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Eric Schiller
E Schiller 
photo courtesy of ericschiller.com  

Number of games in database: 769
Years covered: 1969 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 1989
Highest rating achieved in database: 2370
Overall record: +354 -177 =172 (62.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 66 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (71) 
    A46 D05 A40 D02 A45
 Sicilian (44) 
    B31 B90 B70 B22 B45
 French Defense (36) 
    C15 C11 C10 C01
 King's Indian (34) 
    E60 E77 E76 E61 E75
 French Winawer (23) 
    C15
 Caro-Kann (17) 
    B12 B15 B13 B18 B17
With the Black pieces:
 Tarrasch Defense (58) 
    D34 D32
 Caro-Kann (57) 
    B18 B12 B17 B10 B13
 Robatsch (37) 
    B06
 Queen's Pawn Game (32) 
    D02 D00 A40 A41 A46
 Sicilian (28) 
    B42 B43 B41 B27 B22
 Queen's Gambit Declined (19) 
    D31 D30 D06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Schiller vs M Arne, 1995 1-0
   R Vasquez Schroeder vs E Schiller, 2001 0-1
   E Schiller vs Busch, 1970 1-0
   Frank vs E Schiller, 1970 0-1
   E Schiller vs V Ossipov, 2005 1-0
   Reshevsky vs E Schiller, 1972 0-1
   E Schiller vs R Mapp, 1999 1-0
   Bafrali vs E Schiller, 1991 0-1
   E Schiller vs P Grieve, 2005 1-0
   M Labollita vs E Schiller, 2003 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Eileen Tranmer Memorial (1985)
   Max Wilkerson International (1998)
   Continental Open (1993)
   Reykjavik Open (1986)
   Lewisham International (1981)
   Groningen Open (1996)
   New York Open (1998)
   Saitek US Masters (1998)
   Gibraltar Masters (2006)
   Gibraltar Masters (2012)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1994 Hawaii by gauer
   1988 Pan-Am intercollegiate by gauer
   Annotated Games by LGTiger
   2000 American open by gauer

GAMES ANNOTATED BY SCHILLER: [what is this?]
   Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945
   Kasparov vs Najdorf, 1982
   D D van Geet vs Guyt, 1967
   J Perrier vs F J Wellmuth, 1917
   Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982
   >> 185 GAMES ANNOTATED BY SCHILLER

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 US Game in 30 Championship
   S Sloan vs E Schiller (Oct-27-12) 0-1
   V Kuehnast vs E Schiller (Feb-01-12) 1-0
   E Schiller vs O Dolgova (Jan-31-12) 0-1
   K Lundback vs E Schiller (Jan-30-12) 0-1
   E Schiller vs W Leimeister (Jan-29-12) 0-1

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ERIC SCHILLER
(born Mar-20-1955, died Nov-03-2018, 63 years old) United States of America

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Eric Andrew Schiller was born in New York. He has served as an international organizer for FIDE, and also an international arbiter, most notably for the Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Championship Match (2000). Mr. Schiller also captained several Pan-American Intercollegiate teams, as well as the World Youth Championship in Chicago.

Over-the-board accomplishments include obtaining the FIDE Master and USCF Life Master titles. He won the 1974 Illinois State Championship, and the 1995 Calchess State Championship. Schiller was a prolific and popular author of a wide range of chess books.

US Chess Federation's obituary notice: https://new.uschess.org/news/eric-s...

