The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement on Forward Chess - Meet the Engines!

[@carlbicknell5603]

I'd love to have 60 minutes with Matthew Sadler to pick his brains. I think he's one of the most interesting people out there with his finger right on the pulse. We're in the middle of a chess engine revolution right now and it's great to see someone skillfully articulating this. My only fear is that chess itself is running out of head-room as the top engines (on big hardware) now draw over 90% of games with sensible book lines.

[@SiliconRoadChess]

Thanks Carl!

[@czejslav]

I really appreciate your passion about engines and I bought your book today. Good luck! (DB programmer and club chess player)

[@SiliconRoadChess]

Much appreciated! Hope you enjoy it and thanks! 😊 Best Wishes, Matthew

[@noyb-yb]

beautiful chess! Thank you, GM Sadler!

[@SiliconRoadChess]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it! 😊😊 Best Wishes, Matthew

[@ivanimre8473]

Stockfish is the Monster! Fritz 18 released 11. 18.

[@SiliconRoadChess]

😊

[@enio17]

The play quality is superb as well as the examples. And it's true, many people ignore these engine games are the best games ever in term of play quality. I even learned that Carlsen refered to computer chess as "rubbish".

[@SiliconRoadChess]

Yes definitely - really need to get people's heads around the idea that the TCEC is where you can find the best chess on the planet :-) Yeah I've heard it said that Magnus said this, but I'm not sure it's true - Magnus is pretty discerning, he know good chess when he sees it 😊 He was also the quickest to absorb some lessons from AlphaZero games and reuse those in preparation and play... Best Wishes, Matthew

[@PalTed1]

This is what is holding me back from purchasing the book: does the book have material on where to get the engines, engine settings, which are completely baffling to me, what I should have/want from my computer, etc.? And I have the Forward Chess app, which is nice.

[@SiliconRoadChess]

Hi, it's all explained in the book indeed and supplementary material is made available on the New in Chess website with step-by-step instructions for all the things described www.newinchess.com/engine-training Best Wishes, Matthew

[@jorgeluisbaulesrodriguez7355]

Hi, I´m looking for the downloadable material but have not found it yet, I would like some help with that and some guide to setup thematic games with engines, any help wil be deeply appreciated.

[@SiliconRoadChess]

All the stuff you need is on the New in Chess Silicon Road page! www.newinchess.com/engine-training Just click the supplementary material link.

[@shotx333]

Correct me if I am wrong but I think you are a programmer

[@SiliconRoadChess]

No! I work in IT (Solutions Architect) but not a programmer. Wish I was! 😊