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Eugen von Schmidt
E von Schmidt 
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Number of games in database: 48
Years covered: 1854 to 1899
Overall record: +19 -25 =1 (43.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (8) 
    C65 C67 C80 C61
 King's Pawn Game (4) 
    C44
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (4) 
    C68 C80
 Vienna Opening (4) 
    C27 C25
 King's Gambit Accepted (4) 
    C33 C38
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   Paulsen vs E von Schmidt, 1864 0-1
   E von Schmidt vs M Lange, 1865 1-0
   J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt, 1866 0-1
   J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt, 1866 1/2-1/2

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   von Schmidt - Minckwitz (1866)

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EUGEN VON SCHMIDT
(born Jul-18-1821, died Nov-30-1905, 84 years old) Estonia

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Eugen Johann Heinrich von Schmidt. Aka Evgeny Alexandrovich von Schmidt.

Dr. Eugen von Schmidt was a member of the Psychological Society at the University of Moscow.

In 1865, he and Johannes Minckwitz were joint editors of the "Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft" ("Chess newspaper of the Berlin Chess Society"). Von Schmidt was also the vice-president of the prestigious Leipzig chess club, Der Vorstand der Schachgesellschaft Augustea, (Augustea Chess Society). (1)

"(In 1866)...the chess master and theoretician E.A. Schmidt (1821-1905) moved to Moscow. A native of Estonia, Schmidt lived for a long time in Germany, where he edited the chess magazine Leipziger Schachzeitung. In the year of his arrival, Schmidt played a match with Drozdov and was defeated with a score of +6, -5, = 2. Two years later, he got his revenge by winning a match against Drozdov, and together with Drozdov and V.S.Golitsyn became one of the strongest chess players in Moscow)." (2)

In 1879, von Schmidt played four matches with Mikhail Chigorin in St. Petersburg: he lost three heavily, but the fourth, which may have been a more casual affair, he drew. In the same year, he shared first place with Alexander Solovtsov in the Russian National Tournament (Moscow 1879) and then drew the tie-breaker match (=1=0-1). (3)

Sources
(1) Neue Berliner Schachzeitung, 1866, p.44
(2) N. Grekov Old Chess Moscow (Russian: http://www.chess86.ru/chesslessonty...)
(3) [rusbase-1]

Last updated: 2024-07-18 23:27:23

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N von Nolcken vs E von Schmidt 1-0131854Odds game (Pf7+1)000 Chess variants
2. O Koerber vs E von Schmidt  0-1331860ArsenburgC38 King's Gambit Accepted
3. E von Schmidt vs Anderssen 1-0271864BreslauC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
4. E von Schmidt vs Paulsen 0-1301864LeipzigC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
5. E von Schmidt vs Paulsen 0-1281864LeipzigA00 Uncommon Opening
6. Paulsen vs E von Schmidt  0-1531864LeipzigB40 Sicilian
7. Paulsen vs E von Schmidt  1-0341864LeipzigC45 Scotch Game
8. Paulsen vs E von Schmidt 1-0341864LeipzigA07 King's Indian Attack
9. E von Schmidt vs J Minckwitz  1-0261865LeipzigC01 French, Exchange
10. E von Schmidt vs R Gottschall 1-0311865LeipzigD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. E von Schmidt vs Zukertort 0-1421865BreslauC33 King's Gambit Accepted
12. R Gottschall vs E von Schmidt  1-0241865LeipzigC38 King's Gambit Accepted
13. E von Schmidt vs C Vitzthum 1-0231865Casual gameC26 Vienna
14. E von Schmidt vs M Lange 1-0461865Augustea CC Winter TournamentC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
15. J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt  ½-½281865Augustea CC Winter TournamentC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
16. E von Schmidt vs S Rosenthal  1-0291865MatchD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
17. S Rosenthal vs E von Schmidt 1-0291865MatchC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
18. J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt 0-1501866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
19. E von Schmidt vs J Minckwitz 0-1301866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC44 King's Pawn Game
20. J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt ½-½431866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC15 French, Winawer
21. J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt 0-1401866von Schmidt - MinckwitzD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. E von Schmidt vs J Minckwitz 1-0441866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC44 King's Pawn Game
23. J Minckwitz vs E von Schmidt 0-1371866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC51 Evans Gambit
24. E von Schmidt vs J Minckwitz 1-0591866von Schmidt - MinckwitzC67 Ruy Lopez
25. E von Schmidt vs J Minckwitz 0-1381866von Schmidt - MinckwitzB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-15-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: Thanks to Honza Cervenka for shedding a little light on the mysterious "E Schmidt," presumably a strong amateur of the 19th century.

