Matthew Sadler
@gmmds
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Chess GM, IT guy, author of "The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement", ,co-author of the award-winning "Game Changer"
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Chess on Trafalgar Square! Amazing idea, crazy idea, today reality! 😊👏 Well done all!
#ChessFest
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In how many games can you use a fantastic novelty to destroy your opponent? In the pre-computer age, multiple times! In the modern human age, once! In engine chess... twice! 😂 3 seasons and countless improvements later, Stockfish falls again for Leela's peerless 15.b4!! 😮😮
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So… what did we use to do in the evenings before the Candidates? 🤔🧐
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A fantastic interview with
@PHChess
and a perfect summary of the match!
The Head Trainer of Team Magnus Carlsen,
@PHChess
breaks down the World Championship Match 2021:
#CarlsenNepo
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David Navara defeats Leela 7-3 with a stunning performance in the knight odds match on
@lichess
Relive all the action (with game summaries by David too during the match) on the Silicon Road channel!
Games here:
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Stockfish 15.1 is out! As well as elo gains above 15 (especially in Fischer Random / C960) the most salient feature is the new evaluation scheme. +1 now equates to a 50% chance of winning the game against an equal strength opponent! You can get it now from
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25...Nb8!! from Bouaziz-Karpov Hamburg 1982 is definitely up there with the coolest moves I've ever seen 😊😎😎
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Just a blitz game, but I liked my little combination / cheapo 😊White played 30.Rxd2. What does Black play?
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@GMAlexColovic
@GothamChess
Bit of a lottery I guess? Might be great, might be poor. Hotel quality is generally more predictable I think.
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The World Chess Software Championship can be followed from this link! Leela and Komodo Dragon taking part!
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Seeing as we are sensibly reintroducing the British imperial measurement system, I'm looking forward to once again using descriptive notation in official UK chess events. All in the name of progress.
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When I’m Prime Minister, Sticky Toffee Pudding will be made compulsory on all restaurant menus. Vote for me! 😋😋
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“SHE’S GERMAN”!! 😂😂
📞 "Rishi Sunak is making it illegal to hate Britain and YOU'LL be the first to go! 😡😡🇬🇧🇬🇧"
🎙️"How am I anti-British?"
📞"You said Brexit was a bad idea, you're against fracking and you like Gary Lineker."
Colin from Portsmouth can't wait for the new patriotic law.
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Nepo and Magnus following... an engine game between Stockfish and Koivisto 7.9 I was running from move 6 😂 12. d4 a4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc5 e5 15.
Re1 Rd8 16. b4 was the course of the game. Ok for Black in principle, but lots of challenging decisions to make.
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@ChessProblem
If you have any examples of user names we should avoid, that would be of great public service 🧐
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Every time I see this normal first move in shogi I think “The Grob” 😳
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Just started watching and really interesting from the very start. Fantastic indeed from
@ChessbaseIndia
and huge thanks to both trainers for their openness. I don't think we've ever had such insights into World Championship teams before.
And _now_
@sagarchess1
has an interview with chief Nepo trainer, the excellent Vlad Potkin, out on the
@ChessbaseIndia
YouTube channel. I can hardly keep up just watching, incredible quality and quantity output.
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Definitely worth a look and definitely not biased! 😉😊
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Leela can suggest openings based on your opponent’s ELO and then play games to show you why! shows the results. ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING! It’ll knock your socks off! SPOILER ALERT: we have a new (slightly lunatic) line against the Semi-Slav 😊
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@anishgiri
I’m getting a customised screen with the players’ names replaced by Stockfish and Leela 😉😊 to make me comfortable 😊
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New engine Dragon aka Komodo NNUE is out! Going to give it a test run...
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My series re-examining the 1996 Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov match with modern engines and modern insights is now out! Start with the introduction and background here:
A blog entry too: 1997 match is coming up soon too!
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We all know and love Karpov's Ba7... Now ladies and gentlemen let me present to you... Stockfish's Na7!
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It's out! Get it before (fish) stocks run out!
