Endgame tactics

by Karsten Müller
6/15/2021 – The diagram position is complicated and extremely sharp. Both sides have dangerous passed pawns which the knights might or might not stop. However, it was Black to move and he had a way to win. But in the game Black failed to find the winning move - can you do better?
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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.a4 b4 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Na5 9.Bd5 c6 10.Ba2 Bg7 11.0-0 Ne7 12.c3 c5 13.Nb3 Nb7 14.cxb4 cxb4 15.Be3 0-0 16.Bd4 a5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.N1d2 d5 19.Qf3 Qb6 20.exd5 Nd6 21.Rfe1 Re8 22.Rac1 Bb7 23.Nc5 Nef5 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Qd3 h5 26.g3 Rac8 27.Bc4 Qb6 28.Rxe8 Nxe8 29.b3 Nf6 30.Re1 Rc7 31.h3 Rd7 32.Nf3 Qc5 33.Rd1 Nxg3 34.Qd4 Qd6 35.Qe5 Nf5 36.Qxd6 Nxd6 37.Ne5 Rc7 38.Nc6 Nfe4 39.Nxa5 Nc5 40.Nc6 Nxc4 41.bxc4 b3 42.Rb1 Kf6 43.a5 Rb7 44.Kf1 b2 45.Ke2 Rb3 46.Kd2 g5 47.Kc2 Rf3 48.Rxb2 Rxf2+ 49.Kb1 Rxb2+ 50.Kxb2 g4 51.hxg4 hxg4 52.Nd4 Ke5 53.Ne2 f5 54.Kc3 f4 55.d6 f3 56.a6 Endgame tactics The diagram position is complicated and extremely sharp. Both sides have dangerous passed pawns which the knights might or might not stop. However, it was Black to move and he had a way to win. In the game Black failed to find the winning move - can you do better?
Black to move and win
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Motylev,A2641Zhigalko,A25171–02021C70EOC-ch Playoff-C 20213.11

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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