Stop the pawns!

by Karsten Müller
12/29/2020 – Passed pawns can be dangerous, sometimes even extremely dangerous. In the diagram position Black really needs a good idea to stop the white pawns. What would you do? Black to play and draw!
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 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0-0 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 g6 14.h5 Bg5 15.Be2 Be6 16.a3 Ne7 17.Ncb4 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qd7 19.Qd3 Kg7 20.Rd1 f5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.exf5 Bxd5 23.Qh3 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Rxd5 Be7 26.Kd2 Rh8 27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.a4 bxa4 29.Ra5 Rh2 30.Bf1 Rh4 31.Rxa6 Kf7 32.g3 Rh2 33.Bc4+ Kf6 34.Ke2 Kg5 35.Bd5 Rh8 36.Rxa4 Rb8 37.b4 Rb6 38.c4 e4 39.b5 Bf6 40.Ke3 Rb8 41.Ra8 Rxa8 42.Bxa8 Bd8 43.Bxe4 Bb6+ 44.Kf3 fxe4+ 45.Kxe4 Bxf2 46.Kd5 Include everybody in the defense Passed pawns are strong trumps in the endgame. So Black must play very precisely and include all men in the defense:
Black to move and draw
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Lohvinov,P2152Reimer,P19841–02020B33GER Ych 2020 U16 boys7.7

Endgame theory constitutes the foundation of chess. You realize this in striking clarity once you obtain a won endgame but in the end have to be content with a draw in the end because of a lack of necessary know-how. Such accidents can only be prevented by building up a solid endgame technique. This is Karsten Müller‘s fi rst DVD and the grandmaster from Hamburg and endgame expert, here lays the foundation for acquiring such a technique. The fi rst part of his training series can be started without any endgame knowledge, only a knowledge of the rules of chess is assumed.

Karsten Mueller in ChessBase Magazine

Do you like these lessons? There are plenty more by internationally renowned endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller in ChessBase Magazine, where you will also find openings articles and surveys, tactics, and of course annotations by the world's top grandmasters.

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Apart from his regular columns and video lectures in ChessBase Magazine there is a whole series of training DVDs by Karsten Mueller, which are bestsellers in the ChessBase Shop.

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Karsten Mueller regularly presents endgame lessons in the ChessBase Video Portal

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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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