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GM Sadler: Leela-Obsidian TCEC Swiss 7 (video)

Sergio — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:32:10 +0000

“It’s all about the squeeze!” says GM Matthew Sadler. After publishing a Budapest Gambit series in honor of the coming Chess Olympiad 2024, now GM Sadler is once again analyzing the top chess engines.

In today’s video GM Sadler looks at Leela defeating Obsidian, a game from TCEC Swiss 7, dubbed as the strongest ever event. Leela is currently leading the event, as joint leader with Ethereal and Stormpharx. Along the way, Leela defeated the possibly third strongest engine Obsidian. Here are the details, in an instructive video by GM Sadler.

GM Matthew Sadler: Slicing and dicing the Budapest (part 5)

Sergio — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:24:55 +0000

This is part 5 of the Slicing and dicing the Budapest by GM Matthew Sadler (part 4 here). This series of 8 videos looks at the ideas behind the Budapest Gambit and dives into the creative engine recommendations for White against it. The fifth video introduces the engines’ favorite White approach against the Budapest…and it may surprise you!

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Slicing and dicing: the Budapest (Smyslov & Spassky)

Sergio — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:22:13 +0000

Matthew Sadler: “Since the coming Olympiad is soon to start in Budapest, it seemed fun to take a look at the official opening of that fine city! This series of 8 videos looks at the ideas behind the Budapest Gambit and dives into the creative engine recommendations for White against it. This fourth video looks at the systems that great players such as Smyslov and Spassky came up with to deal with the danger of Black’s “floating” minor pieces on c5 and e5!”