Study Chess With Matthew Sadler

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Matthew Sadler is one of the UKs strongest ever players. He became a grandmaster at 19 won the British Championship twice & amongst other amazing achievements made a gold medal winning score of 101/2/13 on board four for England in the 1996 chess Olympiad. In 2000 Matthew quite full-time chess. However he re-emerged ten years later in 2010 to play a rapidplay tournament in Wageningen Holland which he promptly won with 7/7. In 2011 he played in strong international events at Barcelona & Oslo & won them with the Fischer-like scores of 81/2/10 & 8/9 respectively. After a decade away from the game these results are simply astounding. Matthews extraordinary ability at chess stems not simply from natural talent but is based on a brilliant aptitude for studying the game. He understands exactly what needs to be studied & how to go about it. In this book he recounts how he organised his preparation for his comeback & from his results the success of his method is self-evident. In this book Matthew shares his secrets & reveals how to: * Incorporate unorthodox openings into your repertoire * Study middlegame situations * Understand what is important in the endgame As well as being an exceptional player Matthew is also a fine writer who conveys his ideas with ease. He has previously written four books for Everyman with his book on the Queens Gambit Declined winning the British Chess Federation Book of the Year award in 2000. Matthew currently lives & works in Holl&.