Enjoy how Bobby Fischer plays the “Fischer Endgames”: let Karsten Müller show you how the 11. World Champion made Petrosian and Taimanov despair in endgames with rook and bishop against rook and knight! The endgame skills of the 12. World Champion Anatoly Karpov are also legendary. To generate a decisive advantage from seemingly harmless positions – Karpov was a master of this art as is Magnus Carlsen today! Or let Garry Kasparov’s or Vishy Anand’s dynamic style and their striving for initiative inspire you. And watch how Vladimir Kramnik exasperated Kasparov with the “Berlin Wall” endgame. Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Enjoy highlights of chess history, e.g. the Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik 1972 when games were still adjourned and chess fans all over the world enthusiastically joined the endgame analyses.

• Video running time: 9 h (English)
• With interactive training incuding video feedback

• Including CB Reader

Sample video

1. 01: Introduction [03:19]
2. Bobby Fischer
3. Chapter 1: Theoretical endgames
4. 01: Centurini's Rule - 01.01 Taimanov,M - Fischer,R [08:09]
5. 02: Rauser's Drawing Zone - 01.02 Walther,E - Fischer,R [05:13]
6. 03: To exchange rooks or not to exchange rooks that is the question - 01.03 Reshevsky,S - Fischer,R [08:22]
7. 04: The duel active king against outside passed pawn - 01.04 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [09:30]
8. 05: A bolt from the clear blue sky - 01.05 Bisguier,A - Fischer,R [03:16]
9. Chapter 2: Rook endings
10. 01: The short side - 02.01 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [04:42]
11. 02: The cut off - 02.02 Fischer,R - Sherwin,J [05:20]
12. 03: The missed zwischenschach - 02.03 Gligoric,S - Fischer,R [03:44]
13. 04: The race - 02.04 Fischer,R - Benko,P [07:03]
14. 05: The power of the passed pawn - 02.05 Fischer,R - Portisch,L [04:08]
15. 06: Duel of the passed pawns - 02.06 Geller,E - Fischer,R [02:23]
16. 07: Activity is the order of the day - 02.07 Fischer,R - Bisguier,A [07:06]
17. 08: Geller's brilliant idea saves Botvinnik - 02.08 Botvinnik,M - Fischer,R [06:24]
18. 09: The old riddle of Petrosian vs Fischer - 02.09A Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer; 02.09B Tigran V Petrosian - Bobby Fischer [05:35]
19. Chapter 3: The Fischer endgame
20. 01: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 1 - 03.01 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M; 03.01A Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01B Analysis of Fischer,B - Taimanov,M; 03.01C Analysis of Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [09:58]
21. 02: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 2 - 03.02 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [05:53]
22. 03: Taimanov's Knightmare Part 3 - 03.03 Fischer,R - Taimanov,M [04:22]
23. 04: Even Fischer's bad bishop wins - 03.04 Petrosian,T - Fischer,B [07:40]
24. 05: One of Fischer's most amazing moves - 03.05 Fischer,B - Petrosian,T [04:47]
25. 06: Magic against the Magician - 03.06 Fischer,R - Tal,M [05:30]
26. Chapter 4: Famous games, riddles and mysteries
27. 01: The famous riddle of 29...Bxh2? - 04.01 Spassky,B - Fischer,B [05:35]
28. 02: The amazing 13th match game from Reykjavik - 04.02 Spassky,B - Fischer,R [04:07]
29. 03: The first win against a Soviet grandmaster - 04.03 Fischer,R - Keres,P [04:16]
30. 04: Benko's brilliant idea - 04.04 Fischer,R - Euwe,M [03:33]
31. 05: A mistake Fischer never made - 04.05 Saidy,A - Fischer,R [02:55]
32. Anatoly Karpov
33. 01: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 1 - Bouaziz,S - Karpov,A [05:27]
34. 02: Karpov's cavalry attacks - part 2 - Spassky,B - Karpov,A [06:34]
35. 03: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 1 - Karpov,A - Kasparov,G [09:18]
36. 04: The legendary - knight versus bishop classic" against Kasparov - part 2 - Analysis of Karpov - Kasparov,G [04:26]
37. 05: A lasso for the steed - the Karpov distance - Karpov,A - Ftacnik,L [05:06]
38. 06: Even pure opposite coloured bishop endings are not always drawn - Ljubojevic,L - Karpov,A [02:58]
39. 07: Bishops of opposite colours favour the attacking side in the middlegame - Braga,F - Karpov,A [02:59]
40. 08: The classic against Kavalek in the Karpov ending - Karpov,A - Kavalek,L [07:23]
41. 09: Restriction and domination strategy - part 1 - Karpov,A - Uhlmann,W [06:03]
42. 10: Restriction and domination strategy - part 2 - Karpov,A - Ljubojevic,L [07:06]
