9/27/2021 – Karsten Müller's guest in this week's "Endgame Magic Show" is the French GM Christian Bauer who just produced an interesting DVD - which, of course, will also available per download - about the charms and attractions of the Alekhine Defense. Karsten and Christian talk about this DVD but they also look at some fine endgames Christian played. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

9/21/2021 – Even in endgames one should not forget that mate ends the game. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What did he do?

9/20/2021 – One of the most fascinating recent endgames was Magnus Carlsen's win against Alireza Firouzja in round 6 of the Norway Chess Tournament: in a slightly better position that seemed to be impossible to win Carlsen worked his magic and created an endgame masterpiece. In the "Endgame Magic Show #161" Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler take a look at this astonishing endgame and show why it is good to know the classics. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

9/14/2021 – Sometimes, the trio king, bishop and pawn cannot win against a lone king: if the pawn is a rook pawn, the enemy king makes it to the corner and the bishop does not control the queening sqare of the pawn. Knowing this might help you to save positions that seem to be entire lost. In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. How?

9/13/2021 – The World Cup in Sochi 2021 saw a huge number of fascinating endgames, and for his "Endgame Magic Show #160" Karsten selected mostly rook endgames. Interesting, instructive, and practically relevant. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

9/7/2021 – When only very few pawns are left on the board the attacker has to be careful that s/he keeps at least one pawn that can queen. In the diagram position White has three pawns left, two more than Black. But there is only one way to win. How should White proceed?

9/6/2021 – Karsten is joined by Arne Kaehler to discuss the best endgames of 2020. Our in-house specialist decided to kick off the show with a fascinating ending played by two amazingly strong engines, Stockfish and Komodo. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/31/2021 – In the diagram position it is Black to move and tablebases and endgame books know that this position is a theoretical draw. However, holding theoretical draws is often difficult in practice. But Jan-Krzyzstof Duda, who was Black against Ding Liren here, was up to the task and found the only move that saves the game. What did he play?

8/30/2021 – Herman and Karsten discuss endgames and Herman’s forthcoming ChessBase products. Herman tells many surprising stories connected to endgames. He talks, for example, about how Loek van Wely began his serious work on rook endgames. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/24/2021 – When defending difficult positions you often have to decide whether to search active counterplay or to hope for the best with passive defense. Often, this is a difficult choice and even the very best can go wrong. In the diagram position, which is from a game A. Firouzja vs M. Carlsen, Black is in trouble but has a way to draw. What should Black play?

8/23/2021 – Two years after visiting Hamburg to film his middlegame FritzTrainers, Ivan Sokolov visits the ChessBase office once again. The experienced grandmaster discusses instructive endgames with Dr. Karsten Müller in the latest instalment of the Endgame Magic show. | Endgame Magic is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/17/2021 – In the diagram position White is a pawn down and Black's king is threatening to enter White's position. However, White can hope to save a draw if he manages to build a solid fortress. In the diagram position it is White to move - what would you play?

8/16/2021 – Svitlana and Karsten discuss endgames and Svitlana's forthcoming ChessBase products. Svitlana also presents endgames from her own games and solves a study by Karsten. | "Endgame Magic" is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/10/2021 – The duel bishop against knight is often tricky. When defending, the side with the knight often tries to build a fortress to exploit the color blindness of the bishop. In the diagram position Black is two pawns down but built a fortress. However, will it hold? And, if so, how does Black make it last forever?

8/9/2021 – In the "Endgame Magic Show #155" Karsten Mueller talks with Abhimanyu Mishra about the endgame. In the old days people said that one should just go into the endgame against a young player which then would win itself. But Abhimanyu Mishra, the world's youngest Grandmaster ever, proves this to be wrong. He knows a lot about endgames, has watched all 154 previous "Endgame Magic" shows, and stuns Karsten again and again with insights and questions. In the current show the young Grandmaster proves his defensive skills in rook endings, but in some examples Abhimanyu is also attacking, when he is no less resourceful. | "Endgame Magic" is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

8/3/2021 – In the diagram position both sides have dangerous passed pawns. But it is Black to move and he faces a choice: should he try to stop the white pawns with his king or should he push his g-pawn ahead? What would you do - and why?

8/2/2021 – In the "Endgame Magic Show #154" Karsten Mueller and his guest Arne Kaehler take another look at endgame highlights from the Goldmoney Asian Online Rapid Tournament that ended early July and was won by Levon Aronian. Karsten and Arne were particularly fascinated by a tactically complicated endgame position in which Nihal Sarin missed a win against Anish Giri. | "Endgame Magic" is on air most Mondays. Watch it on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

7/27/2021 – Karsten Mueller again enjoys some Endgame Magic and together with his guest Thomas Stark he presents endgame highlights from the Goldmoney Asian Online Rapid Tournament that ended in the beginning of July, and that was won by Levon Aronian - who showed his endgame skills in a very crucial game.

7/27/2021 – Endgames with opposite coloured bishops have drawish tendencies but are also full of surprising tactics. In the diagram position White is a pawn up but Black's bishop seems to have the pawns on the kingside under control. However, White has a way to make his pawns really powerful. What can he do, how can he win?

7/20/2021 – In the diagram position White is a pawn up but can she win? And how? Should White push her h-pawn to break through with her pawns? Or her f-pawn? Or should White wait and bring the king into a better position?

7/13/2021 – Pawn endings must be calculated precisely and the activity of the king is very important. In the diagram position White has a protected passed pawn on b6 but it is not immediately apparent whether this is enough to win. Do you have an idea how White can overcome Black's defensive set-up?

7/8/2021 – Grandmaster Dr Karsten Müller returns with his "Endgame Magic" show after a break of more than a year. With Episode 151, the endgame puzzles of the past year are once again revealed and solved! Be it that the famous game Fischer - Petrosian from 1971, thanks to Albert Silver and his Fat Fritz, gets the necessary kick, or the game between E. Torre against O. Jakobsen from 1973 is turned upside down by the diligent readers and solvers. There are quite a few groundbreaking surprises to examine.

7/6/2021 – Knights that fight against pawns can be clumsy but sometimes they can also work magic. In the diagram position, Black's a-pawn wants to queen but the white knight can still stop him. On the other hand it is hard to see how Black can stop White's e-pawn from queening. But Black can help her knight to do some magic and win. Do you have an idea how?

6/29/2021 – It was Steinitz who claimed that the king is strong, even in the opening and the middlegame. However, the more enemy pieces on the board, the greater the danger for His Majesty. But in the endgame the king can often show its power. In the diagram position Black is a pawn down but is still able to draw. How?