Using the active notation

You might be inclined to believe the game notations below are either to be just looked at and the moves played through in your mind. But as most of you know you can click on the moves to get a separate replay board, which you can resize and move to the best place on your screen. The popup board has full controls, and you can use the navigation buttons to advance the moves, as well as use an engine or save the game or position to your computer. In the engine window you can ask for multiple lines, or what the threat is, or see the positional evaluation of the position. 

Vancura's draw

This maneuver is one that occurs regularly or threatens to. A position well worth studying, learning and keeping it as yet another tool in your toolbox.

The battering ram

No wall is impervious, and in this next endgame we see white break through with some timely precision shots.

The perpetual check net

Queen endings are often defined by dangerous passed pawns, king safety, and perpetual check threats. Here is a lovely example of all those themes in play.

The knight hunt

While Black starts with a clear pawn up, the conversion is not obvious. The strong Polish player begins a hunt for the White knight that soon forces capitulation.

Zug then zwang

In a painful lesson, Black finds herself completely paralyzed, with no moves at her disposal. Following the game plan laid out, first zugzwang and then mop up.

Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics

In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.

Links

• Endgames from Miami: 1 | 2 | 3
• Endgames from Chennai: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Endgames from Madrid: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
• Notable endgames: Biel, Dortmund, Zagreb