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Schiller organized many chess tournaments, including the World Youth Championship in ] and several international tournaments in ]. He has often been a news reporter, reporting on Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches. The fact that he is a fluent speaker of ] has been most useful. Schiller organized many chess tournaments, including the World Youth Championship in ] and several international tournaments in ]. He has often been a news reporter, reporting on Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches. The fact that he is a fluent speaker of ] has been most useful.


However, a problem arose with the ] ] in ], which was organized by Schiller. The ] claimed that Schiller owed them money, Schiller claimed that the USCF owed him money. This became a political issue and Schiller became "persona non grata" in the USCF. However, a problem arose with the ] ] in ], which was organized by Schiller. The ] claimed that Schiller owed them money, Schiller claimed that the USCF owed him money.


He been heavily involved in the study of linguistics since 1982, when he returned to the ] in 1982. His dissertation on serial verbs, An Autolexical Account of Subordinating Serial Verb Constructions, earned him a Ph.D. in 1991. He has taught at the ] and ]. He been heavily involved in the study of linguistics since 1982, when he returned to the ] in 1982. His dissertation on serial verbs, An Autolexical Account of Subordinating Serial Verb Constructions, earned him a Ph.D. in 1991. He has taught at the ] and ].

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Eric Schiller (born March 20, 1955 in New York) is an American chess player, trainer, arbiter and author. He is also a Ph.D. in Linguistics, specializing in Cambodian languages.

Schiller is a FIDE Master and in the July 2004 FIDE list had an Elo rating of 2205. He is also an International Arbiter. He was arbiter at the 2000 World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.

Schiller organized many chess tournaments, including the World Youth Championship in Chicago and several international tournaments in Hawaii. He has often been a news reporter, reporting on Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches. The fact that he is a fluent speaker of Russian has been most useful.

However, a problem arose with the 1998 US Open Chess Championship in Hawaii, which was organized by Schiller. The USCF claimed that Schiller owed them money, Schiller claimed that the USCF owed him money.

He been heavily involved in the study of linguistics since 1982, when he returned to the University of Chicago in 1982. His dissertation on serial verbs, An Autolexical Account of Subordinating Serial Verb Constructions, earned him a Ph.D. in 1991. He has taught at the University of Chicago and Wayne State University.

His primary research focus has been Autolexical Linguistics, a framework for the description and explanation of natural language developed at the University of Chicago. Autolexical linguistics is a descendant of the Lexical functional grammar theory of Bresnan et al.

His language concentration is in Southeast Asian languages, and in particular the Mon-Khmer Family including Khmer (Cambodian). In addition, he has a strong interest in pidgins and creole languages, especially the Hawaiian Pidgin.

In 1992 he became involved with computational linguistics, and worked at the Center for Information and Language Studies at the University of Chicago, under a DARPA grant, helping to build a parser based on autolexical theory.

In addition to his work at the University of Chicago, he attended the Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute on FLAS fellowships in 1987 (Northern Illinois University), 1988 and 1989 (University of Hawaii).

In 1990 he founded the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (with Martha Ratliff at Wayne State University) and have also been an officer of the Chicago Linguistics Society (1987).

Although he is no longer actively involved in academia, Schiller continues to lecture at many conferences and is developing language and linguistic software though Linguistics Unlimited. He can often be found at the conferences of the Berkeley Linguistic Society (February), Chicago Linguistic Society (April). and Southeast Asian Linguistics Society.

Schiller is noted as an extremely prolific author of chess books, having written over 100, more than anyone else except Fred Reinfeld, Raymond Keene, and the late Eduard Gufeld. However, some of the books have received scathing reviews: Reviewing for the Chess Cafe, Carsten Hansen said Schiller's tome on the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation of the Vienna Game was "by far THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN" , while Tony Miles' famous review of Unorthodox Chess Openings for Kingpin consisted of two words: "Utter crap." Others, however, have found some of Schiller's output to be well suited to its amateur audience. John L. Watson said of Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings and Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings that "these books are explicitly aimed at the developing student, not the advanced player, and I think they both do a particularly good job of gently guiding an inexperienced player through a new opening. . . . While Schiller probably deserves some of the criticism he gets, a consequence of writing too many books too quickly, he should also get credit when he does a good job."

