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This week on Perpetual Chess I am joined by the acclaimed and prolific chess author, columnist and historian, GM Andy Soltis. GM Soltis and I discussed the following: His most recent book,\xa0\xa0365 Chess Master Lessons: Take One a Day to Be a Better Chess Player,\xa0and his upcoming work,\xa0\xa0Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 206 Games.\xa0\xa0We discussed how GM Soltis got the ideas for these books, and how he comes up with writing subjects generally. Andy also shared lots of details about what goes into researching, writing and naming his books.\xa0His two longstanding chess columns in the New York Post (since 1972), and in Chess Life magazine (since 1079), Andy discusses how these columns came into being, and how he has managed to keep them going all those years.\xa0Andy shares his thoughts on the upcoming World Championships and the modern chess scene more generally.\xa0Of course, GM Soltis also had great stories to share about the likes of Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi and Mikhail Tal.Thanks so much to Andy for joining me, it was an honor to speak with him.\xa0See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices