Endgame Magic #288: Endgame highlights from Wijk

by Karsten Müller
2/10/2025 – In his Endgame Magic Show #286, Karsten Müller looks at endgame highlights from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, which Praggnanandhaa won after defeating World Champion Gukesh in a dramatic tiebreak. | You can watch the Endgame Magic Show on-demand with a ChessBase Premium account.
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Endgame Magic #288

The diagram shows a position from the game between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh. Gukesh seems to be in trouble, but he found a way to draw. How can Black defend?

N. Abdusattorov - Gukesh, Wijk aan Zee 2025
Black to play

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In the first part of the video series, we will look at White’s four main moves: 6. Bg5, 6. Be3, 6. Be2 and 6. Bc4.

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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