Robert Ris (1988) is an International Master from Amsterdam. He has represented The Netherlands in various international youth events, but lately his playing activities are limited to league games. Nowadays he is full-time chess professional, focusing on teaching in primary schools, coaching talented youngsters and giving online lessons to students all around the world. He has recorded several well received DVDs for ChessBase. Since 2015 he has been the organizer of the Dutch Rapid Championships. This is his fourth book for Thinkers Publishing, his first two on general chess improvement 'Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player', being widely appraised by the press and his audience.
Back in 2020 Dutch IM Robert Ris produced an excellent book on the Sveshnikov. Now he is back again with a companion volume covering all of White tries besides 3.d4 in Beat the Anti-Sicilians. This is a popular topic and this reviewer would estimate that over a dozen books have been written on the subject - this volume is one of the best. Why? Because it is not only well researched and well explained, but also well thought out. IM John Donaldson March 2022.