The Trojan Horse

by Karsten Müller
8/19/2014 – Everybody has an idea what a "Trojan Horse" is but the Wikipedia has the following to say: "Metaphorically a 'Trojan Horse' has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to allow a foe into a securely protected bastion or space." Karsten Müller shows why you should check whether a knight is not a Trojan horse, revealing hidden forces.

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The Trojan Horse



Should White try to win a piece with 54.f7 Bxf7 55.Nxf7? Or does he have anything better?

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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