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Magnus Carlsen well set to become World Rapid Champion 2022

12/28/2022 – Magnus Carlsen became the triple champion in 2019 - in classical, rapid and blitz. However, in 2021, he lost both his rapid and blitz titles to Abdusattorov and MVL respectively. This year, the Norwegian has come with great willpower in order to reclaim his dominance on the world of chess. And he is doing it in style at the World Rapid Championships 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. After 9 rounds, he is in sole lead with 7.5/9. In the women's section we have three leaders - Tan Zhongyi, Goryachkina and the surprise Savitha Shri. All three of them on 6.5/8. A detailed day 2 report.
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6-piece Endgame Turbo 5: why you need it

3/21/2018 – The new Endgame Turbo 5 represents the ultimate tablebase collection available and can be used simply by sticking it into a USB port on your computer. It contains the full 3-4-5 and 6-piece tablebases on a pen drive so that neither hard disk space or SSD drive are required to take advantage of them. However, the big question is what is so special about them and why you need them. Read on and find out!

Endgame tactics

2/28/2017 – Even seemingly simple endgames can be surprisingly tactical. A good reason to be careful till the end of the game.

Stopping the pawns

2/21/2017 – To be a piece up is nice. Usually. However, in the endgame you have to take care to keep enough pawns on the board that can queen and mate your opponent. In his endgame blog Karsten Müller shows how this is done.

A clumsy knight

2/14/2017 – Knight or bishop - who is better? Blitz specialists tend to prefer the knight but bishops can make knights look very lame. In today's endgame blog Karsten Müller presents one example of good bishop vs bad knight. Later today - at 4 pm CET to be precise - Karsten Müller shares more endgame secrets in his Endgame Magic Show. His guest today is Swiss Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier.

A strong comeback

2/7/2017 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Today on the playchess server, 4 pm: Endgame Magic with Karsten Müller and Vishnu Prasanna Endgame Blog

Chasing the bishop

1/31/2017 – The pawnless endgame rook against bishop is usually a draw if the defending king manages to reach the safe corner - that is, a corner which the bishop cannot reach. If the rook succeeds, play often follows the scenario seen in this game. If you want to learn more, follow Karsten Müller's Endgame Blog
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