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Ok guys, Caro-Kann has been refuted, you can switch to something more interesting now 😉 Keeping the opening ideas flowing with Crazy Leela’s unique take on the current main line of the Advance Caro-Kann! 😮😮😮 Actually a really 😎 idea!
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Really interesting idea by Leela in this typical King’s Indian: never seen this before! c5 as a sac followed by b5 to gain control of the light squares!
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If anyone is interested in shogi engine matches, a match is about to start between dlshogi (NN,Leela-like) vs suisho (NNUE, Stockfish-like). Kibitzing by Kristallweizen (another engine)
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My summary of TCEC Season 18 SuperFinal is available here: Relive the thrills of Stockfish's 53.5-46.5 revenge victory! Many spectacular games and 2 in particular were simply astounding. Pgns of the SuperFinal games:
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You've read every symbol of
@anishgiri
French course and you think you love the French Defence... but how deep is that love? Do you still love it a tempo down? the TCEC engines are currently answering that question!
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Classic!
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This sort of concentration used to be only for chess. Nowadays… dessert menus! 🥳😋😋
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And it’s done! Leela Zero takes Season 17 of the TCEC defeating Stockfish by 52.5-47.5 after a thrilling match. Close all the way but some late wins sealed a clear victory! Well done
@LeelaChessZero
! Can’t wait until the next one!
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@anishgiri
@GMjtis
Make sure 1...g5 is covered properly or you'll be hearing from my lawyers 🧐
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How do I stay so healthy? An eval bar for breakfast puts me on the right path every morning.
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Once again, brilliant!
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The engine patented Nxc6 exchange in the Sicilian. As a child I learnt that this was always bad: opens the b-file for counterplay and strengthens the ...d5 central break, but the engines regularly make a convincing case for White!
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As requested by
@anishgiri
a position from game 2 which may henceforth be known as the Anish Giri Memorial Position 😊 Can the TCEC engines make more of Black’s extra exchange than Ian could?
#WCCReplayGame2
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Incredible scenes as Leela hops above Stockfish after defeating Komodo Dragon! Leela fans already chanting "it's coming home" 😊
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@ChessProblem
Hmm, clearly Anish's analyses in New in Chess don't exist either🧐That's quite an amazing statement actually - I don't think we've ever known so much about how the top players think... and what about all the books that top players are producing? (Gelfand, Adams, Sokolov etc...)
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My analysis of the blunder Leela Zero made in game 49 of the TCEC Season 20 SuperFinal against Stockfish using the excellent tool Nibbler!
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Interesting little teaser going over at A Mystery engine is leading a 4-way 10+5 tournament ahead of Stockfish, Leela and LeelenStein. Lots happening in computer chess at the moment!
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Just got reminded on Facebook that it’s Game Changer’s second birthday as the book launch took place at the Wijk Aan Zee super-GM tournament 2 years ago today! 😊 Time flies!
@NatashaRegan123
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@StefanLoeffler
@AndreiM28154531
@lularobs
@OnlyFans
@fanhouse
Come on
@StefanLoeffler
It's time to drop this - whatever point you felt you needed to make was clear long ago. This is starting to become just nastiness.
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A new series of engine repertoires. This one is so fresh, you'd swear it came straight from the tuna can! Yes it's the big one: Stockfish! 5 videos are released tonight, starting with an overview followed by 4 videos on Stockish's 1.e4 repertoire 1/2
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STOP THE PRESS! LEAK IN MAGNUS CARLSEN'S TEAM! PREPARATION FOR MAGNUS' NEXT BLACK GAME REVEALED AT TCEC! 😉
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Perfect again!
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My own homage to Alekhine. The board shows the final position from Reti-Alekhine Baden-Baden 1925
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Well it wasn’t the best execution but I did enjoy playing 16…Qh2 in the 3…g5 gambit against the 3.Bb5 Sicilian! 😇😇😇
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Oooh that’s 😎!!
GAME OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE? 🤯
Salem reacts to Fedoseev's early h4 provocation in epic style 👊
#SharjahMasters
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If I claim that these desserts are better than cricket, will I go viral like
@ChessProblem
? 🧐😋😋😋
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My retrospective on the recent TCEC Season 17 SuperFinal (won by Leela Zero 52.5-47.5 from Stockfish) is now available from the TCEC website! So many interesting games and ideas!
