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A game – the “if I move my bishop there, he plays knight takes pawn check” details. Entire libraries have been devoted to teaching the generalities of chess. These books use specifi c examples, of course, to illustrate when fi les should be opened or passed pawns pushed or queens exchanged.

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Andrew Soltis Full name Andrew Eden Soltis Country United States Born ( 1947-05-28) May 28, 1947 (age 70) Title (1980) (February 2018) Andrew Eden Soltis (born May 28, 1947 in, ) is an American, author and columnist. Soltis learned how the chess pieces moved at age 10 when he came upon a how-to-play book in the public library in 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 and competed in his first tournament, the 1961 New York City Junior Championship. He has written a weekly chess column for the since 1972.

His monthly column 'Chess to Enjoy' in, the official publication of the, was begun 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 title but was not a professional chess player.

He worked as a news reporter and editor for the from 1969 until he retired in 2014. He began writing a weekly chess column for the Post in 1972 and continued it after he retired. He is considered one of the most prolific chess writers, having authored or coauthored more than 100 books and opening monographs about chess.

His books have been translated into Spanish, French, German, Italian and Polish. In 2014 his work: The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion was named Book of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America and the. Other honors for his books include the 1994 award for, United States Champion and the Cramer Award in 2006 for Soviet Chess 1917-1991 and in 2006 for Why Lasker Matters 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. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in September 2011. He tied for first prize in the 1977 and 1982 U.S. Open Championships.

Andy Soltis 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, 8-1. He was also a member of the silver-medal winning U.S. Teams in the 14th and the 18th World Student Team Championships.

Soltis won the annual international tournament at Reggio Emilia, Italy in 1972 and was awarded the title two years later. His first-place finishes in New York international tournaments in 1977 and 1980 resulted in his being awarded the title in 1980. He won the championship of the prestigious a record nine times, in 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1986, and 1989. He also competed in four U.S.

(closed) Championships, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1983. He is credited with the Soltis Variation of the, 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. Previous experience showed that Black often got mated if he allowed 13 h5. He also gave names to chess openings such as the, 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 to English literature in Studying Chess Made Easy. Soltis graduated from in 1969.

He has been married to Marcy Soltis, a fellow journalist and tournament chess player, since 1981.

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Every Key is Different Review by Michael McGuerty The Inner Game of Chess, Andrew Soltis, Mongoose Press 2014, Paperback, Figurine Algebraic Notation, 324pp. $19.95 (ChessCafe Price $16.95) Grandmaster Andy Soltis is a popular Chess Life columnist and the author of numerous classics of chess literature, including, and many others. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2011. According to the back cover blurb, “In The Inner Game of Chess, GM Andy Soltis shows that the key to good calculation is good visualization of the position in front of us and then after the moves we’re considering. Being aware of tactical motifs; knowing when to stop looking; and verifying your chosen move are essential, but they all depend on the basic requirement to see clearly what’s going on.

FEN “8/2n2pp1/3kp3/P6p/8/1pB5/1Pr2PPP/1R2K3 b – – 0 33” 33f6? Strike three, and this one is fatal. Black wanted to play 33Nd5 but dismissed it because his g-pawn was hanging.

Actually, 33Nd5 34.Bxg7 f6! Should enable Black to draw easily because White’s bishop is locked out and moves like 35Nf4 and 35Nd3+ are threatened. Another two-mover missed.

34.Ra1 Na6 No time for 34Nd5 now because of 35.a6. And this is the fourth two-move variation the world champion overlooked. 11: 33f6 34.Ra1 Na6? Strike three, and this one is fatal.

Black could draw with 34Kc5! And 35.Ra3 Kc4. White would have nothing better than repeating the position (36.Ra4+ K-moves 37.Ra3). And this is the fourth two-move variation the world champion overlooked.

Other revisions simply include updated references: M1994 pp. 10-11: “Of today’s generation, we can speak of remarkable calculators as different in playing style as the ‘tactical’ Viswanathan Anand and Alexey Shirov are from the ‘positional’ Gata Kamsky and Boris Gelfand.” This is followed by the example Nimzovich-Marshall 1927. 12: “Of today’s generation, we can speak of remarkable calculators as different in playing style as the ‘tactical’ Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are from the ‘positional’ Levon Aronian and Anish Giri.” This is followed by the new example Ivanchuk-Harikrishna, 2004, which replaces Nimzovich-Marshall 1927.

