Breaking through

by Karsten Müller
7/20/2021 – In the diagram position White is a pawn up but can she win? And how? Should White push her h-pawn to break through with her pawns? Or her f-pawn? Or should White wait and bring the king into a better position?
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 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bg7 9.Bb5 0-0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Bd7 12.Bxd7 Nxd7 13.0-0 Nb6 14.Qe4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Re8 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Rd3 Nc4 19.Bf4 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Rd7 a6 22.Re1 Nb6 23.Ra7 Nd5 24.Bh6 f6 25.Rd7 Nxc3 26.Rexe7 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 Nxa2 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Ra7 Kg8 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Rf7 Rc8 32.Rxf6 Kg8 33.Rxa6 Nb4 34.Ra7 Nxc2 35.h3 Nd4 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Rd7 Nf5 38.Bg5 Kg8 39.g4 Ng7 40.Bh6 Ne8 41.Re7 Nd6 42.Rg7+ Kh8 43.Rd7 Ne8 44.Re7 Nd6 45.Bf4 Nc4 46.Bg5 Rc6 47.Bh6 Rc8 48.Kg2 Kg8 49.Rg7+ Kh8 50.Rd7 Kg8 51.Bg7 Nd6 52.Bf6 Nf7 53.Ra7 Kf8 54.Kf3 Re8 55.Kf4 Kg8 56.h4 Kf8 57.f3 Kg8 58.Re7 Ra8 59.Ke4 Kf8 60.Rc7 Ke8 61.Bd4 Kf8 62.Bc3 Re8+ 63.Kd3 Rd8+ 64.Bd4 Ne5+ 65.Ke4 Nf7 66.f4 Re8+ 67.Be5 Rd8 68.Rb7 Rd1 69.Ra7 Ke8 70.Bf6 Nd6+ 71.Kf3 Nf7 72.g5 Rh1 73.Bd4 Kf8 74.Ra8+ Ke7 75.Bc5+ Ke6 76.Kg3 Nd6 77.Ra6 Rd1 78.Kf3 Rd5 79.Bxd6 Rxd6 80.Ra7 Rd7 81.Rxd7 Kxd7 Breaking through In the diagram position White is a pawn up but can she win? And how? Should White push her h-pawn to break through with her pawns? Or her f-pawn? Or should White wait and bring the king into a better position?
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Bivol,A2370Doroshenko,D21621–02021B27RUS-chT Women 20218.3

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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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