A classic: knight vs bishop

by Karsten Müller
10/29/2024 – In the diagram position it is Black to move, and he has to find a way to stop White's h-pawn from queening. In theory, Black's knight is up to this difficult task, in practice he was not and White won the game. Can you do better?
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
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1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ne5 Be6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bg2 Bc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Bxc5 Ne4 15.Be3 f6 16.0-0-0+ Kc7 17.Rd3 Rhd8 18.Rhd1 Rxd3 19.exd3 Nxc3 20.Re1 Nxa2+ 21.Kb2 Nb4 22.Kc3 a5 23.Bc5 e5 24.f4 Rd8 25.Re3 Na6 26.Be7 Rd7 27.Bxf6 exf4 28.Be5+ Kb7 29.Bxf4 c5 30.Re6 Nb4 31.Rd6 Kc8 32.d4 cxd4+ 33.Kxd4 Nc2+ 34.Kc3 Rxd6 35.Bxd6 Ne3 36.Bf4 Ng4 37.h4 Kd7 38.Kd4 Kc6 39.Bg5 a4 40.Kc3 Nf2 41.Kb4 Ne4 42.Bf4 h6 43.Bxh6 Nxg3 44.Kxa4 Kc5 45.Kb3 Nf5 46.Bg5 Nd4+ 47.Kc3 Nf5 48.Kd3 Kb4 49.Bd2+ Kc5 50.Be3+ Kd6 51.Bf2 Kc6 52.Ke4 Nd6+ 53.Kd4 Nf5+ 54.Kd3 Nd6 55.Kd4 Nf5+ 56.Ke4 Nd6+ 57.Ke5 Nxc4+ 58.Kf6 Kd7 59.Kxg6 Ne5+ 60.Kf5 A classic: knight vs bishop In the diagram position it is Black to move, and he has to find a way to stop White's h-pawn from queening. In theory, Black's knight is up to this difficult task, in practice he was not and White won the game. Can you do better?
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Karimov,A2240Siddharth,J25141–02024A4145th FIDE Olympiad 20243.98

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