Sam Collins has competed in several World and European junior championships and has represented Ireland in two Olympiads, winning a gold in 2002. He is also an experienced chess teacher, most recently at the Berkeley Chess School in California.
"There has most certainly been a need for an updating of Fine's
Ideas Behind the Chess Openings and this volume is the first book
of the modern era to do this. Coaches would probably like to have
this title on hand as they may often have the need to explain
various openings." - Lou Mercuri, Chess Horizons
"This book gives a survey of all chess openings to provide club
players with a general guide to the plans for all major openings.
Plans for both players are given. Players who absorb this material
in this book can expect to gain a general knowledge of opening
play. The book is also useful as a guide when developing your
repertoire." - Paul Dunn, Australian Chess
"To create an overview of all the main openings and their ideas is
not an easy task, even if you have 224 large-format pages to work
with. To deal with the Catalan opening, the Winawer variation of
the French, or the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian in a useful
manner in only one to three pages must involve a colossal effort of
synthesis. In this book, it seems to me that Collins has achieved
it splendidly. The explanations are clear and lucid with just
enough variations to give readers a reasonable base from which to
commence using the openings." - Jean H�bert, Au Nom du Roi
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