Karsten Müller

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Dr. Karsten Müller was born November 23, 1970 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a German chess Grandmaster. He earned the Grandmaster title in 1998 and a PhD in mathematics in 2002 at the University of Hamburg. He placed third in the 1996 German championship and second in the 1997 German championship.

He is an authority on endgames. He is the author of Fundamental Chess Endings (Gambit Publications, 2001) and Secrets of Pawn Endings (Everyman Chess, 2000), both with Frank Lamprecht. He also wrote How to Play Chess Endgames, with Wolfgang Pajeken (Gambit, 2008) and "Magic of Chess Tactics" (Russell Enterprises 2003) with FIDE Master Claus Dieter Meyer. His column "Endgame Corner" has appeared at ChessCafe.com since January 2001 and he has been a regular contributor to ChessBase Magazine since 1997.

[edit] Books

• Müller, Karsten & Lamprecht, Frank (2000), Secrets of Pawn Endings, Everyman Chess, ISBN 978-1-85744-255-7  Corrected edition by Gambit in 2007, ISBN 978-1-904600-88-6.
• Müller, Karsten & Lamprecht, Frank (2001), Fundamental Chess Endings, Gambit Publications, ISBN 1-901983-53-6 
• Müller, Karsten & Pajeken, Wolfgang (2008), How to Play Chess Endings, Gambit Publications, ISBN 978-1-904600-86-2 

[edit] External links

• Karsten Müller at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Karsten Müller
• Review of How to Play Chess Endings