Endgame Magic #325: Viktor Korchnoi

by Karsten Müller
3/27/2026 – Karsten pays tribute to Viktor Korchnoi who would have turned 95 this week.. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Viktor Korchnoi. Let them show you which openings Korchnoi chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.

Endgame Magic #325

Korchnoi Special

This week would have marked Viktor Korchnoi’s 95th birthday: the perfect occasion for us to shine a spotlight on one of the greatest fighters and most creative minds in chess history.

Look forward to a week filled with exciting content dedicated to Korchnoi’s unique legacy including analyses, games, and insights into the life of an extraordinary champion.

To mark the occasion, we are offering two outstanding video courses at a special price: “Master Class: Korchnoi” and “My Life for Chess,” in which Korchnoi personally analyses his best games.

In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Viktor Korchnoi. Let them show you which openings Korchnoi chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.

In this position Korchnoi made progress. Can you find out how?

In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Viktor Korchnoi. Let them show you which openings Korchnoi chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.

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Topics: Endgame, Endgame Magic, Karsten Mueller, Video portal
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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