August 19, 2025
Matthew Sadler
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So we’ve seen the wildest the engines have to offer us! But how could / would / should a human player approach such a position? Well I’ve mentioned a couple of times that in after these now well-known opening moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5…
August 16, 2025
Matthew Sadler
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In this blog post we dive a little deeper into the main lines after 17…Be3+ 18.Kb1 Nxe5, focusing on lines that a human player (like me!) might think of while playing through the game! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6…
August 9, 2025
Matthew Sadler
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In this blog post, having settled the end position, we start a little further back within the game and work our way forwards, trying to understand the course of the middlegame. We’ll get as far as one branch from move 17 and then we’ll finish off the rest in a subsequent post. Let’s go! 1….
August 4, 2025
Matthew Sadler
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We round off our examination of the amazing tactics from the game Stockfish-Torch with White’s second alternative on the 27th move. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 a5 10. dxc5 a4 11. Qc2 O-O 12….
July 29, 2025
Matthew Sadler
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In this second blog about the wonderful Stockfish-Torch game, we take a look at an amazing alternative on move 26! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 a5 10. dxc5 a4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O…