Overview
By choosing variations that lead to similar structures, highly experienced player, writer and teacher Sam Collins has put together an ideal repertoire for players with limited study time. White opens with 1 e4 and develops his pieces to natural squares and seeks open lines and the initiative. A successful repertoire is more than a set of variations; it also requires strategic understanding of the resulting positions and a knowledge of the key tactical methods and patterns. Because many of Collins s recommendations lead to familiar structures, ideas can easily be transplanted from one opening to another. He gives complete illustrative games that emphasize the main themes. The specific analysis is up-to-the-minute and features many new ideas that have proven their worth in recent grandmaster practice. Throughout there is a great deal of attention to move-order subtleties and on finding nuances in sidelines that your opponents are most unlikely to have examined in detail.Irish international master Sam Collins won the championship of his home country in 2002 and 2014. He has represented Ireland in numerous olympiads, winning an individual gold medal at Bled in 2002.He is also an experienced chess teacher who has lectured at the Berkeley Chess School in California. His previous books for Gambit were ""Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian"" and the highly successful general opening work ""Understanding the Chess Openings.""
Full Product Details
Author: Sam Collins
Publisher: Gambit Publications Ltd
Imprint: Gambit Publications Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9781910093825
ISBN 10: 1910093823
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 03 June 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
I like the book very much. The author presents some fresh and amusing ideas, which I instantly tested in some blitz games. For me, as a devotee of sidelines, the book is cause for celebration - IM Dirk Schuh, Rochade Europa Collins rightly argues that it is possible to reach IQP positions in a healthy number of your games, making their study rapid and practical - John Hartmann, Chess Life
Collins rightly argues that it is possible to reach IQP positions in a healthy number of your games, making their study rapid and practical - John Hartmann, Chess Life I like the book very much. The author presents some fresh and amusing ideas, which I instantly tested in some blitz games. For me, as a devotee of sidelines, the book is cause for celebration - IM Dirk Schuh, Rochade Europa
""Collins rightly argues that it is possible to reach IQP positions in a healthy number of your games, making their study rapid and practical"" - John Hartmann, Chess Life ""I like the book very much. The author presents some fresh and amusing ideas, which I instantly tested in some blitz games. For me, as a devotee of sidelines, the book is cause for celebration"" - IM Dirk Schuh, Rochade Europa
Author Information
Irish international master Sam Collins won the championship of his home country in 2002 and 2014. He has represented Ireland in numerous Olympiads, winning an individual gold medal at Bled in 2002. He is also an experienced chess teacher who has lectured at the Berkeley Chess School in California. His previous books for Gambit were Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian and the highly successful general opening work Understanding the Chess Openings.
