Andreas Ascharin
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Andreas Ascharin (1843, Pärnu
, Estonia
– 1896, Riga
, Latvia
) was a Baltic German-Russian chess
master.
Ascharin's father was Russian, his mother was from a Baltic German family. He read law in Dorpat
(now Tartu). Between 1875 and 1879, he worked in Saint Petersburg
as a journalist for the St. Petersburger Zeitung and the St. Petersburger Herold. He also played in local chess tournaments. In 1876 he won ahead of Mikhail Chigorin
and Emanuel Schiffers
. In 1877 he lost a match to Friedrich Amelung
(+3 –4 =2). In 1878/79 he took sixth place (Chigorin and Simon Alapin won).
From 1879 he lived in Riga where he worked as a teacher of German language at a gymnasium, and a translator of Russian literature into German. Among others, he published Schach-Humoresken (Riga 1894). He was a president of the Riga Chess Club.
Pärnu
Pärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga...
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
– 1896, Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
) was a Baltic German-Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Ascharin's father was Russian, his mother was from a Baltic German family. He read law in Dorpat
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...
(now Tartu). Between 1875 and 1879, he worked in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
as a journalist for the St. Petersburger Zeitung and the St. Petersburger Herold. He also played in local chess tournaments. In 1876 he won ahead of Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...
and Emanuel Schiffers
Emanuel Schiffers
Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers was a Russian chess player and chess writer. For many years he was the second leading Russian player after Mikhail Chigorin.Schiffers parents emigrated from Germany...
. In 1877 he lost a match to Friedrich Amelung
Friedrich Amelung
Friedrich Ludwig Balthasar Amelung was a Baltic German chess player, endgame composer, and journalist.Amelung was born at Võisiku manor in Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire . He played a few games with Adolf Anderssen, Gustav Neumann, Carl Mayet, Emil Schallopp, Andreas Ascharin,...
(+3 –4 =2). In 1878/79 he took sixth place (Chigorin and Simon Alapin won).
From 1879 he lived in Riga where he worked as a teacher of German language at a gymnasium, and a translator of Russian literature into German. Among others, he published Schach-Humoresken (Riga 1894). He was a president of the Riga Chess Club.