#reengineeringtheclassics — Public Fediverse posts

No football on the telly so why not look at some Stoltz? 😁 https://youtu.be/PhiAR0jq90w with a couple of blog posts examining the Swedish variation of the Tarrasch, invented and popularised by Stoltz and his fellow “Musketeers”! https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-swedish-defence-by-the-master/ and https://matthewsadler.me.uk/openings/the-swedish-variation-of-the-tarrasch-defence/ #chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad

#siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics #chess Wouldn’t surprise me to see some more Petroffs in the World Cup Semi-Final playoffs so why not take a look at this expert handling of the white side by Michael Adams in a two-part series: https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-complexity-of-symmetrical-pawn-structures-part-1/ and https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-complexity-of-symmetrical-pawn-structures-part-2/

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad Voulez-vous Petroff avec moi? A new 2-part series on the stunning game Adams-Royal from the 6th round of the English Chess Championships. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-complexity-of-symmetrical-pawn-structures-part-1/

Another double bill to round off this really cool idea against the Modern Benoni. Latest videos focus on Black declining the offered pawn leading to a sort of super-fianchetto variation! PGNs: lichess.org/study/GJ5NRo9a Videos: youtu.be/by3axxOfmEE and youtu.be/noyI8XtSBoQ #siliconroad #chess #duolingo #reengineeringtheclassics

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics #duolingo Can Duolingo help your chess? Maybe your opening preparation! A double bill of videos featuring a super gambit idea against the Modern Benoni first played against me by Oscar, the moustached bot!
https://youtu.be/qo3nM44241o and
https://youtu.be/A63QDMXsdFY

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad Final part of the 7-part series on the Colle-Zukertort based around the lovely attacking game Conquest-Royal from the recent 2025 British Championships. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-7/

#reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess The penultimate part of my series on the Colle-Zukertort through the game Conquest-Royal from the 2025 British Championships https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-6/

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics The next part of the 7-part series on the Colle-Zukertort opening through the great game Conquest-Royal at the 2025 British Chess Championships. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-5/

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics Next instalment on the Colle-Zukertort through the excellent game Conquest-Royal British Championship 2025 https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-4/

#reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess #tcec A quick look at a really instructive moment from the ongoing Season 28 SuperFinal between Stockfish and Leela https://matthewsadler.me.uk/engine-chess/whole-board-play/

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A new instalment of the series on the Colle-Zukertort based around the lovely game Conquest-Royal from the recent 2025 British Championships in Liverpool. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-3/

#siliconroad #chess #reengineeringtheclassics #tcec Breaking into the ongoing series on the Colle-Zukertort, a look at a very interesting moment during game 8 of the ongoing TCEC SuperFinal between Stockfish and Leela. All about small details, general assessments and peering into the future! https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-smallest-details/

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics Some French flashbacks in today’s video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ialvtduas

#reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess The second part of my examination of the fascinating and thematic Conquest - Royal game from the recent British Championships in Liverpool. Lots of attacking from the popular Colle-Zukertort opening. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-2/

#reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess The second part of my examination of the fascinating and thematic Conquest - Royal game from the recent British Championships in Liverpool. Lots of attacking from the popular Colle-Zukertort opening. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-2/

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics Last blog article of 6 covering the wonderful Stockfish-Torch game in the French Steinitz! https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/explaining-complex-tactics-part-6/ Hoping my goal of explaining this complex and attacking game in understandable terms has succeeded! A new multi-part series in the cooking pot too 😊

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics #duolingo Another GM vs Duo game for you! https://youtu.be/-vYEe6MDrx8

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A lovely lecture and blitz evening at Charlton Chess Club with the ambitious title “Visualising the future” 😊 Thanks to Alan Hanreck for organising and to all the participants (including some kids Natasha and I had met at the British Junior Championships last week 😊) for their enthusiasm and warmth!

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A lovely lecture and blitz evening at Charlton Chess Club with the ambitious title “Visualising the future” 😊 Thanks to Alan Hanreck for organising and to all the participants (including some kids Natasha and I had met at the British Junior Championships last week 😊) for their enthusiasm and warmth!

#reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess A second blog post about the amazing Stockfish-Torch game, examine some fascinating alternatives to the engine’s main continuation. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/explaining-complex-tactics-part-2/ Hopefully you’ll love the spectacular lines and also get a grip on how such complicated tactics fit together!

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics More thoughts about the differences between engine thinking and human thinking once again based on …c4 in Trompovsky / Torre Attack / London System structures! https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/the-wizards-knack-of-being-just-in-time/

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad Turns out that the secret to navigating engine lines… is Babylon 5 😉😊 https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/babylon-5-and-the-secrets-of-navigating-engine-lines/ Slightly niche post for you 😉😊

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad A new blog post with more investigations of …c4 in Queen’s Pawn positions as well as some reflections on the knowledge you need to build an opening repertory. https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/understanding-and-knowing/

#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad A little article on my blog diving further into the mysterious possibility of …c4 which I discussed in my video of the game Mariotti-Beliavsky. Should be bad according to everything we know… but maybe we don’t know everything! https://matthewsadler.me.uk/lessons-from-the-masters/the-mystery-of-c4/

A pretty cool fortress from Leela Zero! https://lichess.org/@/HanSchut/blog/leela-chess-zeros-spectacular-qxf5/t3lMW9On #chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics

There is a big Chessable Easter sale starting *very soon* and 3 of my courses are featured: “Game Changer” (with @NatashaRegan123) “Silicon Road” and “Study Chess with Matthew Sadler” Make a loved one happy, or yourself happy… or just me happy 😉 #reengineeringtheclassics #siliconroad #chess

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A lovely win with the Crazy Leela 5.g4!? idea against the Benko featured in a recent video on my Silicon Road Chess YouTube channel. Andrew said his opponent’s face was a picture after 5.g4!? 😊😊😊 https://lichess.org/broadcast/4ncl-2024-2025--division-2/round-7/xaElN75Q/9oY0e4Bt

#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics #sidewayspawnchess More GM vs Fairy Fish fun in pawnsideways chess! https://youtu.be/kvws_VGF7l8

#chess #sidewayspawnchess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A break from fighting a Fish! Some pawnsideways games against human opponents! https://youtu.be/Wof0snwbWt8

#reengineeringtheclassics #chess #siliconroad #lichess Larry Kaufman shared an exciting update on the Leela Odds bots last night (Wednesday 26th). The Leela team has now implemented a new type of Contempt called "Search Contempt" which modifies the Search with Contempt rather than just the Evaluation (as it was before) The exciting result is that Leela can search deeper without getting depressed! So we can expect Leela to be spending just a little more time in odds games... and playing even stronger! Can't wait! The only problem is understanding whether it's made a difference as Leela's score is so huge already! https://lichess.org/@/LeelaKnightOdds/tv