A tricky king

by Karsten Müller
5/31/2022 – Pawn endings require precise calculation. In the diagrammed position it is Black to move and win. 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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Ne7 17.0-0 c6 18.Rae1 Bc7 19.Bg4 Nf5 20.Bc1 g6 21.Ba3 Rfe8 22.Qb1 Nd6 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Ne4 26.Bf3 Qf4 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 Ke6 31.c4 b5 32.Ke3 bxc4 33.Kxe4 Ba5 34.f4 Bd2 35.g4 a5 36.f5+ gxf5+ 37.gxf5+ Kf6 38.Bc5 c3 39.Kd3 a4 40.Bb4 Kxf5 41.Bxc3 Bxc3 42.Kxc3 Ke4 43.Kc4 a3 44.Kb4 Kxd4 45.Kxa3 A tricky king Pawn endings require precise calculation. In the diagrammed position it is Black to move and win. But how?
Black to move and win
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Lei,T2535Navara,D27000–12022C54Charity Cup MCCT Prel 20229.2

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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