Böcker av Sam Collins

* Everything you need to know about the Reti Opening. --- * The Q and A approach emphasizes plans and strategies. --- * Written by an expert on the opening.

Sam Collins looks back through chess history and at modern times, and examines the best ever chess ideas, devised by the creative minds of the greatest players.

International Master Sam Collins selects and examines his favorite games from Anatoly Karpov, one of the greatest chess players of all time, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying Karpov's masterpieces.

Sam Collins highlights the typical plans and tactics for both sides, presents repertoire options for Black and provides answers to all the key questions.

Sam Collins explores gambit play and facing aggressive chess: how to beat unsound gambits, how to deal with pressure, how to counterattack and how to make your extra material count.

The Advance Variation is a popular and direct way of meeting the ultra-solid French Defence, and is a firm favourite amongst uncompromising Grandmasters. This CD explains the strategies and tactics of this dynamic opening. Through the use of model games for both White and Black, it provides a grounding in the key plans and ideas.