Silicon Road: Great Engine Openings! Assaulting the Modern with the rook's pawn after 4.Be3!

Описание: More engine cunning, power and beauty in the opening as we sidle over from the Pirc to the Modern! While looking at some standard theory in the 4.Be3 lines, I noticed a stunning win by Stockfish against Dragon with a powerful attack from a quiet-looking move order! Barely-played in human games, it was mentioned by Victor Moskalenko in his recent book on the Pirc and Modern so White players need to use it quickly and Black players must be prepared! Take a look also at the associated blog post on https://matthewsadler.me.uk/ and don't forget the detailed pgn from the normal location: https://lichess.org/study/GJ5NRo9a

I’m grandmaster Matthew Sadler, a 2-times British Champion, and ranked in the world’s top 50 for many years. I’m also a prolific author. My latest book "Re-Engineering the Chess Classics" appeared in May 2023. It uses the techniques described in "The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement" to analyse afresh thirty-five of the most fascinating and complex chess games ever played by World Champions and other top grandmasters.

"Re-Engineering the Chess Classics" is available from here:
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"The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement" – which came out in October 2021 is, just like this channel, all about learning from and training with engines.

The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement is available from here:
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"Game Changer" came out on 20th January 2019 and won the prestigious ECF Book of the Year and FIDE Book of the Year prizes for 2019! The award-winning Game Changer – written together with Natasha Regan – brought the amazing chess games of DeepMind’s AlphaZero to the world. The Game Changer chess book is available in print and digital versions from these links:
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https://forwardchess.com/product/game... (Digital)
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https://www.amazon.de/Zeitenwende-Sch... (Hardback German edition)

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