Sam Collins - chess player

Sam Collins is an Irish International Chess Master. Sam won the Irish Chess Championship in 2002 and in 2014, he also won the Japanese Chess Championship in 2009. Collins represented Ireland at a number of Chess Olympiads, first in Istambul in 2000, then in Bled in 2002 he won a Gold Medal. In 2004 in Calvia, Spain, he gained the title of International Master.

Sam went to secondary school in Gonzaga College, in Dublin, and plays for Gonzaga Chess Club in the Leinster Leagues and was part of the 2015 Armstrong Cup winning team. Following school Sam studied for a Law degree at University College Dublin, before being called to the bar. He also holds an LLM from the University of London, and practises as a Barrister in Dublin.

Publications

• Ruy Lopez: Attacking with the Schliemann by Sam Collins, Chessbase (PC-DVD), 2015.
• Karpov: Move by Move by Sam Collins, Everyman Chess, 2015.
• The Tarrasch: Move by Move by Sam Collins, Everyman Chess, 2014.
• Chess explained: The c3 Sicilian by Sam Collins, Gambit Publications, 2007.
• An attacking repertoire for White by Sam Collins, Batsford, 2005.