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by Karsten Müller
9/27/2022 – In the diagrammed position it is Black to move. Endgames with bishops of opposite colours have large drawish tendencies but here Black's passed b-pawn and the active black king are more important. How should Black proceed?

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

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.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.c3 Ba7 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.a3 Rb8 15.Kh1 Rb7 16.b4 Nc6 17.Bb3 Rc7 18.Bd5 g4 19.Bh4 Ne7 20.Ng1 cxb4 21.axb4 Rxc3 22.Ne2 Rc7 23.f4 f6 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Ng3 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Rf8 27.Rxf6 Rxf6 28.Bxf6 Qd6 29.Qf1 Bd4 30.Bf7+ Kd7 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.Bb3 Rc7 33.Nc4 bxc4 34.dxc4 Rc6 35.Ba4 Kc7 36.Bxc6 Nxc6 37.b5 Nb4 38.c5 Qe6 39.Bh4 Bxc5 40.Rc1 Qd6 41.Qc4 Nd3 42.Rc3 axb5 43.Qxd3 Qxd3 44.Rxd3 Bd4 45.Bf6 Kb6 46.Rxd4 exd4 47.Bxd4+ Ka5 48.Kg1 b4 49.Kf2 Activity is important! In the diagrammed position it is Black to move. Endgames with bishops of opposite colours have large drawish tendencies but here Black's passed b-pawn and the active black king are more important. How should Black proceed?
Black to move and win
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Rapport,R2776Ding,L28060–12022C77FIDE Candidates Tournament 202210.1

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.

Karsten Mueller

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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