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Andrew Eden Soltis (born May 28, 1947 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania) is an American chessgrandmaster,[1] author and columnist. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in September 2011.[2]
Chess career[edit]
Soltis learned how the chess pieces moved at age 10 when he came upon a how-to-play book in the public library in Astoria, Queens where he grew up. He took no further interest in the game until he was 14, when he joined an Astoria chess club, then the Marshall Chess Club and competed in his first tournament, the 1961 New York City Junior Championship.
Tournaments and championships[edit]
Andy Soltis in 1981
In 1970, he played second board on the gold-medal winning US team in the 17th World Student Team Championship and tied for the best overall score, 8â1.[3] He was also a member of the silver-medal winning US teams in the 14th and the 18th World Student Team Championships.[4][5]
Soltis won the annual international tournament at Reggio Emilia, Italy, in 1972[6] and was awarded the International Master title two years later. His first-place finishes in New York international tournaments in 1977 and 1980 resulted in his being awarded the International Grandmaster title in 1980.
He won the championship of the prestigious Marshall Chess Club a record nine times, in 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1986, and 1989.[7][8] He also competed in four US (closed) Championships, in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1983. He tied for first prize in the 1977 and 1982 US Open Championships.[9]
Soltis has been inactive in tournaments since 2002. He reached his playing peak as a competitive player when he was rated the 74th best player in the world, in January 1971.[10]
Writer and author[edit]
He has written a weekly chess column for the New York Post since 1972. His monthly column 'Chess to Enjoy' in Chess Life, the official publication of the United States Chess Federation, began in 1979 and is the longest-running column in that magazine. He was named 'Chess Journalist of the Year' in 1988 and 2002 by the Chess Journalists of America.
Soltis was one of the few Americans in the 20th century who earned the International Grandmaster title but was not a professional chess player. He worked as a news reporter and editor for the New York Post from 1969 until he retired in 2014. He continued writing his weekly chess column for the Post after he retired.
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He is considered one of the most prolific chess writers, having authored or coauthored more than 100 books and opening monographs on chess. His books have been translated into Spanish, French, German, Italian and Polish. In 2014 his work Mikhail Botvinnik: The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion was named Book of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America[11] and the English Chess Federation.[12]Other honors for his books include the 1994 British Chess Federation award for Frank Marshall, United States Champion and the Cramer Award in 2006 for Soviet Chess 1917â1991 and in 2006 for Why Lasker Matters.[13]
Legacy[edit]
He is credited with the Soltis Variation of the Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack, characterized by 12..h5, after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5. Previous experience showed that Black often got mated if he allowed 13.h5. He also gave names to chess openings such as the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, the Baltic Defense and the Chameleon Sicilian. Several names for pawn structures and moves, such as the Marco Hop and the Boleslavsky Hole, were popularized by his book Pawn Structure Chess. He introduced the Russian chess term priyome to English literature in Studying Chess Made Easy.
Personal life[edit]
Soltis graduated from City College of New York in 1969. He has been married to Marcy Soltis, a fellow journalist and tournament chess player, since 1981.
Partial list of books[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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The London System is a chess opening that usually arises after 1.d4 and 2.Bf4, or 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4. It is a 'system' opening that can be used against virtually any black defence and thus comprises a smaller body of opening theory than many other openings. The London System is one of the Queen's Pawn Game openings where White opens with 1.d4 but does not play the Queen's Gambit. It normally results in a closed game.
Sverre Johnsen and Vlatko KovaÄeviÄ, in the introduction to their 2005 book Win with the London System, state:
Basically the London is a set of solid lines where after 1.d4 White quickly develops his dark-squared bishop to f4 and normally bolsters his centre with [pawns on] c3 and e3 rather than expanding. Although it has the potential for a quick kingside attack, the white forces are generally flexible enough to engage in a battle anywhere on the board. Historically it developed into a system mainly from three variations:
The corresponding Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings Avast. codes are D02, A46, and A48.
If White is going to play the London System, it is now thought to be more accurate to play 2.Bf4 instead of 2.Nf3 and 3.Bf4.[1]
Description[edit]
The line came into fashion in the 1922 London tournament as a way of meeting hypermodern setups. The line gives White a solid position, and critics of the line refer to it as the 'old manâs variation' or the 'boring system'.[2] Even so, the opening can lead to sharp attacks and Vlatko KovaÄeviÄ and David Bronstein are among the sharp tactical players who have played the London System.[3]
Early play[edit]1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4[edit]
This position can also be reached via 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4. Black usually plays either 3..c5, 3..e6, 3..Bf5, 3..c6, 3..g6, or 3..Nc6.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4[edit]
Black usually plays either 3..b6, 3..c5, or 3..d5, transposing above.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4[edit]
Play often goes 3..Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0. As is usual in the King's Indian, Black can strike in the centre with ..c5 or ..e5. After 6..c5 7.c3, Black often plays either 7..b6, 7..Qb6, 7..Nc6, 7..Be6, or 7..cxd4. Black can prepare ..e5 in a number of ways, usually starting with either 6..Nbd7, 6..Nc6, or 6..Nfd7.
Example games[edit]
Kotov vs. Petrosian, Gagra 1952:
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.h3 d6 9.Nc4 b5 10.Ne3 b4 11.d5 bxc3 12.dxc6 cxb2 13.Rb1 Ne4 14.Bd3 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Ba6 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Nc3 18.Qd2 Qa4 19.Bd3 Nxb1 20.Bxb1 Rfc8 21.g3 Rxc6 22.Kg2 Rac8 23.Bh6 Rc1 24.Bxg7 Rxh1 25.Kxh1 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 Rxb1 27.Qh6 Qd1 28.g4 Qh1+ 29.Kg3 Rg1+ 0â1[4] See also[edit]References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Soltis The London System Pdf File
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