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.
7/15/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #275 Karsten Müller and ChessBase author and streamer Svitlana Demchenko look at three interesting endgames from Svitlana's practice. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
7/8/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #274 Karsten Müller invites his guest, Dutch IM and ChessBase author Nico Zwirs, to show two fascinating endgames from Zwirs' own practice. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
7/1/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #273 Karsten Müller and Nico Zwirs look at endgame highlights from the Cairns Cup. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
6/30/2024 – In 1921 World Champion Emanuel Lasker played a match against challenger José Raúl Capablanca. Game 10 saw the Cuban gain an advantage with the black pieces, but with limited material on the board Lasker had chances of survival. The game is particularly interesting from move 39 to 43, where there are several interesting riddles we want to solve. Can you help us do this?
6/18/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #272 Karsten Müller and Harald Schneider-Zinner come back to an evergreen: the duel knight vs bishop. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
6/18/2024 – This rule by Dr. Tarrasch is a good guideline in rook endings - when supporting your own pawns and when fighting against enemy pawns. In the diagram position, which is from a game Nurgyul Salimova and Vaishali Rameshbhabu played at the Women's Candidates 2024, it is Black to move and win. What should she do?
6/11/2024 – Knights are tricky, but passed pawns can be even trickier. In the diagram position Black has powerful passed pawns - and a way to win. What should she do?
6/10/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #271 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler take a look at recent endgames, in which zugzwang played a crucial role. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
6/4/2024 – In queen endings it is often a good idea to centralise your queen and king safety plays a crucial role. In the diagram position, which is from a game Vaishali played against Aleksandra Goryachkina at the Women's Candidates, it is White to move and win. What should White do?
6/3/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #270 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler continue to take a look at endgame highlights from the strong tournament in Sharjah, focusing on zugzwang positions. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/28/2024 – In the 1971 Candidate Matches Bobby Fischer faced Mark Taimanov In Vancouver, Canada. The American defeated his opponent from the Soviet Union with a "dry" 6-0 score. But matters could have started differently. In the first game it was Taimanov who put on the pressure, and even had winning chances. He played 27.h3, which nobody considered a bad move – until Kasparov pointed out its defect in 2004. Today's riddle deals with the position before White's 27th move. Computers find it devilishly difficult to find the best continuation. Can you?
5/28/2024 – Bishops often dominate knights, but in the diagram position White's knight is much stronger than Black's bishop. What did White do to win the game?
5/27/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #269 Karsten Müller takes a look at endgame highlights from the strong tournament in Sharjah. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/22/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #268 Karsten Müller takes a look at endgame highlights from the German Bundesliga and focuses on rook endings - the most common endgames. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
5/21/2024 – Rook and knight can form a strong attacking duo. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. How can he put Black's king into trouble?
In this video course, kings will play a role of strong and active pieces. We will explore how Kings can be helpful in defence and prophylaxis, or even in attack!
The Triceratops system is an ancient and dependable strategy, requiring White to prepare for only three potential reactions from Black—significantly less work compared to preparing for the Grünfeld and King's Indian defences.
Unlock the excitement of the Beefeater Variation (1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3 5.bxc3 f5?!) in this 60-minute video course! Dive into an aggressive and daring strategy where Black gives up the dark-squared bishop early.
2024 Candidates Tournament with analyses by Gukesh, Pragg, Vidit, Firouzja and Giri. Kasimdzhanov, Engel and Marin show opening trends from Toronto in the video. 10 repertoire articles from English to Queen's Indian and much more!
In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.
In this video course, kings will play a role of strong and active pieces. We will explore how Kings can be helpful in defence and prophylaxis, or even in attack!
The Triceratops system is an ancient and dependable strategy, requiring White to prepare for only three potential reactions from Black—significantly less work compared to preparing for the Grünfeld and King's Indian defences.
Unlock the excitement of the Beefeater Variation (1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3 5.bxc3 f5?!) in this 60-minute video course! Dive into an aggressive and daring strategy where Black gives up the dark-squared bishop early.
2024 Candidates Tournament with analyses by Gukesh, Pragg, Vidit, Firouzja and Giri. Kasimdzhanov, Engel and Marin show opening trends from Toronto in the video. 10 repertoire articles from English to Queen's Indian and much more!
In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.
Knights add irrational content to any position. However, in this video tutorial you will learn how to tame them.
€34.90
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