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 and the English Chess Federation. 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 1917–1991 and in 2006 for Why Lasker Matters. Legacy 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 ran good chances of getting 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 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 The Best Chess Games of Boris Spassky, 1973, The Great Chess Tournaments and Their Stories , 1975, Pawn Structure Chess, 1976, Tartan Books, ; also 1995, McKay, Karl Marx Plays Chess : And Other Reports on the World's Oldest Game, Chess to Enjoy, 1978, Stein and Day, Catalog of Chess Mistakes, 1980, Three Rivers Press, The Art of Defense in Chess, 1986, Random House, Openings of the Eighties; Volume 1, Chess Digest, ASIN: B009F09ARA A Black Defensive System For The Rest of Your Chess Career, 1987, Chess Digest, Winning with the English Opening, 1987, Chess Digest, Winning with 1 e4, 1988, Chess Digest Winning with 1 d4, 1988, Chess Digest, Confessions of a Chess Grandmaster, 1990, Thinker's Press, Winning with 1 c4: A Complete Opening System, 1990, Chess Digest, Winning with 1 f4: Bird's Opening, 1992, Chess Digest, White Opening System: Combining Stonewall Attack, Colle System, Torre Attack, 1992, Chess Digest, Winning with the King's