Andrew Soltis

Andrew Eden Soltis (born May 28, 1947 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania) is a chess Grandmaster,^[1] author and columnist.

He won at Reggio Emilia 1971–72 and was equal first at New York 1977. He was awarded the International Master title in 1974 and became a Grandmaster in 1980. He has been inactive in chess competitions since the 1980s.

His column Chess to Enjoy is one of the longest running in Chess Life, the monthly publication of the United States Chess Federation. He is also a weekly columnist for the New York Post. Soltis is considered one of the most prolific chess writers, having authored or coauthored around thirty books. He was named "Chess journalist of the year" in 1988 by the Chess Journalists of America. Soltis was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in September 2011.

Books

• The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories , 1975, ISBN 0-801-96138-6
• Pawn Structure Chess, Tartan Books 1976. ISBN 0-679-14475-7, also McKay 1995, ISBN 0-8129-2529-7
• Karl Marx Plays Chess : And Other Reports on the World's Oldest Game ISBN 0812919068.
• Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess ISBN 0812935810.
• Chess to Enjoy, (1978) Stein and Day ISBN 0-8128-6059-4
• Catalog of Chess Mistakes, 1980, Three Rivers Press, ISBN 0679141510
• The Art of Defense in Chess, 1986, Random House, ISBN 0679141081.
• A Black Defensive System For The Rest of Your Chess Career, 1987, Chess Digest, ISBN 0-87568-166-2
• Winning with 1 e4, 1988, Chess Digest
• Confessions of a Chess Grandmaster, 1990, Thinker's Press, ISBN 0938650467
• Winning with 1 c4: A Complete Opening System, 1990, Chess Digest, ISBN 0875681921
• The Stonewall Attack, Revised 2nd Edition, 1993, Chess Digest, ISBN 0-87568-165-4
• The Inner Game of Chess: How to Calculate and Win, 1994, Random House, ISBN 0812922913
• Grandmaster Secrets: Endings, 1997, 2003, Thinker's Press, ISBN 0-938650-66-1.
• Soviet Chess 1917–1991, 1999, McFarland & Company, ISBN 0786406763
• Grandmaster Secrets: Openings, 2000, Thinker's Press, ISBN 0-938650-68-8
• Bobby Fischer Rediscovered, 2003, Batsford, ISBN 0713488468
• Los Voraces, 2019, 2003, McFarland, ISBN 9780786416370
• Rethinking the Chess Pieces, 2004, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8904-9.
• How to Choose a Chess Move, 2005, Batsford, ISBN 0713489790.
• The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked, 2006, McFarland & Company, ISBN 0786427418
• Transpo Tricks in Chess, 2007, Batsford, ISBN 0713490519
• The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess, 2008, Batsford, ISBN 9781906388003
• Studying Chess Made Easy. Batsford 2010. ISBN 978-1-9063-8867-6.

References

External links

• FIDE rating card for Andrew Soltis
• Andrew Soltis player profile at ChessGames.com