Magical Chess Endgames :Claus-Dieter Meyer / Karsten Müller

Magical Chess Endgames :Claus-Dieter Meyer / Karsten Müller

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.

Language: English
System: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
Delivery: Download
Level: Advanced, Tournament player, Professional

The following themes are featured: mate, stalemate, the sharpest endgame weapon zugzwang, the correct exchange to make and different coloured bishops, as well as rook endgames with sections on umbrella, checking distance and Vancura’s draw (pure form and more complex cases). This is training at its best: you can first study endgame technique on video and afterwards deepen your knowledge by solving concrete interactive exercises! Let the magic work on you!

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. Mate
3. Description
4. Magic
5. Magical Mate
6. The queen mates
7. Small Army large attack
8. White king in a stalemate net
9. Black king in a mating net
10. White's king's wanderlust
11. Knight tricks
12. Stamma's mate
13. The losing zone behind the Troitzky line
14. Stalemate
15. Description
16. The desperado rook
17. The desperado rook 1
18. The desperado rook 2
19. Giant slalom
20. Fortress and stalemate
21. Fortress or stalemate?
22. Neither fortress nor stalemate
23. Less is more
24. Typical stalemate defences
25. The stalemate trick
26. Building a stalemate cage
27. The stalemate escape
28. Zugzwang
29. Description
30. Zugzwang to convert an extra piece
31. Extra bishop
32. Extra knight
33. Zugzwang as weapon against a knight
34. Botvinnik's Law
35. The sharpest endgame weapon
36. Zugzwang as weapon against a bishop
37. Color blindness
38. The pair of bishops
39. Anands active king
40. Rook vs bishop
41. The right exchange
42. Description
43. Exchange into a pawn endgame
44. The sharpest endgame weapon
45. The right transformation
46. Exchanging for an advantage
47. Opening an abyss
48. The side fighting against a rook wants to avoid exchanges
49. Opposite coloured bishops
50. Description
51. Pure endgames have a large drawish tendency
52. Lasker's brillant idea
53. The bishop closes the door
54. King invasion
55. With rooks they favor the attacker
56. Carlsen's king
57. Burn's king
58. Svidler's sword
59. Pawn storm blows Black's burg away
60. The rook invades sooner or later
61. Fire on Board
62. Rook endgames
63. Description
64. Theoretical rook endings
65. Dangerous doubled pawns
66. Eternal cut off
67. Umbrella
68. Botvinnik's breakthrough
69. Lesson from Büsum
70. Checking distance
71. Zwischenschach
72. Deep points
73. Gashimov's gravestone
74. Bodycheck
75. Avoiding a bodycheck
76. Vancura defense
77. The fortress draw
78. Giri's stroke of genius
79. A new method of defense
80. Interactive videos
81. Description
82. Test section
83. Knight fight
84. There is no safe corner
85. The stalemate net
86. The endgame of the year 2015
87. Meyer's masterpiece