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Mar-04-05
 | | Eric Schiller: Jay, I can't blame the publisher. The book is budgeted, priced, and publicized as having a certain number of pages. If the author goes overboard, cuts must be made. This is true of all books, all authors. Generally, I get things right. But layout has a lot to do with it. You can see that Cardoza books recently have become less packed, more white space, easier to read. During that transition, my page counts tended to be off by a lot. So, instead of junking the extra material, I got Cardoza to agree to typeset it at their expense, and let me post it on the net. at my website and/or ChessCity (www.chesscity.com). I think it is a great solution! |
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Mar-04-05
 | | IMlday: Howdy Eric, welcome to chessgames.
I think it a sort of normal progression that beginners learn from books aimed at 1000-1600 players; then when they get stronger they disdain books aimed at lower classes. That's human nature.
Kevin Spraggett once observed that a beginning player, determined to improve, must first learn all the 'Reinfeld', but then, to keep improving past 2000, they needed to forget it all.
Richard Reti's "Modern Ideas in Chess" classic was originally written as a criticism/rebuttal of a German author disparaging 'hyper-modernism', but then the wise editor edited down to eliminate the beginner teacher entirely, creating a 'stand alone' masterpiece. And then the process repeated as Emanuel Lasker produced "Manual of Chess" to improve on Reti's over-simplicities.
What is educational for one level of strength may seem over-simplified, or purely wrong, at a higher level.
That said, your evaluation of the endgame in Bailey-Day in the 3..Qe7 vs the Spanish in UCO is wrong: Black is actually much better. However only a 2400 player can get there, so warning off sub-1500 players is practically correct, even if theoretically 'wrong' in an absolute sense.
Regards anecdotes--the ticking suitcase in East Germany during the Cold War deserves a retelling imo. |
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| Mar-04-05 | | Champ Supernova: Mr. Schiller, looking over your site and all your accomplishments, I have come to the conclusion that you are a super human. How can one person do so much and be so good at so many things? You are amazing. |
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Mar-04-05
| | Eric Schiller: Thanks, Champ! I've always attributed my achievements, such as they are, to too much unintentional celibacy and an allergy to material rewards :-)
I was lucky to have a good upbringing, and my parents gave me the opportunity to explore various things and the education to take on challenges. I long ago realized I wouldn't be a Grandmaster, so I've divided my life between chess, linguistics, politics and music. And I've been able to work with great people. Ray Keene gave me my first big breaks as an author (BCO) and arbiter (Malta Olympiad) and press officer, working on the World Championship events he organized in London. It's been a fun ride. I wish I could do more work in linguistics, but academia has fallen on some hard times. So, I just keep doing various things in chess to make a modest living while enjoying all chess has to offer.
Education is the key, and it isn't surprising that most of the successful players in the chess world are highly educated. Going to dinner with Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Kasimdzhanov (an amazing knowledge of English lit!) is always a great learning experience. I teach chess in some local schools, and it is sad to see how far things have declined in general education. It makes it tough for people to get the skills they need to do several differnt things at once. |
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| Mar-04-05 | | Backward Development: Wow, so we have no less than the real Eric Schiller frequenting this website now! The list of celebrity clientele grows... So Mr. Schiller, as an expert on 'Unorthodox Openings', I'll be eagerly awaiting to see the game collections you make! On the topic of Unorthodox Openings, which seem to be 'the ticket' for winning blitz games, what openings would you suggest as a good blitz repetoire? |
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| Mar-05-05 | | Jamespawn: Welcome Eric Schiller. I think you`ll find most players like me with a modest rating appreciate the posts of people like you and Ray Keene taking the time to post and giving us insight into the way higher rated players play chess. You may have to put some people on your ignore list. Even though Ray Keene gets criticised on his page , thankfully he still posts. Welcome to Chessgames and I hope you focus on those of us who are polite and not those who are rude. |
