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.
5/23/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #195 Karsten and Arne look at endgame highlights and take a particularly close look at the strengths and weaknesses of knights and "zugzwang", a sharp weapon in the endgame. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/17/2022 – Passed pawns can be very powerful and they are even more dangerous if they have help from their king. In the diagrammed position it is White to move, and what did he do with his king to support his passed pawns to win the game?
5/16/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #194 Karsten Müller is joined by Arne Kaehler, and they look at endgames from the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Oslo Esports Cup, which was won by Jan-Krzysztof Duda. But in one of their individual games tournament favourite Carlsen defeated Duda in an interesting endgame. Take a look! | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/9/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #193 Karsten Müller is joined by Arne Kaehler to explore endgames played at the latest round of the Bundesliga, including one which saw Nihal Sarin demonstrating great technique to take down Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/5/2022 – Tykhon Cherniaiev is a 12-year-old Ukrainian Candidate Master and a double world U10 chess champion in Rapid and Blitz. His family fled Ukraine and is now safe in Hamburg. In the latest Endgame Magic Show, the talented kid joined GM Karsten Müller to analyse a few of his most interesting endgames. Take a look! It is now free for all to watch (no ChessBase Premium account needed). | Pictured: Tykhon with his mom Svetlana, his sister Ustynya and GM Anna Muzychuk at the Women’s Bundesliga
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
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5/10/2022 – On first sight, things look grim for White in the diagrammed position as it is hard to see what he can do against the advance of Black's f-pawn. However, White remembered the rule that pawn endings should be calculated carefully and found a way to get a draw. What did he do?
5/3/2022 – Passed pawns are often strong and connected passed pawns are even stronger. In the diagrammed position it is White to move - how can he use the power of his passed pawns to win the game?
5/2/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #192 Karsten Müller has a very special guest. Tichon Cherniaev, who's now in Hamburg, joins Karsten on an interesting endgame journey. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/26/2022 – In the diagrammed position White is a piece up but Black's queenside pawns look dangerous. However, the white bishop has everything under control. How does White stop the black pawns and win the game?
4/25/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #191 Karsten Müller looks back to the Charity Cup, the second tournament of the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour series of online rapid tournaments, which was played from 19 to 26 March. Magnus Carlsen won after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the final. The Charity Cup brought a lot of interesting endgames and Karsten selected some highlights. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/19/2022 – In knight endgames activity, dominance and zugzwang often play a major role. The diagrammed position is from a game between Vladislav Artemiev and Magnus Carlsen from the Airthings Masters Tournament 2022. How did the World Champion force the win?
4/18/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #190 Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Bundesliga. On 9 and 10 of April the 16 teams in Germany's top league played rounds 3 and 4 of the current season, which led to a number of fascinating endgames which Karsten wants to share with his viewers. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/15/2022 – On 3 April Karsten Müller invited ChessBase readers to analyse the bishop vs knight endgame from Tal vs Najdorf, Bled 1961. The endgame was tricky - Tal won the game but a close look revealed that Najdorf missed a couple of chances to save the draw and that both sides made mistakes.
4/12/2022 – Having a pawn majority is usually a positional plus because pawn majorities allow you to create passed pawns. But creating these passed pawns usually requires tactical and technical precision. Which Black demonstrated in the diagrammed position. What did Black do to win the game?
4/11/2022 – In Karsten Müller's "Endgame Magic Show #189" Karsten and Arne Kähler look at rook endings, and take a particularly close look at the rook endgame 4 vs 3 pawns on one side to show important drawing formations. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/5/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #189 Karsten Müller talks with Elisabeth Pähtz about the endgame. Elisabeth, World Junior Girls Champion in 2005, European Women's Rapid Champion in 2018, and currently number 13 on the women's ranking list, has an active style, and this also shows in her endgames, e.g. in an entertaining game against Zhansaya Abdumalik at the Online-FIDE-Steinitz-Memorial 2020. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/5/2022 – The diagrammed position is tricky: Black is two dangerous passed pawns up but it is White to move and the rook on h7 is hanging. Now, should White take the rook or look for something better to save the draw?
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
an Elo level of over 3500!
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The new Opening Encyclopaedia offers fast access to all openings. Openings are sorted via the menu by name & ECO Code for fast and easy access to your favorite openings.
Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog one of the most difficult type of positions to master. The basic aim of this video is to improve understanding of these complex positions and to help tournament players score better.
Studying this video course should greatly improve the viewer’s handling of dynamic pawn positions! As with all my other video courses material here is predominantly aimed at improving players and tournament players.
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
an Elo level of over 3500!
FIDE Grand Prix 2022: Esipenko, Giri, Vidit, Oparin, Predke, Shankland, So and Vitiugov comment + videos by Rogozenco. "Special" on Bent Larsen. Opening videos by Kasimdzhanov, Ragger and Marin. 11 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire!
The new Opening Encyclopaedia offers fast access to all openings. Openings are sorted via the menu by name & ECO Code for fast and easy access to your favorite openings.
Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog one of the most difficult type of positions to master. The basic aim of this video is to improve understanding of these complex positions and to help tournament players score better.
Studying this video course should greatly improve the viewer’s handling of dynamic pawn positions! As with all my other video courses material here is predominantly aimed at improving players and tournament players.
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