Other examples of this sort are as follows: M1994 p. 79: “What Garry Kasparov considers ‘natural’ may be something that would never occur to Viswanathan Anand or Gata Kamsky.” M2014 p. 77: “What Magnus Carlsen considers ‘natural’ may be something that would never occur to Viswanathan Anand or Gata Kamsky.” And the reference to the computer “Cray Blitz” (M1994 p. 126) is changed to “Stockfish” M2014 p. In the section “Learning to Visualize” the example Piket-Anand, 1993 (M1994 pp.

24-27) has been replaced by Carlsen-Anand 2013 (M2014 pp. 24-28); again with similar descriptive text within the notes. The chapter “Monkey Wrenches” leads off with a new example, Nisipeanu-Ivanchuk, 1999 (M2014 p.

196), while retaining the previous example, Balcerowski-Krantz, 1966. While the “Line Blocks” section of chapter eight, deletes an example altogether: Kasparov-Roizman, 1978 (M1994 p. In the chapter “Rechecking” the example Botvinnik-Gligoric,1961 (M1994 p.

285) was replaced by Sasikiran-Short, 2003 (M20014 p. Corrections to the text have also been made, for instance, the game heading Vukic-Romanishin, (M1994 p. 73) was corrected to Bukic-Romanishin, (M2014 p. The end to the game Fischer -Sherwin 1957, was corrected from h3 (M1994 p. 89) to Rxf8 (M2014 p. And the game heading Duras-Spielmann, 1907 (M1994 p. 209) was corrected to Spielmann-Duras, 1907 (M2014 p.

Text was also added or amended to dozens of games. This often includes updates to the previous analysis, though it often only amounts to a new sentence or change of move. With regard to production the new edition has a more open layout, clearer diagrams (but no more have been added), and a broader table of contents. However, the print on some of the pages appears washed out at times and the index has been completely removed. Thus, there are many minor corrections, but with only five new examples added (and four removed), if you have the earlier McKay edition, there is no overwhelming reason to warrant purchasing this new one. That said, if you do not own the McKay edition, there is every reason to purchase this new one.

The material is far more accessible to the average player than, say, and therefore more beneficial to actually improving your play and understanding the material and underlying concepts. Soltis writes, “Ask a master what he actually does during a game and, if truthful, he’ll answer: ‘I calculate variations.’ He looks a few moves ahead and makes a judgment about the various possibilities at his disposal. He knows the old saying that, ‘Chess is 99 percent tactics,’ but he also knows it’s inaccurate. Chess is really 99 percent calculation – the inner game of chess.” Let’s look at an example of how “juggling ideas and sequences allows a player to be brilliant”: Honfi – Barczay Kecskemet 1977.

FEN “2r1r1k1/1p4bp/p2p1qp1/1n1P4/4B2P/1NPQ4/PP2R3/1K5R w – – 0 29” White to move In this position White played 1.c4 to drive the knight back, at the risk of opening up the long diagonal that leads from f6 to b2. Most masters shown Black’s position would look first at 1Na3+.

It meets the threat to the knight with a gain of time. The only problem is that 2.bxa3! Is a simple refutation (because 2Qa1+ allows 3.Nxa1!). So Black tries to find a way to use the Na3+ and Qxb2 ideas both.

And there it is: 1Rxc4! 2.Qxc4 Qxb2+!! And wins (3.Rxb2 Na3+ 4.K-moves Bxb2+ 5.Kxb2 Nxc4+ and 6Rxe4).

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Soltis notes that “calculation may well be the most important skill a chessplayer can master. Yet more misinformation is circulated about calculating than about any other aspect of chess.” He comments that the most common kind of calculation “calls for seeing not more than two moves into the future.” And that “calculation is a skill that can be studied, learned, and sharpened.” He ends by saying, “The goal of every calculator should be to find the method most comfortable – and successful – for them. Calculation should be the key that unlocks the inner game of chess, and each person’s key is different.” Luckily for the reader Soltis is a master locksmith who helps the reader find which is the right key for them. The Inner Game of Chess is deservedly considered a classic and modern readers owe it to themselves to find out why. My assessment of this product: Order by Andrew Soltis A PDF file of, along with all previous reviews, is available in the. © 2014 ChessEdu.org. All Rights Reserved.