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The 4 Player Types standard model by Luis Engel / Karsten Müller

The 4 Player Types standard model by Luis Engel / Karsten Müller

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The 4 Player Types standard model - Find your strengths and weaknesses and those of your opponent by Dr. Karsten Müller, Luis Engel
Playing styles in chess are an important and thus often discussed topic. GM Dr. Karsten Müller and GM Luis Engel take up a model by GM Lars Bo Hansen based on 4 player types – namely ‘activists’, ‘pragmatics’, ‘theoreticians’ and so-called ‘reflectors’. Their respective strengths and weaknesses are explained with the help of many examples, enabling the reader to try and assign himself or herself to one or the other player type.

“In the context of preparing for my next opponent ... certain character traits always play a role, which I try to assign to this player. ... Here it can be helpful and time-saving, for example, to draw conclusions about the type of player and thus also about strengths and weaknesses by (checking) played openings - or to get hints about the probability of (him or her choosing) certain opening variations by means of known player characteristics. These and numerous other considerations are bundled and systematically presented in this work. The division into four prototypical player natures is extremely helpful in answering questions that not only concern game preparation but also, for example, the determination of one’s own characteristics as a chess player. In addition, the work provides amateurs and chess enthusiasts with a helpful guide to form their own picture of this or that player.” (Excerpts from the foreword by GM Vincent Keymer)

• Video running time: 6 hours 50 min. (English)

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Luis Engel, born in 2002, became a Grandmaster at the age of 17 and was German Champion in 2020 and won the German masters in 2021. He plays in the 1st Bundesliga for the Hamburger SK and is studying law.

Karsten Müller born 1970, has a world-wide reputation as one of the greatest endgame experts. He has, together with Frank Lamprecht, written a book on the subject: “Fundamental Chess Endings” in addition to other contributions such as his column on the ChessCafe and ChessBase websites and in ChessBase

Magazine. Müller’s ChessBase-DVDs about endgames in Fritztrainer- Format are bestsellers. In the chessbase video portal he regularly welcomes top Grandmasters for his endgame show. The PhD in mathematics lives in Hamburg, where he has also played for the HSK in the Bundesliga for more than 25 years.

  1. Introduction
  2. Activists - Strengths
  3. Characteristics of activists
  4. Hyperactivists
  5. Strengths of activists - Sacrifices for a direct king attack
  6. The pearl of Wijk aan Zee
  7. Sacrifices for initiative
  8. Deep Junior as activist
  9. Judit Polgar's exchange sacrifice
  10. Judit Polgar's pawn sacrifices
  11. Initiative for static weaknesses
  12. Anand's activity
  13. Activists advance opening theory
  14. Anand's immortal game
  15. Kasparov's hammer blow
  16. Activists - Endgame
  17. Strengths - Defence of rook endgames
  18. Activity counts
  19. The defender exchanges pawns
  20. Dynamic trumphs are important - Strong passed pawns
  21. The swarm of midges
  22. Endgame types, where dynamic trumphs are important
  23. A light intiative weighs heavily
  24. Fire on board
  25. Anand's counterattack
  26. Weaknesses of activists in the endgame
  27. Do not rush
  28. Pseudo-active defence
  29. Activists - Weaknesses
  30. Weaknesses of activists in the endgame - Non-active defence
  31. Kramnik beats Kasparov
  32. Pseudo-active pawn moves
  33. Fatal opening of the kingside
  34. The defender must be careful when moving pawns
  35. Too risky attack
  36. Model games against activists
  37. Judit Polgar demonstrates reflector qualities
  38. Tiviakov's theories
  39. Theorists
  40. Characteristics of theorists
  41. The positional school
  42. Dorfman's method
  43. The flying rook
  44. Theorists play logically
  45. Botvinnik's iron logic
  46. The style of Ulf Andersson
  47. A light initiative weighs heavily
  48. The Andersson endgame
  49. Strategical endgames
  50. Ponomariov's technique
  51. Kramnik's power play
  52. One special theory
  53. The Steinitzian method of restriction
  54. Reflectors
  55. Characteristics of reflectors
  56. Good feeling for harmony and coordination
  57. Karpov's coordination
  58. Active prophylaxis
  59. Petrosian's prophylaxis
  60. Petrosian's king
  61. Dominance and restriction methods
  62. Karpov's space advantage
  63. Computer technique
  64. Strategic initiative and power play
  65. Attack with opposite-coloured bishops
  66. Petrosian's bishops
  67. Petrosian's pawn wave
  68. Strategic endgames
  69. Karpov's knight magic
  70. The Carlsen endgame
  71. Pragmatics
  72. Characteristics of pragmatics
  73. Concrete approach
  74. Fischer's knight sacrifice
  75. Fischer's attack on the wings
  76. Advantages and disadvantages of concrete play
  77. MVL's missed win against Carlsen
  78. Fischer's initiative
  79. Fischer's pseudo activity
  80. The calculation of variations
  81. Caruana's calculation power
  82. Good practical decisions
  83. Counterplay counts
  84. Making the game more difficult and complex 1
  85. Making the game more difficult and complex 2
  86. Pragmatics like to grab material

System requirements:Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7, DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM,Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 / 8 or 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet connection for program activation.

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