Endgames of the World Champions Vol. 2 - from Steinitz to Spassky, Karsten Müller (English)

VIDEO PREVIEW

CONTENTS

• 01: Introduction [05:33]
• To navigate to the chapters, use the menu on the left.
• Steinitz
• 01: The Steinitzian method of restriction - Englisch,B - Steinitz,W [19:37]
• 02: Two bishops vs two knights - Steinitz,W - Chigorin,M [11:54]
• 03: Opposite coloured bishops favour the attacker - Steinitz,W - Sellman,A [03:25]
• 04: Good knight bad bishop - Steinitz,W - Porges,M [08:21]
• 05: Opening attacking inroads - Steinitz,W - Mackenzie,G [05:29]
• 06: The transformation of advantages - Steinitz,W - Zukertort,J [06:55]
• Interactive Video
• 01: A knightmare - Neumann,G - Steinitz,W [06:51]
• Lasker
• Endgames with rook and minor piece or two rooks against rook and minor piece
• 01: Mating attacks out of the blue - Lasker,E - Schiffers,E [05:19]
• 02: Lasker's long-range bishop - Marshall,F - Lasker,E [10:06]
• 03: Lasker's monster rooks - Alekhine,A - Lasker,E [07:03]
• Minor piece endgames
• 01: Lasker's light-footed knight - Lasker,E - Marco,G [06:05]
• 02: Extended knight maneuvers - Tarrasch,S - Lasker,E [05:14]
• Classics
• 01: Lasker's miraculous king - Lasker,E - Tarrasch,S [01:51]
• 02: The gem in the rook ending against Rubinstein - Lasker,E - Rubinstein,A [03:27]
• 03: Activating the rook in the rook ending - Schlechter,C - Lasker,E [03:45]
• 04: The monster knight e6 - Lasker,E - Capablanca,J [06:09]
• 05: The legendary fifth game of the World Championship Match against Carl Schlechter - Schlechter,C - Lasker,E [10:16]
• Interactive Videos: Lasker the defender
• 01: A queen like a hurricane - Marshall,F - Lasker,E [04:17]
• 02: The fortress knight - Lasker,E - Lasker,E [08:18]
• Capablanca
• Minor piece endings
• 01: The hammer blow - Corzo y Prinzipe,J - Capablanca,J [03:41]
• 02: The fortress breaker - Nimzowitsch,A - Capablanca,J [03:25]
• Rook endings
• 01: Capablanca's immortal king march - Capablanca,J - Tartakower,S [10:06]
• 02: The breakthrough in the centre - Capablanca,J - Yates,F [09:15]
• 03: Activity: the be-all and end-all in rook endings - Capablanca,J - Kostic,B [10:53]
• Double rook endings
• 01: The correct exchange - Kan,I - Capablanca,J [09:34]
• 02: Opening up the kingside - Capablanca,J - Janowski,D [08:46]
• Three classics
• 01: Capablanca's control - Capablanca,J - Alekhine,A [04:36]
• 02: Euwe's monster knight - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [05:24]
• 03: Lasker's downfall - Capablanca,J - Lasker,E [03:58]
• Interactive Videos
• 01: A breakthrough - Capablanca - Kalantarov [13:28]
• 02: A brilliant bishop endgame - Capablanca,J - Janowski,D [12:48]
• Alekhine
• The fourth phase of the game
• 01: Flexibility first - John,W - Alekhine,A [06:54]
• 02: Four Queens invite for a dance - Capablanca,J - Alekhine,A [04:00]
• 03: Not all rook endings are drawn - Alekhine,A - Eliskases,E [03:55]
• 04: Not all queen endings are drawn - Alekhine,A - Stoltz,G [10:02]
• Alekhine's attacking king
• 01: Queen and Knight win the fight - Feigins,M - Alekhine,A [03:53]
• 02: Triumph on the dark squares- Alekhine,A - Yates,F [04:36]
• Classical endgames
• 01: The power of the bishops - Alekhine,A - Reti,R [04:06]
• 02: The classcial rook ending against Capablanca - Alekhine,A - Capablanca,J [08:18]
