Mueller Karsten (23.11.1970)

German Grandmaster (1998). Ph.D. in mathematics in 2002 at the University of Hamburg. Vice champion of Germany in 1997.

Peak rating: 2558 in 1999.

The author of Fundamental Chess Endings (with Frank Lamprecht, 2001) and Secrets of Pawn Endings (with Frank Lamprecht, 2000), How to Play Chess Endgames (with Wolfgang Pajeken, 2008), Magic of Chess Tactics (with FIDE Master Claus Dieter Meyer, 2003) , Bobby Fischer (The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion) 2009, and Gelfand-Anand 2012: Match for the World Chess Championship (2013).

Columnist at ChessCafe.com since January 2001.