Karsten Müller (born November 23, 1970, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German
chess
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Grandmaster and author. He earned the Grandmaster title in 1998 and a PhD in mathematics in 2002 at the
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public university, public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('':de:Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen, ...
. He had placed third in the 1996 German championship and second in the 1997 German championship.
[''Fundamental Chess Endings'', back cover.]
He has written about
endgames, including in ''Fundamental Chess Endings'' (
Gambit Publications
Gambit Publications is a major publisher of chess books. The company's headquarters is in London. It has published more than 200 chess books.
The company was founded by three chess players. Grandmaster (GM) John Nunn is the chess director, G ...
, 2001) and ''Secrets of Pawn Endings'' (
Everyman Chess
Popular Chess, formerly known as Everyman Chess and Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about chess. "Everyman" is a registered trademark of Random House and the company headquarters is in London. Former world chess champion Ga ...
, 2000), both with
Frank Lamprecht
Frank Lamprecht (born 21 June 1968) is a German chess International Master and chess trainer. He is a co-author of ''Fundamental Chess Endings'' (2001) and ''Secrets of Pawn
Pawn most often refers to:
* Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numero ...
. He also wrote ''How to Play Chess Endgames'', with Wolfgang Pajeken (Gambit, 2008) and ''Magic of Chess Tactics'' (Russell Enterprises 2003) with
FIDE Master
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Claus Dieter Meyer. His column "Endgame Corner" has appeared at
ChessCafe.com since January 2001 and he has been a regular contributor to
ChessBase
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Magazine since 1997. He also contributed material to some of the early issues of the online daily chess newspaper
Chess Today.
The seventh chapter of
Tibor Karolyi's 2009 book ''Genius in the Background'' is devoted to him. His main interest apart from chess are
football
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and
mathematical games
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Books
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ChessBase Products
Karsten has authored a large number of ChessBase products. These can be found onlin
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Notes
Further reading
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External links
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1970 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
German chess players
German chess writers
German male non-fiction writers
University of Hamburg alumni
Chess players from Hamburg
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