Almost always fascinating: Knight vs Bishop

by Karsten Müller
10/24/2023 – Some people claim that it is the duel knight vs bishop that makes chess so interesting. True or not, the duel knight vs bishop is almost always fascinating, in the middlegame and in the endgame. In the diagram position the knight is better than the bishop and White has a hidden way to win. Can you find it?
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 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Nh3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Nf4 Nc6 13.Nh5 f5 14.0-0-0 f6 15.g4 fxg4 16.Bg2 Kf7 17.h3 Rg8 18.Nf4 g3 19.fxg3 Rxg3 20.Bxc6 dxc6 21.Rd6 e5 22.Nh5 Rxh3 23.Rxf6+ Ke7 24.Rxh3 Bxh3 25.Rxh6 Be6 26.Rh7+ Kd6 27.Ng3 Bxc4 28.Ne4+ Kd5 29.Nc3+ Kd6 30.Ne4+ Kd5 31.Rh4 Ba6 32.Nc3+ Kd6 33.Rh6+ Kd7 34.Kd2 Bc4 35.Ne4 Kc7 36.Nxc5 Bg8 37.Kc3 a5 38.Rg6 Bd5 39.Rg7+ Kb6 40.b4 axb4+ 41.Kxb4 Ra7 42.Rxa7 Kxa7 Almost always fascinating: Knight vs Bishop Some people claim that it is the duel knight vs bishop that makes chess so interesting. True or not, the duel knight vs bishop is almost always fascinating, in the middlegame and in the endgame. In the diagram position the knight is better than the bishop and White has a hidden way to win. Can you find it?
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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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