A good guideline

by Karsten Müller
2/22/2022 – In rook endings, rooks usually belong behind passed pawns. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule but it is still a good guideline to find good moves in rook endings. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. How can she get her rook behind a passed pawn and win the endgame?
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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 h5 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.a4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.f4 Nc6 13.h3 0-0 14.0-0 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc6 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.f5 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Kh7 19.fxg6+ fxg6 20.Rxf8 Qxf8 21.Rf1 Nf6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Qxe5 Rd8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Rd7 26.Be4 Qg7 27.Bd3 Rd5 28.Qb8 Rd7 29.Rf3 h4 30.Rf4 Qh6 31.Qe5 a5 32.b3 b6 33.Kh2 Ra7 34.Qd4 Rd7 35.Qf2 Qg5 36.Rxh4+ Kg7 37.Rf4 e5 38.Rc4 e4 39.Bxe4 Rd2 40.Qe1 Qe5+ 41.Qg3 Qxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Nxe4+ 43.Rxe4 Rxc2 44.Kf3 Rd2 45.g3 Kf6 46.Kg4 b5 47.Rf4+ Kg7
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Karsten Müller is considered to be one of the greatest endgame experts in the world. His books on the endgame - among them "Fundamentals of Chess Endings", co-authored with Frank Lamprecht, that helped to improve Magnus Carlsen's endgame knowledge - and his endgame columns for the ChessCafe website and the ChessBase Magazine helped to establish and to confirm this reputation. Karsten's Fritztrainer DVDs on the endgame are bestsellers. The mathematician with a PhD lives in Hamburg, and for more than 25 years he has been scoring points for the Hamburger Schachklub (HSK) in the Bundesliga.

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