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Isenegger Memorial Study Tourney (2)

10/13/2014 – The Swiss study composer Samuel Isenegger specialized in the David vs. Goliath theme, in which pawns fight pieces. To commemorate his anniversary the Dutch-Flamish endgame study society ARVES staged a tourney with this motif. In the first part of his report composition judge Yochanan Afek showed us the winning entires, today we get to enjoy further award-winning studies.

Aronian's Arrow

10/7/2014 – Sometimes being a pawn or even two pawns up is not enough to win the game. Especially in endings with opposite colored bishops - if only bishops are left. But things change if other pieces come into play because the bishop is suddenly not the only one attacking. But you have to be creative to exploit this advantage. Levon Aronian certainly is.

Double rooks and double threats

9/30/2014 – Chess enjoys the reputation of being a logical game, one reason why the cold calculating power of the computer prevails against the human mind. However, in chess 1+1 does not always equal two. For instance, in double rook endgames the two rooks often can create more threats in one game than one rook could in two. Dangerous double threats!

Isenegger Memorial Study Tourney

9/30/2014 – The Swiss composer Samuel Isenegger, who died 50 years ago, specialized in the David vs. Goliath theme of pawns fighting pieces. To commemorate his anniversary the Dutch-Flemish endgame study society ARVES staged a tourney with this motif. The composition judge Yochanan Afek has kindly sent us the entries of the winners – wonderful chess compositions from which we can all learn.

Holes in the Fence

9/23/2014 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. This week he chose the game Berkes-Castellanos Rodriguez. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!

Black's barrier

9/16/2014 – Every week ChessBase Magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents an endgame in his blog. Today you also have the chance to see him live. Just visit the playchess server at 16.00 CEST and go to Karsten Müller's "Endgame Magic" show. His guest today is GM Mihai Marin. To get in endgame mood, click on the diagram and have fun!

Karsten Müller: Olympiad Endgames

9/14/2014 – Our special course with endgames that occurred at the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø was interrupted by topical instructions on how to play the Vancura position. The course is brought to you by one of the world's leading endgame experts, Dr. Karsten Müller, whom you all know from ChessBase Magazine. Today we bring you, for your weekend study, the second Olympic installment.

Radjabov's Rook

9/9/2014 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. This week he chose the game Radjabov-Batista Bruzon. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!

Karsten Müller: Understanding the Vancura draw

9/9/2014 – "It is insulting that Aronian is not resigning," said spectators on the server. Magnus Carlsen was two pawns up and chess engines were displaying +5 for the World Champion. But after a while it became clear: Levon Aronian knew the "Vančura position" and how to reach it. The game was drawn. For those of you who do not know the strategy here is a complete primer by Karsten Müller.

Karsten Müller: Olympiad Endgames

9/5/2014 – Today we start a special course, brought to you by one of the world's leading endgame experts, Dr. Karsten Müller, whom you all know from ChessBase Magazine. Even the strongest players study his didactic analyses. This course shows you how the endgame was handled by great players during the recent Chess Olympiad in Tromsø. And best of all: it's completely free!

Magnus' mighty knight

9/2/2014 – Bobby Fischer's favorite piece was the white-squared bishop. However, given the opportunity, he did not mind to win a game or two with the help of his knights. Magnus Carlsen sure likes winning but does not seem to have a favorite piece. He treats all of them and the pawns equally well. But in the following example he made the knight shine.

Good knight, bad bishop

8/26/2014 – Every week ChessBase magazine author and renowned endgame expert Karsten Müller presents a remarkable or particularly instructive endgame in his blog. This week he chose the game Halkias-Tate. A click on the diagram opens a larger board. Test your endgame skills, improve and have fun!

The Trojan Horse

8/19/2014 – Everybody has an idea what a "Trojan Horse" is but the Wikipedia has the following to say: "Metaphorically a 'Trojan Horse' has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to allow a foe into a securely protected bastion or space." Karsten Müller shows why you should check whether a knight is not a Trojan horse, revealing hidden forces.

