5/16/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #194 Karsten Müller is joined by Arne Kaehler, and they look at endgames from the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Oslo Esports Cup, which was won by Jan-Krzysztof Duda. But in one of their individual games tournament favourite Carlsen defeated Duda in an interesting endgame. Take a look! | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

5/16/2022 – One of the fascinating aspects of new iterations of tablebases is submitting known positions to their 'divine' evaluation. The words "better" or "worse" cease to have any meaning and not only are all evaluations perfect and absolute, but so are the solutions. In the following article a share of cooks of studies as well as famous endgames and analyses are placed under the spotlight of the 8-piece tablebases.

5/11/2022 – Endgame tablebases can only be described as "god chess" as they are perfect information on all positions they cover, and the terms 'better' or 'worse' cease to have any meaning. Marc Bourzutschky has trained and resolved a large number of the 8-piece tablebase positions and shared his results and findings, as well as insights in a video interview.

5/10/2022 – On first sight, things look grim for White in the diagrammed position as it is hard to see what he can do against the advance of Black's f-pawn. However, White remembered the rule that pawn endings should be calculated carefully and found a way to get a draw. What did he do?

5/9/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #193 Karsten Müller is joined by Arne Kaehler to explore endgames played at the latest round of the Bundesliga, including one which saw Nihal Sarin demonstrating great technique to take down Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

5/3/2022 – Passed pawns are often strong and connected passed pawns are even stronger. In the diagrammed position it is White to move - how can he use the power of his passed pawns to win the game?

5/2/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #192 Karsten Müller has a very special guest. Tichon Cherniaev, who's now in Hamburg, joins Karsten on an interesting endgame journey. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/26/2022 – In the diagrammed position White is a piece up but Black's queenside pawns look dangerous. However, the white bishop has everything under control. How does White stop the black pawns and win the game?

4/25/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #191 Karsten Müller looks back to the Charity Cup, the second tournament of the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour series of online rapid tournaments, which was played from 19 to 26 March. Magnus Carlsen won after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the final. The Charity Cup brought a lot of interesting endgames and Karsten selected some highlights. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/19/2022 – In knight endgames activity, dominance and zugzwang often play a major role. The diagrammed position is from a game between Vladislav Artemiev and Magnus Carlsen from the Airthings Masters Tournament 2022. How did the World Champion force the win?

4/18/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #190 Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Bundesliga. On 9 and 10 of April the 16 teams in Germany's top league played rounds 3 and 4 of the current season, which led to a number of fascinating endgames which Karsten wants to share with his viewers. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/12/2022 – Having a pawn majority is usually a positional plus because pawn majorities allow you to create passed pawns. But creating these passed pawns usually requires tactical and technical precision. Which Black demonstrated in the diagrammed position. What did Black do to win the game?

4/11/2022 – In Karsten Müller's "Endgame Magic Show #189" Karsten and Arne Kähler look at rook endings, and take a particularly close look at the rook endgame 4 vs 3 pawns on one side to show important drawing formations. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/5/2022 – In his Endgame Magic Show #189 Karsten Müller talks with Elisabeth Pähtz about the endgame. Elisabeth, World Junior Girls Champion in 2005, European Women's Rapid Champion in 2018, and currently number 13 on the women's ranking list, has an active style, and this also shows in her endgames, e.g. in an entertaining game against Zhansaya Abdumalik at the Online-FIDE-Steinitz-Memorial 2020. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

4/5/2022 – The diagrammed position is tricky: Black is two dangerous passed pawns up but it is White to move and the rook on h7 is hanging. Now, should White take the rook or look for something better to save the draw?

3/29/2022 – Rook endings have a large drawish tendency and in this case I thought that White can hold with a study-like defense. But ChessBase reader Frits Fritschy proved me wrong.

3/28/2022 – The Kragero Open had a large and strong field which led to many games with fascinating endgames. In his Endgame Magic Show #187 Karsten Müller presents seven of these endgames. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

3/22/2022 – In the diagrammed position it is White to move and he has to think about the pawn endgame that will arise after the imminent exchange of rooks. What should White play to get a winning pawn endgame?

3/21/2022 – The German Bundesliga started its new season, and the first matches brought many fascinating endgames. Karsten was spoiled for choice but in the Endgame Magic Show #186 he presents an absolute highlight in which the much lower-rated player defeated a strong Grandmaster in study-like fashion. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

3/15/2022 – In the diagrammed position Black is an exchange up but both sides have dangerous passed pawns. What should Black do to make his passed pawn on the g-file more dangerous than White's passed pawn on the b-file?

3/14/2022 – Sipke and Karsten look at recent endgames and analyse three endgames of Sipke. In one of these endgames he had two minor pieces against a rook and won in style. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

3/8/2022 – The acronym "LPDO" was probably coined by the English player Mike Cook, who used it to explain the majority of his losses in a 100-game blitz match against John Nunn. But it was Nunn who made the term popular by talking about this blitz match in his book "Secrets of Practical Chess". Keeping "LPDO" in mind might help to reduce blundering pieces, even in the endgame. In the diagrammed position Black's rook and bishop are both "loose". How did White manage to let them "drop off"?

3/7/2022 – In the Endgame Magic Show #184 Karsten Müller presents endgame highlights from the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, which was won by Hikaru Nakamura. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

3/1/2022 – Sometimes it is difficult to convert an extra knight into a full point: Black to move and win.