Elias Stein (chess player)

Elias stone

Elias Stein (born February 5, 1748 in Forbach (Moselle) , † September 12, 1812 in The Hague ) was a Dutch chess player .

Stein was employed as a chess teacher for the sons of Wilhelm V and thus introduced chess to Dutch high society . The Elector of Cologne and Gustav III played in Spa . of Sweden against him.

Stein was the author of a number of chess textbooks and contributed to the theory of chess openings and endgames . He looked at chess strategy like strategy in military affairs. In his book Nouvel essai sur le jeu des Echecs he encountered the move 1. d2 – d4 with f7 – f5, which marked the birth of the Dutch Defense .

Individual evidence

↑ Jan van Reek; Henk van Donk: History of Endgame Study Composing in the Netherlands and Flanders, Margraten, 1992, ISBN 90-72939-12-3

literature

E. Stein: Handleiding tot het schaakspel . (2e hearts. En verb. Druk) Amsterdam, Van Kesteren, 1851.
E. Stein: Nieuwe proeve van handleiding tot het schaakspel . (Vert. Door Daniël Broedelet). Purmerende, Broedelet & Rijkenberg, 1834. (Div. Herdr., Oa 's-Gravenhage 1843 & Leyden 1850)
Elis Stein: Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des reflexions militaires relatives a ce jeu . La Haye, aux depens de l'auteur, 1789. (Herdr. Oa Paris, De La Rue, 1841 & 1850)

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personal data
SURNAME	Stone, Elias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch chess player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Forbach (Moselle)
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1812
Place of death	The hague

[1] Jan van Reek; Henk van Donk: History of Endgame Study Composing in the Netherlands and Flanders, Margraten, 1992, ISBN 90-72939-12-3