A surprising mate

by Karsten Müller
9/21/2021 – Even in endgames one should not forget that mate ends the game. In the diagram position it is White to move and win. What did 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.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Ne5 14.Rc1 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qb6 16.0-0 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Bc6 18.b4 0-0 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Rac8 22.h3 a5 23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Qe4 axb4 25.axb4 Rfc8 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.Qd3 b5 28.Qd7 Qxd7 29.Rxd7 Rc4 30.Rxf7 Rxb4 31.Re7 Re4 32.Kf1 Kh7 33.Ke2 Kg6 34.Kd3 Re5 35.e4 Kf6 36.Rc7 b4 37.Rb7 Ra5 38.Rxb4 Ra2 39.Ke3 Ra3+ 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Ra3+ 42.Kg4 Ra2 43.Kg3 g5 44.f3 h5 45.h4 gxh4+ 46.Kh2 Ra5 47.Rb8 Rc5 48.Rf8+ Kg6 49.Kh3 Rc1 50.Kxh4 Rh1+ 51.Kg3 h4+ 52.Kf2 h3 53.gxh3 Rxh3
White to move and win
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Bok,B2624Sevian,S26471–02021E37FIDE World Cup 20212.53

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by internationally renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, tactics, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

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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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