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Passed pawns are powerful

10/15/2020 – The less pieces on the board, the more complicated it is. Queen endings are especially complicated. On day 3 of their rapid match in Prague, Dai Van Nguyen and Nigel Short had to play a complicated queen ending, and with limited time they did not always find the best moves. Karsten Müller had more time and analysed this tricky and instructive endgame in more detail.

Unexpected

3/3/2020 – Mating attacks also occur in the endgame. Here's an example with king and queen cooperating well.

Something in-between

9/4/2018 – Pawn races are difficult to calculate. Much more so if the kings are exposed — and checks can come in-between.

A fateful square

8/28/2018 – Normally the rook against knight without pawns is a draw when the knight is near his king. But there are two important exceptions. Do you know them?

Ahmed Adly wins strong Tegernsee Open

11/10/2017 – The International Open Bavarian Championship in Gmund attracted 484 players, among them a lot of strong grandmasters. GM Ahmed Adly from Egypt started with 6.0/6 and after a dramatic finish won on tie-break with 7½ / 9. IM Marco Baldauf presents highlights and brilliancies. | Photo: Alina l'Ami

The ladies ask for a dance

7/11/2017 – Queen endings are notoriously difficult. Sometime they end in a perpetual, sometimes a lonely and brave passed pawn decides the day and sometimes the king is mated. Today on the playchess server, 4 pm: Endgame Magic with Karsten Müller and Mihail Marin.

Headlock

11/22/2016 – 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. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!

The Ladies ask for a dance

8/25/2015 – 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. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!
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