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Jun-28-06
 | | Eric Schiller: <whiskey> Your opponent's play looks very logical to me. Black's queen does not belong at b7 or a6, and the g3 plan was absolutely correct. |
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Jun-28-06
 | | monopole2313: <chessgames> How about "Snap-Dragon" in
place of "Hyperaccelerated Dragon"? |
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| Jun-28-06 | | apawnandafool: How about, "Well, look at what the cat dragon!" |
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| Jun-28-06 | | whiskeyrebel: Eric, thanks for looking at it. I guess the guy was just playing mind games. I'll pay penance by studying another dozen Welling openings playing "guess the move". |
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Jul-02-06
| | Eric Schiller: <all> Some of you may have already noticed that the cover of my new Big Book of Chess at most online stores has John Watson's name instead of mine. Before the trolls go wild, I'd like to point out that John was originially going to write the book, but it ended up with me. The publishers must have sent out publicity before the book was written (they often do that) but they have known for a couple of years that I was writing it so this is totally unforgivable and inexcusable. Still, neither John nor I were involved in the commission of the error (nor on the ridiculous hype on the cover). Many chessgames members helped in the proofing stage, and the book should appeal to many, despite the huge publishing blunder. I apologize for any inconvenience, and have already flamed the publisher (cardozaent@aol.com). But there is nothing I can do except scream that the error needs to be fixed ASAP, which means tracking down all the online sites with the wrong cover. Some sites even list John as the author in their listings! |
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| Jul-02-06 | | WMD: If you were a publisher and had the option of putting Eric Schiller's or John Watson's name on a book, which would you choose? It's what Americans call a no-brainer. |
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| Jul-02-06 | | Rocafella: Do you have the IM title or did you not bother trying to win it? |
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Jul-02-06
| | Eric Schiller: <Rockafella> I have the FM title. I did make a norm or two, but have always been doing things besides chess and never really dedicated myself to getting titles. My goal is to beat a GM every year, and most years I manage that, though I don't play enough now and this year haven't gotten a scalp. I'm sure I could make IM if I dropped everything else in my life to pursue it, but I'm not willing to do that. It is very hard to play well when you spend a lot of time teaching others. I know my students' openings better than my own repertoire, and can't manage to follow my own advice at the board. I've never been impressed with titles or ratings. If I want to know if a player is any good I just ask two questions: who have you beaten and show me your best games. |
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| Jul-02-06 | | mack: How do you get on with John Watson, Eric? |
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Jul-02-06
| | Eric Schiller: <mack> we are good friends for many, many years, and sometimes we even write books together (Big Book of Busts, How to Succeed in the Queen Pawn Openings, Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings). We have similar political views and are in touch regularly. He is a great guy, one of the best in the game. If you check out his games, you'll find he has produced some masterpieces. We do disagree about the French, though. My least favorite opening, but Watson is the definitive author for the Black side. He's into the King's Indian where I love the Tarrasch, but we do agree on most chess items. |
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| Jul-02-06 | | WMD: What's his health like now, since the stroke? |
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| Jul-02-06 | | WMD: I'll just assume he's made a full recovery, shall I? Some people... |
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| Jul-02-06 | | James Demery: Did John Watson have a stroke? |
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Jul-02-06
| | Eric Schiller: John is well enough to play a bit and do his writing and teaching, but of course there are always some lasting effects. |
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| Jul-03-06 | | harcee sarmiento: hi eric schiller! im a big fan of garry kasparov. it is true that one of his traits is his..."infamous stare"... |
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| Jul-03-06 | | harcee sarmiento: i agree with you elo maybe quite convincing but im more on how... or who beats who. |
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Jul-03-06
| | Eric Schiller: <harcee> Kasparov had several intimidating aspects at the board, but not off of it. His peak was in the early 80s, when he stalked the stage in a black leather jacket, which, alas, his mother made him abandon for a suit when he faced Korchnoi in 1983 (I disagreed with her about that move). |
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Jul-03-06
 | | grkoste: Two opponents didn't seem at all intimidated by the Kasparov show: Kramnik (perhaps because he'd worked closely with the great man during the Anand match) and Deep Blue. |
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Jul-03-06
 | | Ron: How do you know that Deep Blue wasn't intimidated? |
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| Jul-03-06 | | Rocafella: Computers don't have eyes! |
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| Jul-04-06 | | harcee sarmiento: <eric> thank you. i read about your books on it. i love your craft specially those with has something to do with garry. have you ever encounter eugene torre, our native gm? |
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Jul-04-06
| | Eric Schiller: <harcee> Yes, we met a number of times during the 1980s. Torre was the top player from your country at the time. He has played many interesting games. |
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| Jul-04-06 | | veigaman: Eric, what player do you think could have been a superGM if he hadn´t quit chess or he had worked harder? Hi from venezuela! |
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| Jul-05-06 | | acirce: <My name is Irwin and I'm rated 1921; my opponent was Varshavsky rated 2200. I'm not very happy with the set up I chose..my 9th move is especially bad I think. I tried not to be psyched out..but failed. I actually couldn't decide at the board whether he was being creative, crafty or was unhinged.> This is interesting concerning the controversy that arose later around whether he was cheating. I saw your post over at the Daily Dirt too talking about his "weird" clothes and behavior. I wonder if any hard evidence has been unearthed. One of his higher-rated victims (Kensek) also wrote in and said he found no reason for suspicion. |
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| Jul-05-06 | | whiskeyrebel: acirce, thanks. I'm glad somebody made the connection. I was shocked to read about Mr. Varshavsky's adventures at the world open. It never crossed my mind he might be dishonest. of course he wouldn't need to be to beat me. |
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