Fighting knights

by Karsten Müller
2/2/2021 – Knight endings are often tricky and both sides have to calculate precisely. In the diagram position Black has to make a difficult decision: should he try to advance and to queen the f-pawn or should he catch White's a-pawn and convert the kingside pawns later? What would you do?
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.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.d3 c5 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rac1 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.d4 exd4 16.exd4 Rfe8 17.Qd3 Bf6 18.Rfe1 Qb7 19.Re3 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Rd8 21.Rd1 Nf8 22.Bc3 Bc6 23.Ne1 Bxg2 24.Nxg2 Ne6 25.d5 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxd5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.h4 Nd4 29.Re3 Qd7 30.Nf4 Re8 31.Kg2 Qc6+ 32.f3 h6 33.Kf2 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Kf8 35.Nd3 Qd6 36.h5 Nf5 37.Qe4 Qxg3+ 38.Ke2 Nd4+ 39.Kd2 Qxf3 40.Qxf3 Nxf3+ 41.Ke3 Nd4 42.Ne5 Ke7 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.Nd3 f5+ 45.Kf4 Kf6 46.Nb2 Ne6+ 47.Kg3 Kg5 48.Nc4 b5 49.Nd6 f4+ 50.Kf3 Nd4+ 51.Ke4 f3 52.Ke3 Kxh5 53.Ne4 Kg4 54.Nxc5 Nc2+ 55.Kf2 g5 56.Nxa6 Kf4 57.Nc5 g4 58.Ne6+ Ke5 59.Ng7 Nb4 60.a4 bxa4 61.bxa4 Nd3+ 62.Kg3 Ke4 63.a5 Knightmare for the knight Knight endgames are often concrete and tactical tricks must be calculated:
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Van der Brink,P2180Drayton,A19810–12020A14Online Olym Div4 E4.3

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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ChessBase Magazine Extra #198

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.

Karsten Mueller

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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