A missed chance

by Karsten Müller
6/14/2022 – Mate ends the game and mating attacks also occur in the endgame. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. What should he do?
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 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 b4 9.Nd1 Qb6 10.Qd2 a5 11.Ne3 Nbd7 12.g4 h6 13.h4 c5 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Nd7 17.f4 Nf6 18.g5 Nxe4 19.Qg2 Bf5 20.Ne2 a4 21.Bd3 a3 22.b3 Nc3 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Nxc3 bxc3 25.0-0-0 c4 26.Qf3 cxb3 27.Qxc3 bxc2 28.Rde1 Qb2+ 29.Qxb2 axb2+ 30.Kxb2 Kd7 31.Rh3 Ra7 32.Rhe3 Rb8+ 33.Rb3 Rba8 34.a3 hxg5 35.hxg5 Rc7 36.Rc1 Rac8 37.a4 Rc5 38.Rb7+ Kd8 39.Kb3 Rc3+ 40.Kb2 R3c5 41.Kb3 Ke8 A missed chance Mate ends the game and mating attacks also occur in the endgame. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. What should he do?
White to move and draw
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Horvath,D2483Van Wely,L26120–12022B07German Bundesliga 2021-223.4

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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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