A magic knight

by Karsten Müller
3/1/2022 – Sometimes it is difficult to convert an extra knight into a full point: Black to move and win.
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.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nbxd2 Ng8 12.0-0-0 Ne7 13.Kb1 Nc6 14.h4 Qb6 15.Qe3 Rc8 16.h5 h6 17.g4 Qb5 18.Rc1 0-0 19.a3 Ne7 20.Nh4 Nb6 21.Ka2 Nc4 22.Qb3 Qa6 23.Nhf3 Rc6 24.Qd3 Qb5 25.Qb3 Qa6 26.Qd3 Rfc8 27.Rc3 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Rxc3 29.bxc3 Qc4+ 30.Kb2 Qb5+ 31.Ka2 Qc4+ 32.Kb2 Rc6 33.Qc2 Rb6+ 34.Kc1 Ra6 35.Kb2 Rb6+ 36.Kc1 Qb3 37.Qxb3 Rxb3 38.Kc2 Rxa3 39.Kb2 Ra4 40.Nd2 Nc6 41.Nb3 b5 42.Rc1 Na5 43.Nd2 b4 44.cxb4 Rxb4+ 45.Kc3 Nc6 46.Kd3 Nxd4 47.Rc8+ Kh7 48.Rc7 a5 49.Rxf7 Nc6 50.f4 a4 51.Rc7 Rb6 52.Rc8 a3 53.Ra8 Nb4+ 54.Kc3 Na6 55.Nb3 a2 56.Na1 Rb1 57.Nc2 a1Q+ 58.Nxa1 Rxa1 59.f5 exf5 60.gxf5 Rc1+ 61.Kd2 Rf1 62.f6 Nc5 63.Ra7 Kg8 64.Rxg7+ Kf8 65.Rc7 Ne6 66.Rb7 Ng5 67.Ke3 Rf5 68.Rb8+ Kf7 69.Rb7+ Kf8 70.Rb8+ Kf7 71.Rb7+ Ke8 72.Re7+ Kf8 73.Kd4 Nf7 74.Kxd5 Rxh5 75.Ke4 Rg5 76.Kf4 A magic knight Sometimes it is difficult to convert an extra knight into a full point: Black to move and win.
Black to move and win
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Dubov,D2720Grandelius,N26720–12022B5084th Tata Steel Masters 202210.7

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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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