• 03: The classcial rook ending against Bogoljubow - Alekhine,A - Bogoljubow,E [02:51]
• 04: Tricky pawns in the ending - Ilyin Zhenevsky,A - Alekhine,A [03:26]
• Euwe
• 01: The eternal pin - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [06:27]
• 02: The pearl of Zandvoort - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [05:15]
• 03: Knight surprise - Euwe,M - Alekhine,A [05:34]
• 04: Powerplay on the light squares - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [04:25]
• 05: "What a knight!" - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [05:29]
• 06: Missed win against Capablanca - Euwe,M - Capablanca,J [06:21]
• 07: Euwe outfoxes Spielmann - Spielmann,R - Euwe,M [07:20]
• 08: Euwe's active king part 1 - Keres,P - Euwe,M [06:17]
• 09: Euwe's active king part 2 - Euwe,M - Landau,S [05:06]
• 10: Cochrane's defence and Philidor's win- Grob,H - Euwe,M [05:29]
• Interactive Video
• 01: Knight magic - Alekhine,A - Euwe,M [05:05]
• Botvinnik
• 01: Iron logic against magic - Tal,M - Botvinnik,M [09:43]
• 02: Geller's brilliant ressource - Botvinnik,M - Fischer,R [09:39]
• 03: The classical win against Najdorf - Botvinnik,M - Najdorf,M [06:23]
• 04: A light initiative weighs heavily - Botvinnik,M - Alekhine,A [08:38]
• 05: The rolling pawns - Taimanov,M - Botvinnik,M [03:43]
• 06: Bronstein's Knightmare - Bronstein,D - Botvinnik,M [04:03]
• 07: Long horse races - Botvinnik,M - Thomas,G [08:06]
• 08: Botvinnik's Law - Botvinnik,M - Keres,P [07:41]
• 09: Knightfortress - Spasski,B - Botvinnik,M [05:11]
• 10: Knight domination Part 1 - Botvinnik,M - Robatsch,K [02:32]
• 11: Knight domination Part 2 - Botvinnik,M - Kottnauer,C [05:06]
• 12: The power of the bishops- Botvinnik,M - Bronstein,D [07:45]
• Interactive Videos
• 01: Botvinnik's great breakthrough - Kotov,A - Botvinnik,M [05:43]
• 02: Botvinnik the defender - Botvinnik,M - Euwe,M [04:20]
• Smyslov
• Rook endings
• 01: The wall of umbrellas - Lilienthal,A - Smyslov,V [05:03]
• 02: Complete attacking harmony - Smyslov,V - Konstantinopolsky,A [05:22]
• 03: Textbook defence against h- and f-pawn - Gligoric,S - Smyslov,V [08:03]
• Miscellaneous endings
• 01: Miraculous defence in the pawn ending - Aronin,L - Smyslov,V [04:28]
• 02: The clumsy knight - Smejkal,J - Smyslov,V [05:19]
• 03: The mighty knight - Smyslov,V - Derkatsch [04:49]
• 04: The blockading knight - Geller,E - Smyslov,V [03:56]
• 05: An old riddle - Botvinnik,M - Smyslov,V [06:53]
• 06: The classic against Reshevsky - Smyslov,V - Reshevsky,S [06:20]
• 07: A light initiative weighs heavily - Smyslov,V - Benko,P [04:52]
• 08: The attacker does not exchange attacking potential- Smyslov,V - Ernst,T [06:09]
• Interactive Videos
• 01: The mating net - Smyslov,V - Oll,L [03:32]
• 02: Duel of the passed pawns - Lilienthal,A - Smyslov,V [03:55]
• Tal
• Magic Endgames
• 01: A miracoulous escape - Lipnitsky,I - Tal,M [03:46]
• 02: Activity counts - Kasparov,G - Tal,M [05:45]
• 03: Queen and Knight win the fight - Medina Garcia,A - Tal,M [03:32]
• 04: Party with Four Queens - Tal,M - Kasparian,G [04:33]
• 05: Tal's mighty rook part 1 - Tal,M - Cabrilo,G [05:34]
• 06: Tal's mighty rook part 2 - Tal,M - Geller,E [03:13]
• Rook endings
• 01: The power of connected passed pawns - Tal,M - Bisguier,A [04:48]