Please note that the game where he defeats Anderssen is simply attributed to "Schmidt" and it is unclear if this is the same person.

Jul-15-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: The game against Anderssen was probably played by this player. Place and timing are very good evidence in favour of this conclusion despite the fact that Schmidt is pretty common surname. The question is whether he played also the game with Chigorin and who was that "Schmidt", who played all games in a file Lothar Schmid (all against Chigorin). It is quite possible that all these games were played by one and the same man, but it is not certain.
Jul-15-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: The pre-1900 games previously attributed to Lothar Schmid are now labelled simply Schmidt

We'll keep them separate from this player unless we learn differently.

May-25-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: Chessgames.com, after some searching I think that I have solved this little Schmidt puzzle. Games in this file were played by Eugen Von Schmidt with an exception of game Schmidt vs Lasker, 1901 which could be played by Louis Schmidt

Eugen Von Schmidt was the opponent of Chigorin in a match played in 1879 and so the file Schmidt contains his games too.

May-25-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: Thanks, Honza, we've adjusted the database accordingly, except for the game Schmidt vs Lasker, 1901 which was a simul (Lasker sometimes took the black pieces in simuls) so that is probably some unknown Schmidt.
Jun-09-09  myschkin: . . .

Dr. Eugen von Schmidt war Mitglied der psychologischen Gesellschaft an der Universität zu Moskau.

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"Begriff und Sitz der Seele" (1887)

This is a discussion, from the basis wide knowledge of what has already been tought and written, on the problems of "The Conception and Seat of the Soul". As regards the first problem, the author's conclusion is that "neither Materialism, nor Dualism, nor Sensualism (e.g., with the capacity of feeling as general property of matter) is scientifically satisfactory, but only a monoistic Spiritualism". The more distinctive part of the essay is that which concerns the second problem. Here the author arrives at the conclusion that the seat of the soul must be somewhere in the part of the medulla oblongata by Flourens "le nœud de la vie", and that it must be a mathematical point, not varying from the moment, but fixed. This point is the center from which proceed influences that maintain the life of the body. It is also the central point of feeling, thought and will. As the life of the individual ends at a particular moment of time, so it vanishes out of this particular point of state. In a chapter on "Consequences for Personal Immortality", the author develops a theory of the "involution" of the "personal", or completely centralised, soul of man at the moment of death, and its new evolution in another part of the universe under new physical conditions. Side by side with this speculation he places the theory that "the world in the most general sense (the Macrocosm) is the self-development of the infinite Spirit".

Aug-27-09  whiteshark: <Die Zwölfgötter der Griechen geschichtsphilosophisch beleuchtet> von <Eugen von Schmidt>, doctor of philosophy.

http://books.google.de/books?id=Kmo...

Jul-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is a link to another one of Schmidt's psychology articles:

http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/...

Jul-15-12  Karpova: Regarding the date of Dr. Eugen von Schmidt's death: On page 207 of the '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung' 1906, it says he died on November 17th (30th). I guess that it's the 17th according to the Julian and the 30th according to the Gregorian calendar.
Dec-15-17  zanzibar: One of the editions of Boju's(?) biography on Chigorin has his portrait on p28.

https://alfaret.ru/item.php?prod=41...

(Not sure if this link will work or not)

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Dec-15-17  zanzibar: Grikov bio of Chigorin.
Mar-11-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  mifralu: Eugen Johann Heinrich Schmidt (24.06.1821 (Kuressaare) - 17.(30.)11.1905 (Freiburg)

Portrait:
http://www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?la...

Mar-19-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Telemus: White to move.


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This is the final position of one of von Schmidt's games. A draw was agreed. Von Schmidt noticed that Black had winning chances, though being two pawns down. And he noticed the threat: Black shall try to exchange the light-square bishops, after which the h-pawn is very strong

Black is indeed winning, I think, and the position is a nice exercise. I give one splendid line. Assume White intends ♗e7-g5-e3-g1.

1.♗g5 ♘a7 (idea ♗c6) 2.♗e3 ♗b5+! 3.♔d2 h2! 4.♗xa7 ♔d7.


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There is no defence against ♗c6.

Jul-18-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Any relation to John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
Jul-18-24
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: The biography mentions a player named Drozdov, but none of the Drozdovs in the database have games dating before 1985. Any idea whom this Drozdov might have been?
Jul-18-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Englishman>, the very earliest games I managed to unearth at 365chess involving any player with the surname Drozdov were played in the late 1970s.

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