Books

Among Schiller's many books on chess are the following:

  • Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games, ISBN 1580421202
  • Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games, ISBN 1580421466
  • Gambit Chess Openings, ISBN 1580420575
  • Unorthodox Chess Openings, ISBN 1580420729
  • Standard Chess Openings, ISBN 1580420486
  • Catalan Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1983 ISBN 0931462266
  • Spanish:Schliemann (Jaenisch) Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Batsford 1983 ISBN 0713442484
  • Orthodox Variation Queen's Gambit Declined Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1984 ISBN 0931462347\
  • Play the Tarrasch Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Pergamon 1984 ISBN 0080297471
  • U.S.S.R. versus Rest of World Eric Schiller The Chess Player 1984 ISBN 0906042585
  • Cambridge Springs Defense Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1984 ISBN 0931462614
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1985 ISBN 0931462525
  • Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1985 ISBN 0931462444
  • The Alekhine for the Tournament Player Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller Batsford 1985 ISBN 0713415967
  • Wie spielt man Katalanisch Eric Schiller Walter Rau 1986 ISBN 3791902490
  • Attacking the Castled King Eric Schiller The Chess Player 1986 ISBN 0906042616
  • Sicilian Modern Richter Rauzer Systems Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1986 ISBN 0931462517
  • Sicilian Richter Rauzer: Systems with 7...a6 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0931462665
  • Spanish Gambits Leonid Shamkovich Batsford 1987 ISBN 0020290209
  • Sicilian Defence: Yugoslav Attack with 9 Bc4 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0931462681
  • Unorthodox Openings Joel Benjamin & Eric Schiller Batsford 1987 ISBN 0020165900
  • Sicilian Classical Richter Rauzer Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 093146272X
  • Saving Lost Positions Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Batsford 1987 ISBN 0020537700
  • Wie spielt man Damenindisch Eric Schiller Walter Rau Verlag 1987 ISBN 3791902687
  • How to Play the Reti Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0931462789
  • Caro Kann: 4...Nd7 Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1987 ISBN 0931462266
  • Janowski Indian Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0931462975
  • Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Variations (Revised Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0931462843
  • French Winawer Poisoned Pawn Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0931462746
  • Fianchetto Against the West Indians Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0931462797
  • Catalan (Revised Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1988 ISBN 0931462754
  • The Best of CLS: A selection of out of print papers from 1968 to 1975 Eric Schiller et. al., (eds) Chicago Linguistic Society 1988 ISBN 0914203273
  • Wie spielt man die Reti-Eröffnung Eric Schiller Walter Rau Verlag 1988 ISBN 3791902792
  • Modern Stonewall Dutch Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0931462967
  • How to Play the King's Indian Attack Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0931462959
  • Batsford Chess Openings 2 Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene Henry Holt 1989 ISBN 0805034099
  • Spanish Inquisition I: Zaitsev Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0931462894
  • Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0931462908
  • The Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack II Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1989 ISBN 0931462886
  • Tarrasch French: Guimard Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1990 ISBN 0945470029
  • How to Play the Albin Countergambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 9045470195
  • How to Play the Torre Attack Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1991 ISBN 087568199
  • Modern Defense: Averbakh Lines Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 0931462819
  • How to Play the Chigorin Defense in the Queen's Gambit Declined Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1991 ISBN 0945470118
  • The Alekhine for the Tournament Player (2nd ed.) Lev Alburt & Eric Schiller Batsford 1991 ISBN 071346951X
  • White to Play 1.e4 and Win Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1992 ISBN 0875682065
  • How to Play the Scotch Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 094547024X
  • Strategy for Advanced Players Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1992 ISBN 0875682022
  • How to Play the From Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 0945470142
  • The Chessplayer's Laboratory Volume 1 Eric Schiller Hays 1992 ISBN 0486202909
  • Von Hennig-Schara Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1992 ISBN 0945470207
  • The Schliemann Defense Volume 1: Tartakower Variation Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1993 ISBN 0945470320
  • How to play Black against the Staunton Gambit Eric Schiller & Billy Colias Chess Digest 1993 ISBN 0875682367
  • Black to play Classical Defenses and Win Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1993 ISBN 0875682197
  • Win with the Djin! Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0945470401
  • Winning with the Hypermodern Raymond D. Keene Batsford 1994 ISBN 0713468742
  • Panov Attack: Volume 1 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0945470436
  • The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1994 ISBN 0875682456
