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Mastering opposition

It's crucial to know the foundational elements of endgame technique.

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

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Karsten Mueller

Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

ChessBase Magazine 192

Analyses by Giri, Anand, Nisipeanu, Huschenbeth, Vidit, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky and many more. Plus videos by King, Shirov and l'Ami, 11 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and training sessions in strategy, tactics and endgame!

Highlights of this issue

Star analyses
Annotated games by Anand, Giri, Vidit, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky and many more
Benoni forever!
Tanmay Srinath’s active recipe vs. the Four Pawns Attack
The Chinese Dragon
Igor Stohl proves Black is fine after 10…Rb8!?
Who surprises whom first?
Niclas Huschenbeth dissects his World Cup victory over Naiditsch
Attacking ideas vs. the Italian Game
Mihail Marin shows how White succeeds on the kingside
An exciting sideline!
Imre Hera on 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 in the Nimzo
Greek gift details
Discover with Oliver Reeh stunning points of the classical sacrifice Bxh7+!
Queen sac versus Nakamura
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu shows his spectacular success from the FIDE World Cup
Carlsen-So 1-0!
Enjoy Karsten Müller’s analysis of this top-notch endgame (video)
Revival in the Petroff
Erwin l’Ami explains why the “new engines” like White’s position in the line 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 (video)

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Karsten Müller 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.