Elias Stein (chess player)
Dutch chess master
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| Intro | Dutch chess master | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Chess player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 5 February 1748, Forbach | |
| Death | 12 September 1812The Hague (aged 64 years) |
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Elias Stein (5 February 1748, Forbach – 12 September 1812, The Hague) was a Dutch chess master. Born in Lorraine into a Jewish family, he settled in The Hague.
He recommended the Dutch Defence 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 F.W. von Mauvillon in a book Anweisung zur Erlernung des Schachspiels (Essen, 1827).