Winning against Magnus

8/12/2014 – Beating Magnus Carlsen is difficult. Especially in the endgame. However, Arkadij Naiditsch managed to do just that, even if he needed a bit of luck to reach a good endgame against the World Champion. But could Carlsen have saved himself at the very end? Or was he lost anyway? Karsten Müller took a closer look and discovered hidden possibilities.

Karsten Mueller: Chess Endgames 14

8/6/2014 – "There is both good and bad news about GM Karsten Mueller's Fritztrainer series "Chess Endgames". The good news is that a new volume has just been released but the bad news is that it will be the final volume." It is subtitled The Golden Guidelines of Endgame Play and rounds off the whole series with general advice, backed up by well-chosen illustrative examples. Review by Sean Marsh

The ladies invite to a little dance

7/29/2014 – The rule that pawns that reach the first or the eighth rank can be promoted into a queen is simply wonderful. It adds spice to lots of positions and never fails to fascinate beginners. But before promoting a pawn it sometimes pays to check whether having two queens in the same castle is really such a good thing. Karsten Müller has a striking example.

The best friend of the king

7/22/2014 – When fighting against a rook in the endgame, knights are often surprisingly clumsy. Thus, one would think a single knight stands no chance at all against the queen, even if a couple of pawns offer help. But, as Karsten Müller shows, a lot depends on the position of the king. If king and knight are true friends, surprising things can happen.

The Golden Guidelines of Endgame Play

7/17/2014 – Maybe Magnus Carlsen plays the endgame so well because he studied the books of Karsten Müller? At any rate, if you plan to become World Champion or not, listening to the German GM explaining the endgame is entertaining and instructive. Chris Wainscott took a look at Müller's new DVD "Golden Guidelines of Endgame Play" and was impressed.

The breakthrough

7/15/2014 – Often a sacrifice, often surprising, quite often beautiful and very often deadly effective - that's the breakthrough. In his weekly endgame blog endgame expert and ChessBase author Karsten Müller presents remarkable and instructive endgames - today he shows a fine breakthrough that took a grandmaster by surprise. Find the right move and enjoy!

The Golden Guidelines of Endgame Play

6/18/2014 – Karsten Mueller's Chess Endgames series on DVD changed endgame study for many, by making a subject often considered dull into something dynamic and pleasant to learn. However, every good thing has an end, and volume 14 represents the last in the series. Don't despair, since the good doctor has left the best for last with these golden guidelines spread out over 65 bite-sized videos.

Karsten Müller: Endgames from Norway Chess

6/15/2014 – Finished enjoying the Norway Chess 2014 tournament? Now's the time to learn from the games. You can improve your endgame skills and your ratings by going through some of the endings with a world-class expert – like our resident GM Karsten Müller. Today he takes a look at three key games of Karjakin, Carlsen, Aronian and Agdestein. Learn and enjoy.

Müller: Endgames from ChessBase Magazine

4/17/2014 – The best way to improve your endgame skills and improving your ratings is by going through practical endings from top level games – and by in addition having a world-class expert like our resident GM Karsten Müller to explain it all. This time he shows us three games from the World Teams Championship. These instructions are provided for you free of charge.

Müller: Endgames from ChessBase Magazine

4/5/2014 – Ready for your weekend homework? As so often you can improve your endgame skills by going through practical examples from recent games, explained by our resident expert GM Karsten Müller. This time he start with a spectacular between Hikaru Nakamura and Vladimir Kramnik. Study the four endgames selected by Dr Müller and watch your ratings soar. Best of all: it's free of charge.

Pal Benko on Richard Réti’s endgames (1)

3/26/2014 – At the turn of the last century an Austro-Hungarian mathematician shook up the chess world with revolutionary new ideas ("hypermodernism"), and with some of the most original endgame studies ever devised. To celebrate his upcoming 125th birthday another great chessplayer and endgame specialist, GM Pal Benko, has sent us some examples of Reti's works.
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