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In round 4, Richard Rapport and Hikaru Nakamura reached an ending with rooks, knights and seven pawns per side. In the diagrammed position, the pawns on e4 and b7 are under attack, and it is White to move. Would you capture the pawn? If not, how to proceed?
Rapport played the quiet 26.h3 and went on to safely get the draw. Had he gone for 26.Nxb7, Black would have got a dangerous initiative after 26...c4 27.Rd5 Rb8 28.Rb5 Nxe4.
Alireza Firouzja had two far-advanced passers on the kingside and an agile bishop against Hikaru Nakamura’s knight in the following endgame. But Naka found the way to force a draw from this position. How did he start?
41...c3, and not 41...e5, is the right way to start the race. Pure knight against bishop endgames can be very deep!
Find analyses for these two positions and two more endgames in the replayer below.
Magical Chess Endgames Vol. 1 & 2 + The magic of chess tactics
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.
