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Magical Chess Endgames
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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.
| Languages: | English, German |
| System: | Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download) |
| Delivery: | Download, Post |
| Level: | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Sample video
- 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
Windows 7 or higher
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access for program activation.
MacOSX
only available as download! Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10
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
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