Wikipedia article: Eric Schiller

Last updated: 2021-01-10 05:52:25

 page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 769  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Schiller vs H Pack 1-031969Port Washington (skittles)C20 King's Pawn Game
2. R Gruchacz vs E Schiller ½-½371970New York Junior ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
3. Roman vs E Schiller 0-1111970New YorkC50 Giuoco Piano
4. E Schiller vs Heeley 1-0191970Eastern High School ChampionshipB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
5. E Schiller vs Flamberg 1-0281970Eastern High School ChampionshipC30 King's Gambit Declined
6. E Schiller vs Freedman 1-0511970SmithtownD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. Frank vs E Schiller 0-171970New YorkC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
8. E Schiller vs Busch 1-0111970New YorkC57 Two Knights
9. Chaiken vs E Schiller 0-1191970New YorkC23 Bishop's Opening
10. E Schiller vs J Tompkins 1-0231970New York City ReserveC57 Two Knights
11. Lombardy vs E Schiller ½-½361971SimulA52 Budapest Gambit
12. E Schiller vs A Draifinger 1-0311971Eastern High School ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
13. E Schiller vs V Klemm 1-0151971Manhattan Chess Club ChampionshipB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
14. E Schiller vs J Jacobs 1-0291971Eastern H.S. ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
15. Solomon vs E Schiller 0-1331971Eastern High School ChampionshipB41 Sicilian, Kan
16. E Schiller vs W Bornack 1-0251971Manhattan Chess Club ChampionshipB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. E Schiller vs J Jacobs 0-1261971Continental JuniorA02 Bird's Opening
18. Gheorghiu vs E Schiller 1-0421971SimulA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
19. Reshevsky vs E Schiller 0-1421972Simul, Manhattan Chess ClubD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
20. E Schiller vs D Reents 1-0391973Illinois Junior ChampionshipD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
21. E Schiller vs Zacher 1-0211973Chicago ChampionshipA80 Dutch
22. T Knight vs E Schiller 0-1241974IllinoisE23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann
23. Hill vs E Schiller 0-1311974IllinoisE07 Catalan, Closed
24. E Schiller vs Polikoff 1-0301975IllinoisD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
25. E Schiller vs Hastings 1-0221975University of ChicagoD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
 page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 769  PGN Download
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Nov-05-18  SugarDom: He's been sick for many years. RIP.
Nov-05-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: RIP Eric.

It was nice talking to you.

Nov-05-18  SugarDom: Sorry I scolded you for dumping Shirov in favor of Kramnik vs Kasparov.
Nov-05-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Keyser Soze: RIp.Sad news.

<SugarDom: Sorry I scolded you for dumping Shirov in favor of Kramnik vs Kasparov.>

And wasn't even his fault on that episode. Garry simply could find sponsor for that match.

Nov-05-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  boz: Sorry to hear about Eric.
Nov-05-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Very sad to hear tge news =((
Nov-05-18  whiteshark: RIP, Eric Schiller.

Thank you for the many books you have written...

Nov-05-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Just heard of his passing. RIP to you.

One of my favourite game collections is based on checkmate patterns he gave in a book, which I turned into a collection.

Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

Nov-06-18  zanzibar: Wiki updated (w/o source) then retracted the notice of his death. The wiki history contains this comment:

<Family requests privacy until fully notified!!!!!>

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...

Nov-06-18  crawfb5: USCF's announcement:

https://new.uschess.org/news/eric-s...

Nov-06-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp:
<Better an end with horror than a horror without end.>

- Schiller.
Nov-06-18  zanzibar: Thanks <crawfb5>. That link should migrate up to the bio.
Nov-06-18  crawfb5: <zanzibar: Thanks <crawfb5>. That link should migrate up to the bio.>

Done. If someone else wants to alter the format, they are welcome to do so.

Nov-06-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  wwall: I wrote a bio on Eric on my chess page at
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/a...

Bill Wall

Nov-06-18  zanzibar: <Bill W> this is a gem!

<In 1985, both Schiller and I were visited by the FBI because we subscribed to Russian newsletters and Russian magazines such as 64 and Shakhmaty Bulletin. Schiller said that all his packages and envelopes were opened twice, once by the Soviets and once by the Americans (FBI and CIA). He had a few postal games going against some Russian players. The FBI asked both of us for a listing of ranked Soviet players or contacts we had with Soviet chess players.

<I was discrete, but Schiller wrote to FIDE and asked them to mail a list of all ranked chess players to the FBI.>

<<>>>

Nov-06-18  zanzibar: This is pretty rich too...

<n 1995, he was a chess advisor for the music group Phish. >

Nov-06-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <zed>, dang, FBI never contacted me back in the eighties--thought sure they would have!
Nov-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  saffuna: <perf> They saw your openings, and said, "Nah, this guy's not in touch with the Russians."
Nov-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: RIP Eric.
Nov-07-18  epistle: His books made many strong grandmasters.

RIP

Nov-07-18  SugarDom: How come it didn't make you grandmaster?
Nov-07-18  zanzibar: Schiller's old website is archived on wayback - here's a link to the unorthodox openings section (which I think is more apropos than his Autolexical Theory section):

https://web.archive.org/web/2002120...

A photograph of him from 2016, in his electric wheelchair:

https://chessmusings.wordpress.com/...

along with a few other mentions over time.

Nov-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <saffuna: <perf> They saw your openings, and said, "Nah, this guy's not in touch with the Russians.">

No doubt--when they heard I tried 6.Bg5 against Browne's Najdorf in a simul as an 1100 player, I got written off, as they had no idea I would actually acquire some sanity, many years on, and open 1.d4 the other time I had White.

Nov-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Annie K.: RIP, Eric Schiller. Sad news... :(
Mar-03-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: May Eric trounce Mr.Miles via some crappy unorthodox openings :)
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