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Encyclopedia > Andrew Soltis

Andrew Soltis is a chess author and columnist as well as a Grandmaster. His humorous column Chess to Enjoy is one of the longest running in Chess Life, the publication of the United States Chess Federation. From left, a white king, black rook and queen, white pawn, black knight, and white bishop in Staunton chess pieces. ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master). ... The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the governing chess organization within the United States and is one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 and grew gradually until 1972, when membership doubled due to interest in Bobby Fischers rise to the World Championship. ...


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Soltis makes the case for the too-rarely stated view that Fischer was a great materialist: he was loathe to sacrifice material and would grab just about anything in sight if he didn't see a refutation.
Soltis also contends that "Fischer played great sacrificial games but almost all of them occurred before he was 21." I think that this might be slightly exaggerated but it is close enough to the truth and reflects another interesting aspect of his play.
Soltis' annotations are only dense (perhaps too dense) at some critical moments that he feels are of special interest; so one is not bogged down in analysis and can read for enjoyment.
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