Bishop vs pawns

by Karsten Müller
6/8/2021 – Connected passed pawns can be powerful, in the middlegame but especially in the endgame. A good reason to stop them sooner rather than later. What should White do in the diagram position to stop Black's pawns from becoming really powerful?
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.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.a3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.e4 d6 13.Rc1 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Re1 Rxc1 16.Qxc1 Qd7 17.Qb1 Rc8 18.Rc1 Nf6 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.Qc2 Qd8 21.b4 a6 22.a4 Nc6 23.Qc3 a5 24.b5 Nb4 25.Bb1 Kf8 26.h3 Ke7 27.Nh2 Qc8 28.Qg3 Ne8 29.Qh4+ Kf8 30.Nhf1 Nf6 31.Qg3 Qc7 32.Ne3 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Ne8 34.Nec4 d5 35.Nd6 Qc7 36.Nxe8 Qxg3+ 37.Kxg3 Kxe8 38.e5 f6 39.exf6 gxf6 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.g4 Bc8 42.h4 Bd7 43.Nf3 Kg7 44.g5 hxg5+ 45.hxg5 Be8 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Ne5 Bh5 48.f3 Be8 49.Ng4+ Ke7 50.Kg5 Bxb5 51.axb5 a4 52.Ne5 Kd6 53.Nc6 Nxc6 54.bxc6 b5 Bishop vs pawns Connected passed pawns can be powerful, in the middlegame but especially in the endgame. A good reason to stop them sooner rather than later. What should White do in the diagram position to stop Black's pawns from becoming really powerful?
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sharafiev,A2432Van Wely,L26200–12021A46EOC-ch-Final 20216.12

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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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