A tricky knight

by Karsten Müller
10/17/2023 – Knights can be powerful and quick, but sometimes they are also surprisingly helpless. Black's knight in the diagram position turned out to be powerful and quite tricky. What did Black do to let the knight shine?
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.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.a4 Nge7 7.d3 Be6 8.a5 Qd7 9.f4 0-0 10.a6 b6 11.Qa4 Rad8 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxd7 Bxd7 14.Nh3 Bc6 15.0-0 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rfe8 17.Ra2 d5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.c4 Nb4 20.Ra4 c5 21.Nf4 Nec6 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Be3 Rxe3 24.Kxe3 g5 25.Nd5 Re8+ 26.Kf2 Rxe2+ 27.Kg1 Nxd3 28.Raa1 g4 29.Nf4 Nxf4 30.Rxf4 f5 31.Rf2 Re4 32.Rb2 Kf7 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.Rd1 Ke6 35.Re2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Nb4 37.Ra1 Ke5 38.Kd2 Kd4 39.Rf1 Kxc4 40.Rxf5 Kb3 41.Rf7 c4 42.Rxa7 c3+ 43.Ke2 Kb2 44.Rc7 Nxa6 45.Rc6 A tricky knight Knights can be powerful and quick, but sometimes they are also surprisingly helpless. Black's knight in the diagram position turned out to be powerful and quite tricky. What did Black do to let the knight shine?
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