Elias Stein (5 February 1748, in

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– 12 September 1812, in

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) was a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. Born in

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into a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

family, he settled in

. Stein was also employed as chess teacher of the sons of

William V, Prince of Orange William V (Willem Batavus; 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806) was a prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau until his death in ...

, and thereby introduced chess to the Dutch high society. He recommended what is now known as

Dutch Defence The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's ; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especia ...

as the best reply to 1.d4 in his book ''Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu'' (1789). His biography was written by lieutenant-colonel F.W. von Mauvillon in the book ''Anweisung zur Erlernung des Schachspiels'' (Essen, Germany, 1827).Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z)

Works

* E. Stein: ''Handleiding tot het schaakspel''. (2e herz. 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., o.a. 's-Gravenhage 1843 & Leyden 1850) * Elias 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. o.a. Paris, De La Rue, 1841 & 1850)

References

External links

Chess Puzzles by Elias Stein

Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs (Google Books)

Handleiding tot het schaakspel ed. 1851 (Google Books)
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