1/10/2012 – Endgame knowledge is not easy to acquire and thus a valuable weapon to have. In his Endgame Magic Show on Playchess.com, renowned endgame expert GM Karsten Müller helps you to hone your endgame skills with a bunch of practical endgames. He shows how to handle these positions, which will help to improve your practical results. Example and more information!
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We boldly confront the Caro-Kann Defense with the upcoming move 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3!? With this highly strategic choice, we disrupt Black’s typical patterns and comfort zones and enter an early endgame full of chances for you.
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Endgame Magic with GM Karsten Müller
Karsten Müller, critically acclaimed and popular author of
many DVDs and books, has his own show on playchess.com. Once a month he presents
selected examples from practical endgame play and shares his vast practical and
theoretical endgame knowledge with the public. You can ask Karsten questions
during the show and you can also just relax, lean back and let yourself be
quietly entertained and instructed.
The following example is from the recent Reggio Emilia tournament, which GM
Anish Giri won. In his white game against Ivanchuk he found an amazing winning
idea in the endgame. Try to solve the position for yourself and you will be well
prepared for the Endgame Magic Show, Tuesday 4 pm.
The show starts at 3 p.m. or 15:00h British time = 16:00h CET, 18:00h Moscow,
8:30 p.m. Chennai, 23:00h Beijing, 02:00 a.m. Melbourne, 04:00 a.m. Auckland,
7 a.m. San José, 10 a.m. New York. You can check your location
here
Here's an example from the last episode of the Endgame
Magic Show from December 2011:
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Born 1970, Karsten Müller has a world-wide reputation as one of the greatest
endgame experts. He has, together with Frank Lamprecht written a book on the
subject: “Basics of chess endgames” in addition to other contributions such as
his column on the website ChessCafe as well as in ChessBase Magazine. Karsten Müller’s
ChessBase-DVDs about endgames in Fritztrainer-Format are bestsellers. The PhD in
mathematics lives in Hamburg, where he has also been hunting down points for the
HSK in the Bundesliga for many years.
The Modern Steinitz (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6!?) is an uncompromising counterattacking weapon that lets Black put White under pressure from the very start.
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After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6!?, Black takes the initiative, luring White into overextending their central pawns, only to dismantle them with precise counterplay. The Tango is not just an opening – it’s a weapon, designed for players who want to win as Black
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