A light initiative weighs heavily

by Karsten Müller
5/9/2023 – This is the main guideline in endgames with rook and knight against rook and knight. In the diagram position Black wins thanks to the strong passed e-pawn. But how?
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 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Qd2 0-0 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.h4 b5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Ne2 a5 15.Nd4 Qb6 16.Rh3 b4 17.a4 Ba6 18.Kb1 Rac8 19.g4 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 f6 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Rg1 Ne4 23.Qd3 Rxf4 24.Nb3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Qc7 26.Rh2 Rxg4 27.Rxg4 Qxh2 28.Nd4 Kh8 29.Ka1 Qd6 30.Rg2 Qd7 31.Kb1 e5 32.Nb3 Qf5 33.Ka2 Qf1 34.Rg1 Qf2 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Rg2 Nh3 37.Nxa5 e4 38.Nb3 Nf4 39.Rg4 e3 40.Nd4 e2 41.Nf3 Rf8 42.Ne1 h6 43.Kb1 g5 44.Kc1 Kg7 45.hxg5 h5 46.Rh4 Kg6 47.Kd2 Kxg5 48.Nf3+ Kh6 49.Rh1 Rc8 50.a5 Ne6 51.Ra1 Rc7 52.Ra4 b3 53.cxb3 Re7 54.Ke1 Nc5 55.Rd4 Re3 56.b4 A light initiative weighs heavily This is the main guideline in the endgame with rook and knight against rook and knight. Here Black wins thanks to the strong passed e-pawn:
Black to move and win
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Donchenko,A2653Fataliyeva,U2427½–½2023C11EICC 20236.55

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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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