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3 really good choices! 😊 😊 I loved the other two as well 😊
Grandmaster
@DGukesh
talks about his favorite Chess books! These are the ones he mentioned:
Game Changer by
@gmmds
and
@NatashaRegan123
Practical Chess Beauty by
@afekchess
Under the Surface by Jan Markos
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@AndyGreenChess
Enjoy moving the pieces and being involved with the game, whether it be playing through some spectacular old games or following some online commentary. Truly believe that improvement as an adult only comes from enjoyment.
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@ChessProblem
Let’s go old school with a 128-player all-play-all with adjournments after move 40.
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The mrbdzz novelty grinder (automated search for (Crazy) Leela opening novelties) has had its first official release! 🥳🥳🥳 The key feature is that the full main line is in the output, not just the first move of a Leela novelty!
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Was a bit confused about big dog and red meat but no longer!
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Eat, sleep, breathe! No time! Look what I received to review today - it’s almost an attempt on my life! ;-) Thanks guys!
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A couple of new endgame videos up on the Silicon Road site! The famous Capablanca-Ragozin endgame gets a fresh look from Stockfish, Leela and co, trying to answer the question why Capablanca avoided transposing into a rook endgame! 🧐🧐
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Undoubtedly one of the most astounding tactical ideas I’ve ever seen in the opening, courtesy of the mighty Stockfish! Part 1 of some very original opening explorations in the Pirc with 4.Bg5!
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Oooh wait for the final punchline! 😂😂😂
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We interrupt the coverage of the TCEC to bring an urgent dessert newsflash 😍😍 Sticky toffee pudding with Bourbon vanilla ice cream 😍😍
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😂😂 I recognise this from my own parents! The enormous support parents give doesn’t necessarily help their own chess!
Magnus Carlsen: "My father may be the person who has watched the most high level chess games in the last 20 years... and he's learned the least!"
#c24live
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Losing weight for a big chess event? This is real grandmaster training 😉
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One of those endings that I would intuitively assess as winning for White! But Stockfish says 0.00 and I never argue with aquatic life when it comes to endings! Stockfish looking at 2 billion positions with 12.2 million tablebase hits😱
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Well I’m not sure Petrosian or Bronstein would approve! Asked to play a 4...Qd7 Winawer, Stockfish turns it into a normal Winawer a tempo down! And reaches a draw!
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A beautiful and unexpected concept from Stockfish in the King’s Indian from its TCEC game against Igel. I’d never seen this way of launching White’s queenside play before, or of linking it to a kingside attack! Watch the video for more!
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A classic!
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When you come back to check what your engines are making of a quiet, fairly symmetrical position you'd set them...
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I’ve been continuing my investigation of the Pirc together with Dragon 3.3. In the next couple of posts, we look at a virtually unknown idea in the Austrian Attack with some subtle and venomous points! Blog post at and video at
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Oooh evil! 😎
White makes one unusual (and funny) killer move, and Black must resign! (Mamedov-Aliev, Lahijan 2005) 😆
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Running some engine matches for an opening article and came across this Stockfish stunner: a piece sac on e6 followed by 13.Bh6!! 😊 Makes you happy! 😊
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@ChessbaseIndia
Just finished watching Very sympathetic and sporting interview from Vladimir Potkin, full of insight and humanity.
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@FressinetL
@gmjlh
@PHChess
@ChessProblem
@Vachier_Lagrave
I was sure that comment about revolutions starting with an angry Frenchman was going to hit you somehow 😂😂
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A lesson from “Weight Changer”. Faced with an unfamiliar dessert, just dive in: trust your wits and skills, it’s what you trained for. Pro tip: wear stretchy trousers. Note: old theory by
@ChessProblem
recommended a wholly no pants approach, but this is now considered dubious 🧐
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This looks like one of those textbook pawn-up technical positions where you would read that "Capablanca walked past and moved the pieces to their ideal squares showing the correct winning plan in the blink of an eye"... Leela just thinks it's drawn... and draws it with ease!
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