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Mar-05-05
 | | ray keene: hi eric! you need your foto up on your bio as well-its too small to see the details only as an avatar meanwhile i wd like to see your list of best games with unorthodox openings-which of these weird fauna stand the test of time-i dont see too many guys still playing the karpov-miles a6 defence btw i have edited miles own extensive notes to this game and they appear on this site with the critical in depth analysis of what happens if karpov sacs his b on h7 this topic is skated over in the lawton book on miles-it is not widely known that when i was editor of modern chess theory magazine i commissioned miles to write the definitive set of notes to this game and i have reproduced them on this site for chessgames.com |
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| Mar-05-05 | | whiskeyrebel: Welcome Mr. Schiller...I've made a few critical remarks here on your page..I tried to qualify them by pointing out you'd likely be a good person to buy a couple beers for. I really respect you for posting here where the criticism can get out of control at times. As a long time musician and non-chess writer I've been raked over the coals at a few discussion sights myself; I wish I had the grace and professionalism to simply face up to it that you've shown. I now owe you several beers..and a couple shots too. |
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| Mar-05-05 | | vonKrolock: <Eric Schiller>: Enjoy the open air in chessgames.com, this public square in the cyber space - not for agoraphobics - we also believe in Chess as Culture, and in the significance of the formation of an audience for Art and Culture |
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| Mar-05-05 | | Jaymthegenius: I think a great suggestion would be to put youre book's onto a CD format, and to get a contract from Chessbase to make the software Fritz compatable. The book's are great, but CD's can fit alot more information then a book. I also think the extra material on the web is a great solution as well! Also, there was a debate earlier as to the outcome of a Josh Waitzkin, Paul Morphy, Philidor, Deep Blue match (one white, one black each)! Who do you think would win? I say the score would be as follow's Deep Blue 5/1 (defeats both Morphy and Philidor in both matches, lost to Waitzkin in one Waitzkin: 5/1 (only lost one to Deep Blue)
Morphy: 2/4 (only defeats Philidor)
Philidor: 0/6 (Loses to all) |
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Mar-05-05
| | Eric Schiller: <Jaymthegenius> I am working on a CD in Chess Assistant format, but it should also have a PGN file for CB users. The problem is that because the chess software has no spell checking and is hard to edit, I did all the cleaning in Word. So I have to clean up the data files a lot. It might get done this year, but may take longer. As for your fantasy tournament, sad to say I go with Deep Blue 6-0, Morphy and Waitzkin about 2.5-3.5 and Philidor 1-5. |
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| Mar-06-05 | | Jaymthegenius: I like youre score Schiller! There is alot of correlation with mine exept Philidor won an extra and Deep Blue wins all)! Notice how Larsen had a plus score against Deep Blue but Kasparov lost against it (this can also be attributed to Kasparov facing an improved version). I compare to Rainman vs. a calculator in a math olympiad, there is no way a human (no matter how mathematically gifted) can compete with a computer, and Larsen usually set's up possitions in which calculation and math is inappropriate for the position, meaning he has the advantage because he is a human capable of strategic thinking (as opposed to sheer calculation, like what Kasparov usually does) And notice when Kasparov won, he adopted a double fianchetto with a solid knight formation with a useful d3 pawn (a situation inapropriate to fight using calculation)? I say he should have stuck with that kind of thinking throughout (a Staunton formation would also serve Kasparov well against Deep Blue, just have to avoid situations in which calculation is possible). |
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Mar-06-05
| | Eric Schiller: <backward> For blitz, try the Pterodactyl (1...g6, 2...Bg7, 3...c5, then ...Qa5). I've submitted some games in that line, where I have beaten many IMs and Gms. They should appear in the list soon. I have defeated two titled players with 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bc4?? cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc5, winning a piece. I have a big CD on the opening coming out sometime (inquire at http://www.chesscentral.com, I don't know release date). If you learn some old Benoni lines, the Pterodactyl is a universal defense. See http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/Pterod...
