Soltis Andrew Eden (28.05.1948)
US Grandmaster (1980) and author.
Best results in the international tournaments: Reggio Emilia 1971-72, 1st; New York 1974, 1st; 1977, 1st-2nd; 1979, 1st; 1980, 1st.
A participant in the World Students Team Championships between 1967 and 1972 where he was awarded two individual/team gold medals and two silver.
Soltis was a columnist in the New York Post (1969-2014) and a brilliant author of The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories (1975), Pawn Structure Chess (1976), Chess to Enjoy (1978), Catalog of Chess Mistakes(1980), Chess Lists (1984 and 2002) The Art of Defense in Chess (1986), A Black Defensive System For The Rest of Your Chess Career (1987), Winning with 1 e4 (1988), Confessions of a Chess Grandmaster(1990), Winning with 1 c4: A Complete Opening System (1990), The Stonewall Attack, Revised 2nd Edition (1993), The Inner Game of Chess: How to Calculate and Win (1994), Grandmaster Secrets: Endings (1997), Soviet Chess 1917–1991 (1999), Grandmaster Secrets: Openings, (2000) Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (2003), Los Voraces, 2019 (2003), Rethinking the Chess Pieces (2004), How to Choose a Chess Move (2005), The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked (2006), Transpo Tricks in Chess (2007), The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess (2008), Studying Chess Made Easy (2010) and What It Takes To Become A Chess Master (2012).
Peak rating: 2480 in 1981.
