Soltis: Deadline Grandmaster - A Chess Memoir Singles Day the so-called English Opening

the so-called English Opening

This means that they can be filled with sand or similar ballast to increase the stability of the figures

” -- Carsten Hansen

He lives with his family in San Diego

Historical commentary placing Fischer's play and achievements in context

Soltis: Deadline Grandmaster - A Chess Memoir Singles Day the so-called English OpeningThis is the autobiography of chess grandmaster and journalist Andy Soltis, one of the very few grandmasters who had a professional career outside of the game, and a prolific author of chess related nonfiction. It describes how chess and journalism fought for his time for more than 50 years and how he managed to score coups and make blunders in each field. Among his distinctions: He is the only person who has both interviewed Donald Trump and played