Matthew Sadler Books

Presents the story behind the self-learning artificial intelligence system with its stunning chess skills

In this book Matthew Sadler shares his secrets and reveals how to incorporate unorthodox openings into your repertoire; how to study middlegame situations and how to understand what is important in the endgame.

Examines how chess style and abilities vary with age. By making a number of case studies and interviewing players who have stayed strong as they have aged, the authors show in detail how players can steer their games towards positions where their experience can shine through.

Matthew Sadler and Steve Giddins used the collective power of chess engines Leela, Komodo, and Stockfish to re-engineer classic games of fan favorites such as Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Bent Larsen, and Jose Raul Capablanca. With these modern engines, the authors have generated dozens of new insights and positional chess lessons that will help every club player and expert to improve their game. This book combines a brilliant game collection with an manual of the most modern chess insights available.

In this book Grandmaster Sadler explains the ideas behind the Queen's Gambit Declined, one of Black's most dependable replies to the queens pawn. He discusses all of the major variations in popular practice, explaining the key plans and ideas and highlighting important recent developments.