Magical Chess Endgames, Karsten Müller (English, German)


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MTMCEEDIG

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The third and final DVD of the two authors is all about Karsten Müller’s special field: the endgame. Claus-Dieter Meyer has put under the microscope many fascinating examples, making some most surprising discoveries. This rich treasure trove forms the basis of Karsten Müller’s video presentation on the DVD: in over 4 hours in front of the camera, the Hamburg grandmaster 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. More

VIDEO PREVIEW

CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Mate
  • Description
  • Magic
  • Magical Mate
  • The queen mates
  • Small Army large attack
  • White king in a stalemate net
  • Black king in a mating net
  • White's king's wanderlust
  • Knight tricks
  • Stamma's mate
  • The losing zone behind the Troitzky line
  • Stalemate
  • Description
  • The desperado rook
  • The desperado rook 1
  • The desperado rook 2
  • Giant slalom
  • Fortress and stalemate
  • Fortress or stalemate?
  • Neither fortress nor stalemate
  • Less is more
  • Typical stalemate defences
  • The stalemate trick
  • Building a stalemate cage
  • The stalemate escape
  • Zugzwang
  • Description
  • Zugzwang to convert an extra piece
  • Extra bishop
  • Extra knight
  • Zugzwang as weapon against a knight
  • Botvinnik's Law
  • The sharpest endgame weapon
  • Zugzwang as weapon against a bishop
  • Color blindness
  • The pair of bishops
  • Anands active king
  • Rook vs bishop
  • The right exchange
  • Description
  • Exchange into a pawn endgame
  • The sharpest endgame weapon
  • The right transformation
  • Exchanging for an advantage
  • Opening an abyss
  • The side fighting against a rook wants to avoid exchanges
  • Opposite coloured bishops
  • Description
  • Pure endgames have a large drawish tendency
  • Lasker's brillant idea
  • The bishop closes the door
  • King invasion
  • With rooks they favor the attacker
  • Carlsen's king
  • Burn's king
  • Svidler's sword
  • Pawn storm blows Black's burg away
  • The rook invades sooner or later
  • Fire on Board
  • Rook endgames
  • Description
  • Theoretical rook endings
  • Dangerous doubled pawns
  • Eternal cut off
  • Umbrella
  • Botvinnik's breakthrough
  • Lesson from Büsum
  • Checking distance
  • Zwischenschach
  • Deep points
  • Gashimov's gravestone
  • Bodycheck
  • Avoiding a bodycheck
  • Vancura defense
  • The fortress draw
  • Giri's stroke of genius
  • A new method of defense
  • Interactive videos
  • Description
  • Test section
  • Knight fight
  • There is no safe corner
  • The stalemate net
  • The endgame of the year 2015
  • Meyer's masterpiece

PROPERTIES

Language:

English, German

Level:

advanced, tournament player, professional

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

Computer: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 and higher
Graphics Card: 256 MB RAM
Other: Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation

MacOSX: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10

Recommended:

Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 10 and higher, DirectX 11
Graphics Card: 512 MB RAM and more
Other: DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet access for program activation

ChessBase Account:

Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari.

Parameters
Language English, German
Level Advanced, Tournament player, Professional
Year 2020
Streaming No
Author Meyer, Claus Dieter, Müller, Karsten

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