Powerful pawns

by Karsten Müller
3/16/2021 – Far advanced passed pawns can be powerful. In the diagram position Black's passed pawns are powerful enough to cope with the white bishop and a potentially strong white pawn on the a-file. Black is to move and he can draw the game - do you see how?
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 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Na4 Bd7 10.c3 Ba5 11.Nb5 d5 12.Nc5 Bc8 13.Bg5 a6 14.Nd4 Bb6 15.b4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 dxe4 17.Qxd8 Bxd8 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxe4 Be7 21.Nd6 Rb8 22.c4 b6 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rd8 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.Nxc8 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxc8 28.c6 Rc7 29.Kf1 Bc5 30.Ke2 Ke7 31.f4 Bd6 32.Rb1 f5 33.Rb6 Bc5 34.Rb8 Ba7 35.Rg8 Kf7 36.Ra8 Kf6 37.a4 a5 38.Kd3 g5 39.h3 Bf2 40.fxg5+ hxg5 41.g4 Ba7 42.Kc4 Ke5 43.Kb5 Be3 44.gxf5 exf5 45.Re8+ Kf4 46.Rxe3 Kxe3 47.Kb6 Rc8 48.c7 Kf2 49.Bb7 The pawn wave Far advanced passed pawns are often quite powerful in the endgame:
Black to move and draw
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Saric,I2652Doric,D2479½–½2021B45AUT Bundesliga 2020-211.2

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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