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Chess Endgames 8 - Practical Rook Endgames

Rook endings are amongst the most frequently encountered endgames there are, and so your training effort will be quickly repaid in the form of half and full points. Knowing even a few rules of thumb and key methods makes life a great deal easier and provides a guiding light even in complex positions. This DVD focuses on the important themes which are to be found in common rook endings.

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.

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.

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

Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

The best of ChessBase Magazine #187:

• WCh match London 2018
  Anand, So, Gelfand, Duda, Shankland, Navara, Adams, etc. annotate the games
• ​Take and smile! 
  Daniel Naroditski has a new recipe for White in the London System with 4.dxc5
• Giri's stroke of genius
  Admire Anish Giri’s new endgame discovery together with Karsten Müller (Video)
• "Move by Move" á la Ding Liren
  Investigate some amazing attacking moves along with Simon Williams
• Olympiad Special
  Enjoy three training videos with Yannick Pelletier
• Olympiad Highlight
  Mihail Marin presents the brilliancy Aronian-Mamedyarov. (Video)
• Serve and volley! 
  Let Alexey Kuzmin excite you with Mamedyarov’s plan 4…h6 / 6…g5 in the Two Knights Defence!
• Mr. Isle of Man
  "IOM" winner Radoslaw Wojtaszek analyses his victory in the top duel with Michael Adams.
• Dragon tamer
  Kristzian Szabo dissects the subtleties of the variation with 7.Be2 followed by 9.0-0-0.
• A mad rook!
  Tactics expert Oliver Reeh demonstrates the versatility of a major piece. (Video)

Links

• More endgame columns
• More from Karsten Mueller
• The complete Chess Endgames training video series