8/3/2011 – In endings with rook and knight a slight initiative often counts for a lot, as our endgame expert Dr. Karsten Müller shows. And that in rook endings small details often make the difference between a win and a draw. As a special treat, on Thursday at 5 p.m. CEST, you can consult GM Müller live in our "Ask the Expert" show on Playchess. Be there and improve your chess.
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Knight Tactics
In endings with rook and knight a slight initiative often counts for a lot:
44.Rd3Nb4!44...Ne345.Rxc4Nxc4-+
should win as well.But not44...Rxd4?45.Rxc2g346.Rxd4Rxc247.Nf3+-45.Rxc4dxc446.Rg346.Rc3runs into a mating attack:Nd347.Rxc4g3-+46...Nd547.hxg4+Otherwise the c-pawn decides
the day:47.Rg2Rxg248.Kxg2Nf4+49.Kg3gxh350.Kxf4h251.Ne2Kh452.Ng3c3-+47.Rxg4c348.Rg2Rxg249.Kxg2Nf4+!But not49...c2?50.Ne2Nf4+??51.Nxf4++-50.Kf3c2-+47...Kh448.Rg2Rxg249.Kxg2Kxg450.Ne2?!Against50.Kf2Black triangulates:Kf451.Nh3+Kf552.Kf3c353.Ng1Nb454.Ne2Na255.Ke3c256.d5exd557.Nd4+Kxe558.Nxc2Kd659.Kd4Nc160.Na1Kc6-+Zugzwang50...Nf4+51.Kf2Nxe252.Kxe2Kf453.Kd2Ke453...Ke454.Kc3Kd5-+0–1
85...Rd4+86.Kf3?Gives Black a miracle escape.86.Ke5?is also wrong due toRg487.Ra6Rxg388.Ra7+Ke889.Kd6Rg4=But
86.Ke3!does the job:Rg486...Rxd587.Rxg6Ke788.Rg5Ke689.Rxd5Kxd590.Kf4+-87.Kf3g588.Re4gxh488...Rxe489.Kxe4gxh490.gxh4Kd691.Kd4Kd792.Ke5Ke7 and White wins according to
Bähr's Rule as his passed d-pawn has not crossed the a2-f7 diagonal:93.Kf5Kd694.Kg5Kxd595.Kxh5Ke696.Kg6Ke797.Kg7+-89.gxh4Rg189...Rg890.Re5Rh891.Rf5Kd692.Kf4Kc593.Kg5Kd694.Kg6Kc595.Rxh5+-90.Re5Kd691.Rxh5Rd192.Ke4Re1+93.Kf4Rf1+94.Kg4Rg1+95.Kf5Kxd596.Kf6+Kd697.Rf5Rg898.Kf7Rg199.h5Rh1100.Rf6+Ke5101.h6Ra1102.Kg7+-86.Re4?Rxd5=86...g5‼The point of Black's
defense.86...Rxd5?87.Rxg6Ke788.Rg5Rxg589.hxg5Kf790.Ke4!Kg691.Kf4Kg792.Kf5Kf793.g6+Kg794.Kg5+-87.hxg5Rxd588.Rg6Ke789.Kf4Kf790.Rh6Rd4+91.Kf5Rd5+92.Kf4Rd4+93.Ke5Ra494.Rxh5Kg695.Rh4Ra5+96.Kf4Rf5+½–½
On Thursday, August 4th 2011, at 17:00h CEST (=19:00h Moscow, 16:00h UK or
11:00 a.m. New York) we will be broadcasting the sixth edition of “Ask
the Expert” on Playchess.com.
Endgame expert GM Karsten Müller is present to answer your questions, which
viewers can send to him in advance via pascal.simon@chessbase.com.
Naturally you can also ask the questions during the show via chat. The show
is in English!
Here are samples of some shows in the Ask the Expert series:
Since 1988 grandmaster Dr. Karsten Müller from Hamburg has been playing
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third in the German Championship. As an internationally renowned endgame expert
he is the author of the endgame column in the ChessBase Magazine and the author
of the Endgame Corner column on ChessCafe.com.
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