43. 11: Kortschnoj's counter - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [04:45]
44. 12: Safety in Rauser's drawing zone - Kortschnoj,V - Karpov,A [05:21]
45. Interactive tests
46. 01: Accurate rook moves - Karpov,A - Gligoric,S [07:35]
47. 02: The congenial rook and knight duo - Karpov,A - Jussupow,A [09:25]
48. Garry Kasparov
49. 01: The basics of endgame theory - Alburt,L - Kasparov,G [07:38]
50. 02: Triangulation - Seirawan,Y - Kasparov,G [02:52]
51. 03: A long ending against Short - Short,N - Kasparov,G [02:51]
52. 04: The greatest enemy of the knight - Kasparov,G - Adams,M [04:37]
53. 05: The dire straits of the king in the corner - Polgar,J - Kasparov,G [04:18]
54. 06: The gem - Anand,V - Kasparov,G [01:34]
55. 07: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 1 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [04:12]
56. 08: Two rook endings against Kortschnoj, Part 2 - Kortschnoj,V - Kasparov,G [06:41]
57. 09: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 1 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [05:53]
58. 10: Two rooks against Topalov, Part 2 - Topalov,V - Kasparov,G [07:31]
59. 11: A rook dominates two minor pieces - Van Wely,L - Kasparov,G [06:46]
60. 12: The King's Indian classic - Danailov,S - Kasparov,G [07:54]
61. Interactive Test
62. 01: Kamsky's king in the crossfire - Kamsky,G - Kasparov,G [06:09]
63. Vladimir Kramnik
64. Chapter 1: Kramnik's technique
65. 01: An open file is like an open wound - Kramnik,V - Vocaturo,D [09:42]
66. 02: Kramnik's central majority - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [04:52]
67. Chapter 2: Endgame - Rook and Knight vs Rook and Bishop
68. 03: Mating attack out of clear blue sky - Kramnik,V - Leko,P [03:55]
69. 04: Powerplay on the light squares - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [04:29]
70. Chapter 3: Strategical initiative
71. 05: The power of the bishop pair - Kamsky,G - Kramnik,V [04:06]
72. 06: Small army strong attack - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [02:35]
73. 07: The power of the passed d-pawn - Kramnik,V - Howell,D [02:55]
74. 08: Kramnik's king - Kramnik,V - Ponomariov,R [04:15]
75. 09: All rook endings are drawn - Kramnik,V - Topalov,V [04:37]
76. 10: Kramnik's battering ram - Ivanchuk,V - Kramnik,V [02:33]
77. 11: The fine art of transformation - Kramnik,V - Gelfand,B [06:35]
78. Chapter 4: Kramnik vs Kasparov
79. 12: Opposite coloured bishops favor the attacker - Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [04:40]
80. 13: Kramnik's match strategy- Kramnik,V - Kasparov,G [10:37]
81. Interactive Tests
82. 01: Kramnik's knight defense - Nakamura,H - Kramnik,V [06:07]
83. 02: The bishop wants dynamics the knight static - Kramnik,V - Khalifman,A [05:50]
84. Viswanathan Anand
85. 01: White knight's knightmare - Gustafsson,J - Anand,V [05:56]
86. 02: The power of the bishops - Anand,V - Lautier,J [02:43]
87. 03: The green bishop - Anand,V - Aronian,L [07:35]
88. 04: A light initiative weighs heavily - Anand,V - Kasimdzhanov,R [05:29]
89. 05: Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker - Anand,V - Karjakin,S [11:53]
90. 06: The Queen wants dynamics the rooks static - Shirov,A - Anand,V [04:22]
91. 07: The Berlin wall falls - Anand,V - Ponomariov,R [07:50]
92. 08: Anand's counterattack - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [06:48]
93. 09: The Berlin wall holds - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [13:56]
94. Interactive test
95. 01: Double rook ending technique - Anand,V - Gelfand,B [08:48]
96. Magnus Carlsen
97. 01: The Carlsen endgame - Carlsen,M - Caruana,F [14:26]
98. 02: In Capablanca's footsteps - Radjabov,T - Carlsen,M [06:52]
99. 03: Do not rush - Carlsen,M - Kramnik,V [07:05]
100. 04: Carlsen endgame with knights - Palo,D - Carlsen,M [07:41]
101. 05: h- and f-pawn can win in the Carlsen case - Leko,P - Carlsen,M [06:21]
102. 06: From the opening into the endgame - Carlsen,M - Anand,V [08:56]
103. 07: Rook endings are not always drawn - Anand,V - Carlsen,M [02:48]
104. 08: Knight on the rim is dim - Carlsen,M - Naiditsch,A [05:25]
105. 09: Attack with opposite coloured bishops - Carlsen,M - Karjakin,S [05:39]
106. 10: Magnus mighty knight - Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [08:42]
107. Interactive test
108. 01: Small army, great attack - Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [07:38]
109. 02: The eternal pin - Carlsen,M - Onischuk,A [04:15]