Endgame tactics

by Karsten Müller
2/28/2017 – Even seemingly simple endgames can be surprisingly tactical. A good reason to be careful till the end of the game.
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74.f6 Kh6 75.Re8 Rb7+ 76.Kg8 Kg6 77.f7 Rxf7 Endgame tactics Theoretically rook endings can be surprisingly tricky:
In this position White has a tactical trick. Which one?
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Hovhannisyan,R2631Pashikian,A26071–02017C6777th ch-ARM HL 20173.2

 

Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by internationally renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, tactics, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

Click to go to the ChessBase Magazine page

Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Müller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

 

ChessBase Magazine #176 (February/March)

The editor’s top ten:

  1. Drama in round 8: Fabiano Caruana explains how and why Carlsen fell behind in the world championship.
  2. Missed chances and hidden depths: let Karsten Müller reveal all about the ending of the 3rd WCh game (video).
  3. Decision in New York: enjoy Daniel King’s video summery of the exciting WCh tiebreaks!
  4. Fortune favours the brave: Wesley So shows how in the London Chess Classic he was able to escape the noose in his game against Levon Aronian.
  5. “A brilliant gambit line”: with GM Simon Williams play through the Aronian-Rapport game move by move and feel some enthusiasm for the Chigorin Defence!
  6. Perhaps the most important game in the EU Cup: Dmitry Andreikin analyses his win with Black over the top Cuban player Leinier Dominguez.
  7. “Open up the kingside files, get the queen in and do some damage!”: Let Andrew Martin explain to you some new winning ideas in the Trompowsky (video).
  8. What’s new in the Pirc Defence? Openings expert Mihail Marin outlines the most important trends in recent years.
  9. Imperial combination with the "octopus knight": grab your chance and together with Oliver Reeh conjure up a brilliant final attack over the board.
  10. Queen's Pawn Game á la Kramnik: in his article on the opening Martin Breutigam invites you to try for yourself 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5.
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.

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