11/5/2009 – The European Team Championship in Novi Sad witnessed an exciting final
round in which the decision as to who would win the gold medal came as the
result of a rook ending. Vugar Gashimov, White, absolutely had to win in order
to secure the title for the Azerbaijani team. Daniel Stellwagen, Black, was fighting
for a draw. In the position shown in our diagram, which move would you have chosen as
Black? Think carefully. GM Karsten Müller has analysed the decisive phase of the endgame
Gashimov-Stellwagen for
ChessBase Magazine Online.