for a list of variations. |
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| Mar-06-05 | | vonKrolock: <Eric Schiller> You had already tested in the practice that new move (an early f4-f3 for Black) in the Neumann Defense of the KGA? (i dont found in the on-line sources some example)PS I call that stroke "The Schiller's Move" |
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Mar-06-05
| | Eric Schiller: <vonKrolok> Can you give me the precise position? Then I'll check. I haven't had many King's Gambit games in many years, since I play mostly d4 as White and no one seems to play the KG against me :-) |
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| Mar-06-05 | | vonKrolock: Sure, <Eric>, in <C39 KGA Kieseritsky, Neumann defense>, after
<1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nc6>, then 6.d4 Nxe5 7.dxe5 and now 7...f4-f3: This counter-blow was presumably been overlooked by the classical studiouses of the KGA... |
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Mar-06-05
| | Eric Schiller: It got a test a few years ago. Black was OK out of the opening, but later went wrong: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nc6 6.d4 Nxe5 7.dxe5
f3 8.gxf3 Be7 9.Bc4 Bxh4+ 10.Kf1 Qe7 11.Qd5 c6 12.Qxf7+ Qxf7
13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Rxh4 gxf3 15.Nd2 Ne7 16.Nxf3 Ng6 17.Rh6 Rf8
18.Bg5 Kg7 19.Ke2 d5 20.Rah1 Bg4 21.Rxh7+ Kg8 22.Bf6 Rxf6 23.exf6
dxe4 24.f7+ Kf8 25.Rh8+ Nxh8 26.Rxh8+ Kxf7 27.Rxa8 exf3+ 28.Ke3
Ke6 29.Rxa7 b5 30.Rg7 Bf5 31.c3 Bb1 32.Ra7 Be4 33.a4 bxa4 34.Rxa4
Bd5 35.Rf4 c5 36.Rf8 Kd6 37.Rc8 Bb7 38.Rh8 Bc6 39.Rh5 Bb7 40.c4
Ba8 41.Rh8 1-0, Scheffer Enno - Mostertman Conrad A (♘ED) 2095, Groningen (♘etherlands) 2002 I think 9...c6 is one improvment, and 10...h5 is interesting, too. |
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| Mar-06-05 | | bobbyboomer: I purchased your book, Standard Chess Openings, recently and I enjoy it..I am an average club player and your book is just right for me...I like the way the openings are grouped and you give the concepts behind the openings not just alot of notation...it has helped my game...Thanks!! |
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| Mar-06-05 | | fifhun: Hi Eric. Where can I buy your book "French Tarrasch Guimard" back 1991 year. those variation is up fashioned recently & I need good literarture about it. Is your book quite uptodate ? I have difficulty find the new your book of ig |
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| Mar-06-05 | | vonKrolock: <Eric Schiller> ok, thanks - the Neumann, as others of such forgotten lines, have some hidden possibilities. |
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Mar-07-05
| | Eric Schiller: <fifhun> My Guimard French book is out of print but you can find used copies on the net (try Google). It is quite out of date. I will have a new ebook version eventually, but it isn't near the top of the list. The book is still useful if you have access to a database to seek out important new games. I still think it is a reasonable line against the Tarrasch, and at least gets most players out of book quickly. |
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| Mar-07-05 | | Tennyson: Wow, the Eric Schiller. I'm glad to see you've joined the chessgames.com community. I have several of your books, my favorite being _Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black_ 1998. I used the Scandinavian Defense, Portuguese variation, to draw against a 2000+ rated player. I live in Honolulu, and I've heard through the chess community that you used to live and play out here. Any validity to these rumors? |
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| Mar-07-05 | | fred lennox: <Eric Schiller> a warm welcome to this site. Although i am not a chess wtiter, i will share a few thoughts i have on the subject. First of all, it doesn't take at least two years to write a good chess book. Correct me if i am wrong, i believe Fine wrote BCE in two weeks. (Though a second extensive edition is what we know today) Second, an author shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes. He is not writing a Bible. I've been over books which I never questioned, only latter to find errors. This shows progress as me as a player. This is not to say it is a bad book. The book helped me become better. In summary, an author should be immodest enough to start a book and modest enough to finish it. |
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| Mar-07-05 | | Jaymthegenius: The 1...g6 is considered unorthodox? I usually play this "terydactyl" on the internet when I don't feel like playing an indian game (without 3...Qa5 though, I played as black 1.d4,g6 2.Nf3,Bg7 3.c4,c5 4.Nc3,e6 and won alot in from this position as black, though after computer analyis sais white is a whole pawn better (see what I mean with actual statistical results of an opening vs. actual advantage)? |
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| Mar-07-05 | | Jaymthegenius: Also Schiller there are many historical games on this site (some even have hypermodern openings! Search "Staunton" or in openings "english before 1900" in the advanced search to see. Also the computer vs. computer and man vs. computer contest are quite interesting (I guess Inspired by Morphy was right about computers not making best decisions, I set Fritz 7 vs. Deep Shredder 9 from the initial Grunfeld position, Fritz played 4.cxd4, and Shredder played 4...Bf5?! and Fritz played 5.e3 when 5.Qb3 would probably be better (in my opinion, to protect d5 while making black play b6, giving a developing tempo to white.) (this engine match was without an opening book up-loaded, by the way) |
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