After the October Revolution, his mother moved to Latvia with the children, but their father remained in Soviet Russia.

[1] In 1937 he participated in the Sixth Latvian Chess Congress where shared the 6th-7th place in one of subdivisions.

[2] Soon after the wedding Andrew with his wife went to work as an engineer of the Belgian Congo and successfully escaped from the World War II in Europe.

He also successfully participated in the Latvian Chess Championship, which for a long time occupied the second place, but only two losses at the finish makes divided 3rd-6th position with Leonids Dreibergs, Lūcijs Endzelīns and Augusts Strautmanis (tournament won Igor Zhdanov).

He worked for the World Council of Churches as immigration Manager and also helped many Eastern Europe emigrants who left through Italy to other countries.

[5][6] In 1950 Sorrento Nicolas Engalicev won 2nd place in the Italian Chess Championship.