A versatile knight

by Karsten Müller
6/22/2021 – Knights that fight against pawns in the endgame can be versatile or very clumsy. In the diagram position the black knight turned out to be very versatile. How did it help Black to win the game?
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 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.e3 Nf6 6.0-0 d5 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Qe2 b4 11.Rfc1 a5 12.c4 bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ba6 14.Qe1 Qb6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bb7 18.Qe3 Rac8 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Ne5 24.Ne2 Ra8 25.Nf4 Rfb8 26.Rc7 g6 27.h3 a4 28.Rac1 axb3 29.axb3 Rxb3 30.Re7 Kf8 31.Rcc7 Ra6 32.h4 Rd6 33.Nh3 h6 34.Nf4 Rb2 35.Nxg6+ Nxg6 36.Rxf7+ Ke8 37.Rh7 Rbd2 38.Rxh6 Nf8 39.Rf6 Rd7 40.Rc8+ Rd8 41.Rc7 R2d7 42.Rc3 Rf7 43.Rh6 Rd2 44.Rf3 Rxf3 45.Kxf3 Kf7 46.g4 Rd5 47.Ke4 Ra5 48.f4 Kg7 49.Rh5 Rxh5 50.gxh5 Kf6 51.h6 A versatile knight Knights that fight against pawns in the endgame can be versatile or very clumsy. In the diagram position the black knight turned out to be very versatile. How did it help Black to win the game?
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Atakhan,A2294Tabatabaei,A26290–12021A43Iran-ch Final 202115.8

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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