Endgame Magic with GM Karsten Müller
10/22/2012 – Endgame knowledge is not easy to acquire and for this reason it is a valuable weapon in practical tournament play. In his Endgame Magic Show on Playchess, the well-known endgame expert GM Karsten Müller will assist you with a bunch of practical endgames. He shows how to handle the positions, which will help improve your results. An example and more information.
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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 the Karpov Memorial 2012. Short had the white pieces against Rublevsky and is to move and win. Try to solve the position for yourself and you will be well prepared for the Endgame Magic Show, Tuesday 4 pm.
The following example is from the the Karpov Memorial 2012. Short had the white pieces against Rublevsky and is to move and win. 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 4 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:
