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Eric Schiller, (March 20, 1955 – November 3, 2018) was an American linguist, FIDE master of chess, chess trainer, chess journalist and writer. He was author and co-author of over 100 chess books and opening monographs. Eric Schiller received a Ph.D. in linguistics at University of Chicago in 1991. He died on November 3, 2018 of cardiovascular disease.

=Arbiter= Eric Schiller was chess tournament director and organizer, and international arbiter, most notably for the Braingames World Chess Championship 2000 in London between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. Along with Enrique Irazoqui, Eric Schiller was designated arbiter of the Kramnik versus Deep Fritz 2002 match . When the Einstein Group PLC took over the rights for the Man vs Machine event in Bahrain from Brain Games , Schiller was vetoed by ChessBase, and revealed some internals on the Cadaques Qualifier between Fritz and Junior .

=Chess Software= Eric Schiller was involved in developing chess teaching software and tutorials, and contributed to Kasparov's Gambit , Chessmaster 5000 , and authored the chess teaching software Dr. Schiller's Chess Game & How to Play Chess , which incorporates Jeff Mallett's chess engine Innovation.

=Selected Chess Books=
 * Eric Schiller (1986). Blackmar Diemer Gambit. Chess Enterprises
 * John Watson, Eric Schiller (1995). The Big Book of Busts. Hypermodern Press
 * Eric Schiller (1995). Big Book of Combinations. Hypermodern Press
 * Eric Schiller (1998). Unorthodox Chess Openings. Cardoza
 * Eric Schiller, Raymond Keene, Leonid Shamkovich (2003). Killer Chess Tactics : World Champion Tactics and Combinations. Cardoza
 * Eric Schiller (2005). First Chess Openings. Cardoza
 * Eric Schiller (2012). Official Rules of Chess. Cardoza

=Forum Posts=

1990 ...

 * Schiller reviews "Chessbase" by Eric Schiller, rgc, May 04, 1991 » ChessBase (Database)
 * chess software reviews by Eric Schiller, rgc, September 13, 1991
 * More Chess Software Reviews by Eric Schiller, rgc, September 13, 1991
 * even more chess software reviews by Eric Schiller, rgc, September 13, 1991 » Bookup, Zarkov
 * ACM Games by Eric Schiller, rgc, July 01, 1994 » ACM 1994

1995 ...

 * Re: CM5000 is it out yet? by Eric Schiller, rgc, March 27, 1995 » Chessmaster 5000
 * Re: Opinions on Kasparovs Gambit program? by Eric Schiller, rgcc, October 01, 1996 » Kasparov's Gambit
 * Hiarcs Mac: First Impressions by Eric Schiller, rgcc, January 27, 1996 » HIARCS

2000 ...

 * Alternative to winboard by Eric Schiller, CCC, July 22, 2000 » WinBoard
 * Eric Schiller about the Cadaques Qualifier by Ed Schröder, CCC, October 11, 2002

=External Links=
 * Eric Schiller from Wikipedia
 * Eric Schiller | Facebook
 * Eric Schiller Dies at 63: "Will be Remembered for His Love of Chess" - US Chess
 * The chess games of Eric Schiller from chessgames.com
 * Eric Schiller from Amazon
 * A Sorry Case by Edward Winter (1999)

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