Breaking through

by Karsten Müller
11/28/2023 – Creating passed pawns is a strong weapon in the endgame. In the diagram position Black can turn her majority into a passed pawn - a passed pawn on the b-file or a passed pawn on the a-file. What would you play?
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.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.c4 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.0-0 Re8 8.d4 Bf5 9.e3 Na6 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Ne1 Bg4 12.Qd2 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5 14.Na4 Na6 15.Nf3 exd4 16.exd4 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nb4 18.Qb3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd2 20.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 21.Kg2 Nxd4 22.Rad1 b6 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Qb3 Qf6 25.Qf3 Qxf3+ 26.Kxf3 c5 27.Rfe1 Rad8 28.g4 Kg7 29.h4 Kf6 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 Re8+ 32.Kf3 Re5 33.Rc1 h5 34.Nc3 hxg4+ 35.Kxg4 Ke6 36.Nd5 Kd6 37.Rc2 b5 38.Nf4 b4 39.Rd2 Kc6 40.Nd3 Re4+ 41.f4 a5 42.h5 gxh5+ 43.Kxh5 Bc3 44.Rc2 a4 45.Kg4 Re3 46.Nc1 Bd4 47.Rd2 Rc3 48.Nd3 Rxc4 49.Kf5 Rc3 50.Nxb4+ cxb4 51.Rxd4 Kc5 52.Rd7 Ra3 53.Rc7+ Kd4 54.Rd7+ Kc3 55.Rc7+ Kb2 56.Rb7 Kc3 57.Rc7+ Kd4 58.Rb7 Kc5 59.Rc7+ Kb6 60.Rc2 Rf3 61.Ke4 Rf1 62.f5 Kb5 63.Ke5 Breaking through Creating passed pawns is a strong weapon in the endgame. In the diagram position Black can turn her majority into a passed pawn - a passed pawn on the b-file or a passed pawn on the a-file. What would you play?
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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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