14 Facts About Eric Schiller

Eric Schiller was an American chess player, trainer, arbiter and one of the most prolific authors of books on chess in the 20th century.

Eric Schiller graduated from the University of Chicago 1976, later teaching both there and at Wayne State University.

Eric Schiller was a frequent attendant at NY Philharmonic rehearsals until 1981.

Eric Schiller was an arbiter at several notable games and championships including the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000.

Eric Schiller was often a news reporter, reporting on Chess Olympiads and World Chess Championship matches.

Eric Schiller was the arbiter for the Staunton Memorial tournament in London in 2005,2007 and 2008, and the 2006 Gibtelecom International Chess Festival in Gibraltar.

Eric Schiller wrote over 100 chess books, more than any other author of the genre in the 20th century except Fred Reinfeld and Raymond Keene.

Eric Schiller worked as chess developer mainly developing teaching tools, like all the tutorials for computer software Kasparov's Gambit, chapters of the reference manual of the same game and developing teaching tools included in Chessmaster 5000.

Eric Schiller was a published author in linguistics, specializing in Mon-Khmer languages.

Eric Schiller was a co-founder of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society and was an officer of the Chicago Linguistic Society.

Eric Schiller maintained a web page with a lengthy list of his linguistic publications at this URL.

Since 2008, Eric Schiller experienced some health setbacks, including having his right hand and foot amputated due to complications from diabetes.

Eric Schiller offered chess tutoring over the Internet via videoconferencing.

Eric Schiller died on November 3,2018, from complications of cardiovascular disease.