  • Cambridge Springs Defense: Expanded and Updated Edition Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 931462320
  • The Classical Caro-Kann Rejuvenated Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1994 ISBN 0945470347
  • The Big Book of Combinations Eric Schiller Hypermodern 1995 ISBN 1886040141
  • How to Play the Goering Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0945470630
  • How to Play the Torre Attack (Revised) Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 087568199
  • How to Play the Queen's Indian Eric Schiller & Jonathan Goldman Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0931462770
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0945470460
  • Autolexical Theory: Ideas and Methods Eric Schiller, Elisa Steinberg, Barbara Need (eds.) Mouton de Gruyter 1995 ISBN 3110126265
  • How to play the Fischer Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian Ali Mortazavi & Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 0875682545
  • Improve Your Endgame Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0945470665
  • How to Play the Winawer Countergambit Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1995 ISBN 0875682723
  • Kasparov's Opening Repertoire Leonid Shamkovich Batsford 1995 ISBN 0713457449
  • The Big Book of Busts John Watson & Eric Schiller Hypermodern 1995 ISBN 1886040133
  • Panov Attack: Volume 2 Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0945470479
  • How to Play the Dilworth Attack Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1995 ISBN 0945470525
  • The Schliemann Defense Volume 2: Classical Variations Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1996 ISBN 0945470606
  • World Champion Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1996 ISBN 0940685698
  • How to Play the Belgrade Gambit Eric Schiller Chess Digest 1997 ISBN 0875682944
  • Standard Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1997 ISBN 0940685728
  • Unorthodox Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1997 ISBN 0940685736
  • Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685809
  • Whiz Kids teach Chess Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 1580420079
  • Panov Attack: Volume 3 (Fianchetto Var.) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998 ISBN 0947470673
  • World Champion Combinations Raymond D. Keene & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685779
  • Gambit Opening Repertoire for White Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685787
  • Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685795
  • World Champion Tactics Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 1580420052
  • Joel Benjamin: Selected Games of the United States Champion Bill Haines & Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998 ISBN 0945470738
  • The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685930
  • Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit (2nd Edition) Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1998 ISBN 0945470681
  • Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1998 ISBN 0940685922
  • Secrets of the King's Indian Defense Eduard Gufeld & Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 1580420176
  • 639 Essential Endgames Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 1580420168
  • Frankenstein-Dracula Variation Eric Schiller Chess Enterprises 1999 ISBN 0945470754
  • Hypermodern Opening Repertoire for White Eric Schiller Cardoza 1999 ISBN 158042015X
  • The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 2000 ISBN 0940685930
  • Development of a Chess Master Eric Schiller Cardoza 2000 ISBN 1580420508
  • The Official Rules of Chess Eric Schiller & Richard Peterson Cardoza 2001 ISBN 1580420257
  • 100 Awesome Chess Moves Eric Schiller Cardoza 2001 ISBN 1580420214
  • The Ultimate Tarrasch Eric Schiller Chess Central 2001 ISBN 1886846432
  • Standard Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1580420486
  • World Champion Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 158042046X
  • Gambit Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1580420575
  • Unorthodox Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2002 ISBN 1580420729
  • The Official Rules of Chess Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1580420923
  • Killer Chess Tactics Raymond Keene, Leonid Shamkovich & Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1580421113
  • The Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1580420885
  • Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2003 ISBN ISBN 1580421091
  • Survive and Beat Annoying Chess Openings Vol. 1 (Open Games) Eric Schiller & John Watson Cardoza 2003 ISBN 1580420737
  • How To Win With Hypermodern Chess Strategy" Raymond Keene & Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2003 ISBN 1843821052
  • Janowski Indian eBook Eric Schiller ChessCentral 2004
  • Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games Eric Schiller Cardoza 2004 ISBN 1580421202
  • Handbook of Tricky Opening Strategies John Watson & Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2004 ISBN 1843821494
  • The Pterodactyl Defense Eric Schiller Chess Central 2004 forthcoming
  • Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1580421466
  • Checkmate in One Move Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1580421717
  • First Chess Openings Eric Schiller Cardoza 2005 ISBN 1580421520
  • Win with the Djin Eric Schiller Hardinge-Simpole 2005 ISBN 1843821729
  • The Rubinstein Attack Eric Schiller Universal 2005 ISBN 1581124546

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