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.
5/19/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #298, Karsten Müller continues to analyse endgames from the Women's World Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi. Defending champion Ju Wenjun won the match 6.5-2.5 and impressed with her endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/13/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #297, Karsten Müller continues to analyse endgames from the Women's World Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi. Defending champion Ju Wenjun won the match 6.5-2.5 and impressed with her endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/5/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #296, Karsten Müller analyses endgames from the Women's World Championship match between Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi. Defending champion Ju Wenjun won the match 6.5-2.5 and impressed with her endgame skills - but in the second game of the match these skills failed her. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/28/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #295, Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler look at endgames from the European Women's Championship in April - Teodora Injac from Serbia won. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/22/2025 – In the diagram position it is White to move and win. He is a pawn up, but has to keep an eye on Black's f-pawn - and should not forget that knights are tricky pieces! What should White do to win the game?
4/21/2025 – In the Endgame Magic Show #294, Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler look at endgames from the European Championship that was won by German Grandmaster Matthias Blübaum. German Grandmaster Frederik Svane finished in second place. In the course of the tournament, both showed their endgame skills. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/15/2025 – Mate ends the game - a good reason to look out for mating attacks, even in position with only a few pieces left on the board. In the diagram position Black played 76...Rh1?, a mistake that allowed White to end the game in fine fashion. How?
4/14/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #293, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the American Cup. In one of the endgames picked by Karsten, Abhimanyu Mishra showed his defensive skills and his endgame knowledge. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/8/2025 – In a fight bishop against knight, the knight usually wants to keep things under control while bishops like dynamics. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What would you do?
4/7/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #292, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the German Bundesliga, arguably the world's strongest national league. Enjoy! | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
4/1/2025 – "The passed pawn is a criminal who should be kept under lock and key" is a famous quote by Aron Nimzowitsch. In the diagram position, White has failed to keep the passed pawn on c3 under control. Black to move and win!
3/31/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #291, Karsten Müller presents endgame highlights from the Challengers Tournament of the Chess Festival Prague 2025. Enjoy! | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
3/24/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #290, Karsten Müller presents endgame highlights from the German Bundesliga, arguably the world's strongest national league. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
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This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
Experts examine the games of Max Euwe. Let them show you which openings Euwe chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, which tactical abilities he had or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.
This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
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