Endgame Magic News Today

In the Endgame Magic Show #255 Karsten Müller and endgame aficionado Ted Jewell continue to analyse endgame highlights, this time they look at endgame gems from the Qatar Open. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

In the Endgame Magic Show #253 Karsten Müller and endgame aficionado Ted Jewell analyse endgame highlights from the first two rounds of the German Bundesliga. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

In the Endgame Magic Show #218 Karsten Müller and Dutch IM and popular author Herman Grooten talk about the endgame in general and Herman's new book "Chess Endgames for Club Players" in particular. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

In the Endgame Magic Show #212 Karsten Müller and his guest David Navara look at endgame highlights from the Aimchess Tournament. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

Arne and Karsten look at opposite-coloured bishops endgames, one of the most intriguing setups in the final stage of the game. When more pieces are left over the board, the attacker tends to have an edge. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

The German Grandmasters Karsten Müller and Luis Engel developed a model that allows to classify players according to their playing style: The 4 Player Types model. According to Müller and Engel there are "Activists", "Pragmatists", "Theorists", and "Reflectors". Each group of players has distinctive strengths and weaknesses and knowing which type of player you are - and the opponents you play against - can be extremely helpful. Tanmay Srinath lik...

In the Endgame Magic Show #200 Karsten has a very special guest: Hou Yifan, four-time Women's World Champion and still the number one on the women's ranking list though the 28-year is semi-retired after becoming a professor at Shenzhen University in 2020. In the show Karsten and Hou look at endgames from Hou's illustrious career. This Endgame Magic Show is free for all. | Photo: mp.weixin.qq.com

In the Endgame Magic Show #199 Karsten takes a look at interesting endgames from the Chess Festival in Prague. Pentala Harikrishna won the Masters, Vincent Keymer won the Challengers and both scored crucial points in the endgame. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a <a href="https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_account_premium_year_abo">ChessBase Premium account</a>.

In the Endgame Magic Show #176 Karsten Müller and Arne Kähler take a look at fascinating rook endings. They start with the last game of the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and then focus on the game Spielmann vs Rubinstein, St. Petersburg 1909, in which Rubinstein worked his rook endgame magic. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

Robert Ris is Karsten Müller's guest in the Endgame Magic Show #175. Robert and Karsten will look at games 6-10 of the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which Carlsen won convincingly 7.5-3.5. Karsten and Robert will focus on the endgames that occured in these games, but they will also take a brief look at the openings played in the match. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.