Finding a safe place

by Karsten Müller
5/1/2023 – In endgames, it is usually a good idea to activate the king. However, the king also needs to be safe. In the diagram position it is Black to move. What should he do to make his king safe and to win the game?
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.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Nd6 9.c3 Bf5 10.Bc2 Bxc2 11.Qxc2 Bf6 12.Re1+ Ne7 13.Nf1 0-0 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Ng3 Qd7 17.Nh5 Rae8 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Nxe1 Nf4 22.h4 Qg4 23.g3 f5 24.Qd2 Ne6 25.Ng2 f4 26.Kh2 fxg3+ 27.fxg3 Qe4 28.Qf2 f5 29.Ne3 f4 30.Ng4 Kg7 31.Ne5 Kf6 32.Nd7+ Ke7 33.Ne5 c5 34.Nf3 cxd4 35.Nxd4 Nxd4 36.Qxd4 Qe2+ 37.Kh3 f3 38.Qg7+ Kd6 39.Qf6+
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Gokerkan,C2486Paravyan,D2584½–½2023C42EICC 20234.33

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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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