Endgame Magic #263 - Endgame highlights from the Candidates Tournament

by Karsten Müller
4/15/2024 – In his Endgame Magic Show #263, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. There were quite a few, and quite a few, in which opposite-coloured bishops played an important role. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.

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Endgame Magic #263

From the position below Ian Nepomniachtchi scored an important win against Vidit Gujrathi. What should White do?

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Najdorf: A dynamic grandmaster repertoire against 1.e4 Vol.1 to 3

In the first part of the video series, we will look at White’s four main moves: 6. Bg5, 6. Be3, 6. Be2 and 6. Bc4.

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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.
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Endgame Magic #262 - Endgame highlights from the Bundesliga

4/12/2024 – In Endgame Magic Show #262, Karsten Müller analyses games from the Bundesliga, the German team championship, a huge round-robin event with 16 teams of eight players each. Many of the teams are backed by sponsors, and thanks to good fees and the fact that there's no limit to the number of non-German players in each team, some of the world's best players regularly represent German teams in the 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>.
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Endgame Magic #261 - Endgame pearls from Wijk (Part 2)

2/12/2024 – In the Endgame Magic Show #261 Karsten Müller continues to take a look at endgame highlights from the tournament in Wijk aan Zee. | 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>.
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60m van Wely SicilianNajdorf

In 60 minutes you will get a crash course how to play such a complicated opening like the Sicilian Najdorf by the hands of GM van Wely who knows by experience how the dangers look like!The contents:Video 1, 2, 3: how to survive versus whites most aggressive approach: 6. Bc4, 6. Be3 and 6 Bg5. Video 4: how to deal with the latest fashion in the Najdorf 6. h3 and last but not leastVideo 5: how to play vs the more classical set ups 6. Be2 and 6. g3

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