Frank Lamprecht (born 21 June 1968) is a German

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International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

and chess trainer. He is a co-author of ''Fundamental Chess

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'' (2001) and ''Secrets of

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Endings'' (2000), both with

Karsten Müller Karsten Müller (born November 23, 1970 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German chess Grandmaster and author. He earned the Grandmaster title in 1998 and a PhD in mathematics in 2002 at the University of Hamburg. He had placed third in the 1996 Ger ...

. He has been a chess trainer since 1983. He gained the title of International Master in 1999. He has played in the Oberliga Nord for the Hamburg club King Knight SC since the 1984-85 season. Lamprecht is known for his books on chess endgames, which he wrote together with Hamburg's Bundesliga player and Grandmaster Karsten Müller. Their book Fundamental Chess Endings won the Book of the Year award of the British Chess Federation.

Work

*Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht: ''Secrets of Pawn Endings''. Everyman Chess, London, 2000, . (Reprinted with corrections: Gambit, London 2008, ) *Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht: ''Fundamental Chess Endings''. Gambit, London 2001, . *Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht: ''Grundlagen der Schachendspiele''. Gambit, London 2003 (German language edition of Fundamental chess endings), .

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More than 200 games played by Lamprecht in 365Chess.com
1968 births Living people German chess players German chess writers Chess International Masters Chess coaches German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-chess-bio-stub