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Emil Schallopp (1 August 1843–9 April 1919) was a German chess player and author. Born in Friesack in 1843, Schallopp became head of the shorthand department of the Reichstag and frequently played in international chess tournaments. He wrote many books including one on the Steinitz–Zuckertort 1886 World Championship match. It is as an author that he is best known today, in particular for the seventh edition (1891) of the Handbuch des Schachspiels. Schallopp was active in international chess especially in the 1880s, although he never won an important event. He placed fourth at Wiesbaden 1880, after Joseph Henry Blackburne, Berthold Englisch, and Adolf Schwarz, and ahead of James Mason, Szymon Winawer, Louis Paulsen, and nine others. He placed second at Nottingham 1886 to Amos Burn, and received the best game prize for his encounter with Johannes Zuckertort. Schallop is the eponym of the Schallop Defense to the King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6).

Schallop died in Berlin in 1919.