Endgame tactics

by Karsten Müller
4/5/2022 – The diagrammed position is tricky: Black is two dangerous passed pawns up but it is White to move and the rook on h7 is hanging. Now, should White take the rook or look for something better to save the draw?

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 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.e4 f5 10.Bd3 f4 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Be2 Be6 15.0-0 Rf6 16.Qa4 g5 17.Nxg5 Bd7 18.b5 Rg8 19.Nf3 Nd8 20.Kh1 Bg4 21.c4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rh6 23.g3 fxg3 24.fxg3 Rxg3 25.Qc2 Ne6 26.c5 Nxc5 27.b6 cxb6 28.Rf2 Rg8 29.Qd2 Rhg6 30.Rg2 Nb3 31.Qe3 Rxg2 32.Bxg2 Qg7 33.Qg3 Nd4 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.Rxd4 Bxa3 37.e5 Re8 38.Rd7+ Kh6 39.Rxb7 Bc5 40.Be4 Rxe5 41.Rxh7+ Kg5 42.Bc6 Re2 43.Rf7 Ra2 44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Rg4 Kf5 46.Bd7+ Ke5 47.h4 Kd6 48.Be8 Re2 49.Rg6+ Kd5 50.Bc6+ Kc4 51.h5 Bd4 52.Rg4 Re6 53.Bd7 Rd6 54.Be8 b5 55.Rg5 Rb6 56.Kg2 a4 57.h6 a3 58.h7 b4 59.Bf7+ Kc3 60.Rg4 Rh6 61.Bg8 Rxh7 62.Rg3+ Kb2
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Artemiev,V2700Ding,L27990–12022A25Airthings Masters MCCT Prel 20226.1

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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