disease was: alcoholic psychosis; chess had nothing to do with this. He never showed any particular strain playing chess; rather in tournaments he always played well “con amore,” as if nothing were at stake <sondern spielte in Turnieren immer so recht con amore, als ob es um gar nichts ginge>. Nevertheless, he achieved well-known, beautiful successes <Gleichwohl hat er bekanntlich recht huebsche Erfolge erzielt>. His sympathetic personality was known to all who met him and remains in memory. Every man has weaknesses, and every man must die, one sooner, others later, one from this, others from that disease; in fact we all die – to Life! <Swachen hat jeder Mensch, und sterben muss ebenfalls jeder Mensch, die eine fruher, der andere spater, der eine an dieser, der andere an jener Krankheit, in Grunde genommen sterben wir alle – am Leben!>> |
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Nov-05-10
 | | GrahamClayton: <keypusher>From Tarrasch's 1906 article on Pillsbury, which also discussed other cases of mental illness among chessplayers. <keypusher>,
Here is a snippet from the New York Times, dated 4 February 1900,about Schiffer's non-attendance at the tournament in St Petersburg: "A notable absentee is Schiffers, second prize winner at Moscow, who has since been place in an asylum for the insane." |
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Nov-05-10
| | keypusher: <GrahamClayton>
Thanks. Looking back at my ugly translation, it occurs to me that “con amore” probably meant "for love" rather than "with love." Tarrasch is saying that he played casually and easily in tournaments, as if in a skittles match. <nescio>, <whiteshark>, and anyone else who knows, any thoughts you have are welcome. |
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| Nov-09-10 | | nescio: <keypusher: it occurs to me that “con amore” probably meant "for love" rather than "with love."> Could you explain what the differnce is between "for love" and "with love" in this case? I always have trouble with such prepositions in English and both phrases seem to have a similar meaning to me. That's also true for the last words "to life". Tarrasch is saying that life is always the cause of death (the dash is just there to indicate a short pause if you say it aloud). I would choose "from life" or "of life", whatever the usual phrase is in English, but perhaps "to life" also has a similar meaning with which I'm not familiar. It looks like a toast to life to me. |
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| Mar-26-11 | | Marcelo Bruno: An interesting detail: his name in the English edition of the Hastings tournament in 1895 is written "Emanuel G. A. Schiffers". Really curious. |
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| May-04-12 | | thomastonk: Tarrasch's sentence on Schiffers <”ein Kerl wie Samt und Seide, nur schade, dass er suff!”>, which is often cited, is taken from an old German student song. For convenience I repeat <keypusher's> translation from above: <“a fellow like velvet and silk, the only harm, is that he drinks!”>. |
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| May-04-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Today you are remembered, Emmanuel Schiffers!
:) LTJ |
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| Aug-14-12 | | Karpova: <E. Schiffers, welcher nach dem Moskauer Turnier von einer hochgradigen Aufregung befallen wurde und in eine Nervenheilanstalt gebracht werden musste, befindet sich nach der "St. Petersburger Zeitung" in einem Zustande, der leider keine Hoffnung auf Genesung bietet. Alle Schachfreunde, speciell jene, welche Gelegenheit hatten, den hochbegabten, liebenswürdigen russischen Meister kennen zu lernen, werden diese Nachricht mit tiefer Theilnahme lesen.> From page 13 of the 1900 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| May-04-13 | | brankat: R.I.P. master Schiffers. |
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Jun-04-13
| | keypusher: <nescio>
<Could you explain what the differnce is between "for love" and "with love" in this case? I always have trouble with such prepositions in English and both phrases seem to have a similar meaning to me.> Sorry, I never answered this. There is an idiomatic expression "for love" (as opposed to "for money," I think) which simply means playing without stakes. I think it has more or less fallen out of use, in the United States at least. |
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| Jun-30-13 | | Karpova: <Nicht unerwartet ist uns die Nachricht von dem Hinscheiden des großen russischen Schachmeisters gekommen. Im Vorfrühling dieses Jahres zog sich E. Schiffers durch einen Sturz eine Verletzung zu und seit dieser Zeit hat er sich nie wieder recht erholen können. Am 29. November (12. Dezember) hat ein sanfter Tod seinem Leiden ein Ende gemacht.> (The news of the great Russian chess master's passing came not as a surprise. In early spring, E. Schiffers fell and suffered an injury he never fully recovered from. On 29th November (12th December) a peaceful death put an end to his suffering.) It is also mentioned that Schiffers spoke German, English, Russian and French. Furthermore, he was so good at drawing and painting (self-taught) that he was allowed to copy in the imperial hermitage. From pages 377-378 of the 1904 'Wiener Schachzeitung' though originally from the 'St. Petersburger Zeitung' 1904.12.17. |
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| May-29-17 | | zanzibar: <A report to hand from London confirms the statement, previously cabled, that E. Schifffers, the Russian chess expert, has gone insane. It appears that be has been sent to the St. Nicholas Asylum for the Insane at St. Petersburg. It was after the conclusion of the national chess tournament at Moscow, in which he took the second prize, that the first distressing symptoms manifested themselves. It was during his return trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg that the malady assumed a violent form.> BDE 1899.11.19 p11
https://www.newspapers.com/image/50... |
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| Jul-07-17 | | zanzibar: <ivanov90>'s link is now stale, here's wayback's version: https://web.archive.org/web/2006021... Beware if you see Schiffer's dod as 1904.11.29 - that's old-style dating. <CG> has the correct new-style dod. . |
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Jul-09-22
 | | Chessical: A translation of Karpova's snippet on page 13 of the January 1900 'Wiener Schachzeitung': "E. Schiffers, according to the “St. Petersburg Zeitung”, was taken to a mental institution suffering from a high degree of agitation after the Moscow tournament. Unfortunately, his condition offers no hope of recovery. All chess friends, especially those who had the opportunity to meet this intellectually-gifted and amiable Russian master, read this with the deepest sympathy." |
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