• 02: The power of a dangerous passed pawn - Velikov,P - Tal,M [03:09]
• 03: The invasion of the king - Birbrager,I - Tal,M [02:24]
• Legendary Endgames
• 01: Botvinnik's escape without coffee - Tal,M - Botvinnik,M [05:17]
• 02: Tal's magic bishops - Botvinnik,M - Tal,M [04:13]
• 03: The bishop opens the gates - Smyslov,V - Tal,M [04:42]
• Petrosian
• Petrosian's trumps
• 01: The exchange sacrifice - Troianescu,O - Petrosian,T [07:15]
• 02: Excellent Technique and the knowledge of theoretical endgames - Petrosian,T - Ivanovic,B [03:31]
• 03: The space advantage - Petrosian,T - Arutiunov,A [06:26]
• The Andersson-Petrosian endgame
• 01: Petrosian's powerplay - Belkadi,R - Petrosian,T [05:25]
• 02: The outpost squares - Petrosian,T - Lokvenc,J [08:49]
• 03: The king to the centre - Petrosian,T - Pavey,M [04:28]
• 04: The pawn levers - Sefc,J - Petrosian,T [09:22]
• 05: Powerplay on the light squares - Petrosian,T - Planinc,A [10:09]
• 06: Petrosian's prophylaxis - Petrosian,T - Ljubojevic,L [05:51]
• 07: The long king march - Petrosian,T - Botvinnik,M [04:14]
• The Art of Defence
• 01: Counterplay counts- Spassky,B - Petrosian,T [09:16]
• Interactive Videos
• 01: Defence against Fischer - Fischer,R - Petrosian,T [04:21]
• 02: Mating attack out of the blue - Petrosian,T - Ivkov,B [02:37]
• Spassky
• 01: Powerless queen - Kortschnoj,V - Spassky,B [05:09]
• 02: The queen's revenge - Portisch,L - Spassky,B [10:19]
• 03: Miracle escape - Ribli,Z - Spassky,B [04:56]
• 04: Beating Karpov with Q+N vs Q - Spassky,B - Karpov,A [02:23]
• 05: Rook endgame technique part 1 - Polgar,J - Spassky,B [04:33]
• 06: Rook endgame technique part 2 - Spassky,B - Torre,E [04:42]
• 07: Rook endgame technique part 3 - Spassky,B - Ivanovic,B [03:27]
• 08: Double rook endgame technique - Honfi,K - Spassky,B [05:53]
• 09: The famous mystery of the poisoned pawn h2 - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [07:03]
• 10: The bishops are hard to beat - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [06:28]
• 11: Spassky's strong bishops - Spassky,B - Fischer,R [06:07]
• 12: Do Knights really like all closed positions ? - Spassky,B - Cramling,P [08:40]
• Interactive Videos
• 01: Breaking the wall - Spassky,B - Byrne,R [04:10]
• 02: Beating Garry Kasparov - Kasparov,G - Spassky,B [04:14]
• Bonus: Morphy
• 01: Morphy's Fortress - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [04:26]
• 02: Morphy's escape - Morphy,P - Thomas,W [01:59]
• 03: Morphy's mating attack - Morphy,P - Thompson,J [02:47]
• 04: Heavy pieces attack - Owen,J - Morphy,P [10:42]
• 05: Did Morphy miss the win ? - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [05:46]
• 06: Morphy overpresses - Morphy,P - Loewenthal,J [04:55]
• 07: Opening a second front - Harrwitz,D - Morphy,P [07:56]
• 08: Morphy's mighty pawns - Anderssen,A - Morphy,P [06:59]
• 09: The old riddle Bird - Morphy - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:20]
• 10: The refutation of my "winning proof" - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:16]
• 11: The critical 22.Kb1! Bf5!? - Bird,H - Morphy,P [05:38]
• Interactive Video
• 01: Morphy's mighty passed pawns - Morphy,P - Paulsen,L 1-0 [02:49]

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