Endgame tactics

by Karsten Müller
12/21/2021 – In the diagram position it is White to move and draw. Black's passed pawns are far advanced and it seems as if one of them will queen soon. However, White still has a way to draw. What should he 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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.Bf1 d4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bf6 12.d3 Bf5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.h3 h6 17.a3 a5 18.Bh2 Be6 19.Qf4 Rec8 20.Re2 a4 21.Rae1 Ra5 22.Qc1 Rb5 23.Bf4 Ra8 24.Nd2 Be7 25.Nc4 Bf8 26.Rd2 Rc5 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 Rd5 29.Rdd1 Raa5 30.Bf4 Rab5 31.Re4 Rb6 32.Re5 Rxe5 33.Bxe5 c5 34.Re1 Qd5 35.c4 Qd7 36.Be2 Bf5 37.Bf4 Rb3 38.Bd1 Bxd3 39.Bxb3 axb3 40.Re5 f6 41.Rd5 Qe8 42.f3 Kh7 43.h4 Qe6 44.Rd8 Be7 45.Re8 b5 46.cxb5 Bxb5 47.Rb8 Bd3 48.a4 c4 49.Rb7 Bc2 50.Bd2 f5 51.a5 Bxh4 52.Rb6 Qe2 53.Bxh6 Qf2+ 54.Kh1 Bd8 55.Bg5 Bxb6 56.axb6 c3 57.b7 cxb2 58.Qxb2 Qe1+ 59.Kh2 Qb4 60.Bc1 Kg6 61.Kh3 d3 62.Qe5 Qxb7 63.Qe6+ Kh7 64.Qxf5+ Kg8 65.Qe6+ Qf7 66.Qd6 Kh7 67.Kh2 Qf6 68.Qb4 b2
White to move and draw
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Demchenko,A2651Nguyen,T2577½–½2021C42FIDE Chesscom Grand Swiss 20211.43

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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