Endgames from Miami (3)

by Karsten Müller
8/25/2022 – A field with well-established GMs and young stars fought it off in Miami at the FTX Crypto Cup. Our in-house expert Karsten Müller closely followed the games looking to find the most intriguing and instructive ending positions. Do not miss his on-point analyses! | Pictured: Levon Aronian | Photo: Amruta Mokal

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Dynamics

Duda’s wrong capture

The bishop wants dynamics, the knight prefers static positions. Jan-Krzysztof Duda chose the wrong capture in a knight versus bishop ending against the ever-ruthless Magnus Carlsen.

 

King activity

Levon Aronian showed the correct technique to convert an advantageous position with a passer on the flank in a minor-piece endgame.

 

Deep queen endings

Making decisions in queen endings is extremely difficult, especially in rapid games. Duda could have beaten Praggnanandhaa had he found the precise manoeuvre in the following position.

 
Duda vs. Praggnanandhaa

After 92.Ke7, Pragg managed to escape with a half point, while 92.Qg3 cutting off the king in fact wins.

Find this game’s full analysis plus three more instructive endgames in the replayer below!

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,165,57054%2421---
1.d4946,47455%2434---
1.Nf3281,31256%2441---
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1.g319,68856%2427---
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1.f45,88648%2377---
1.Nc33,79651%2384---
1.b41,75348%2380---
1.a31,19754%2403---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d394850%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342651%2425---
1.h327956%2416---
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1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.0-0 b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8 16.h3 h6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.d6 Bxf3 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.gxf3 Qc6 22.Bd5 Qd7 23.Qf4 Rd8 24.Kg2 Kh8 25.Qxf7 Qxd6 26.Bb3 Qb8 27.Re1 Rf8 28.Qg6 Qb7 29.Bd1 Qf7 30.Qxf7 Rxf7 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Bc2+ g6 33.f4 Kg7 34.Kg3 Rd7 35.Rc8 Rf7 36.h4 Rf8 37.Rxf8 Kxf8 38.f5 gxf5 39.Kf4 Ne6+ 40.Ke5 Ke7 41.Bxf5 Nc7 42.Bd3 b5 43.f4 a5 44.f5 b4 45.f6+ Kf8 46.Bc4 a4 47.Kf5 Ne8 48.Kg6 Nd6 49.Bd5 Nb5 50.Kxh6 Nc3 51.Be6 Nxa2 52.h5 b3 53.Kg6 Nb4 54.h6 b2 55.Bf5 Nc6 56.h7 Ne5+ 57.Kh5 Nf7 58.Bb1 Nh8 59.Kg5 Nf7+ 60.Kf5 Nh8 61.Ba2 Ke8 62.Kg5 Kf8 63.Kh6 a3 64.Kg5 Ke8 65.Kf4 Kf8 66.Kf5 Ke8 67.Kg5 Queen endings are deep. The ending with queen and pawn against queen is very complicated: Kf8? The wrong order of moves. 67...Nf7+ amazingly draws: 68.Bxf7+ 68.Kg6 Kf8= 68...Kxf7 69.h8Q b1Q 70.Qg7+ Ke6 71.Qe7+ 71.f7?! Qf5+ 72.Kh6 Qxf7 73.Qg4+ Qf5 74.Qc4+ Qd5 75.Qc8+ Ke7 76.Qc7+ Qd7 77.Qa5 Qd6+ 78.Kh7= White's king has reached the main drawing zone in the north east corner. The bishop's pawn does not have such a drawing zone in a far-away corner. 71...Kd5 72.Qxa3 Qg1+ 73.Kh6 Ke6 74.Qe7+ Kf5 75.Qf7 Qg5+ 76.Kh7 Qxf6= 68.Kh6! zugzwang Nf7+ 69.Bxf7 Kxf7 70.h8Q b1Q 71.Qg7+ Ke6 72.Qe7+ Kd5 72...Kf5?! 73.Qh7+ Kxf6 74.Qxb1+- 73.Qxa3 A bishop's pawn usually wins, if the defending king cannot come very close to it, and this is a rule case: Qh1+ 74.Kg7! 74.Kg6? allows a perpetual check: Qe4+ 75.Kg7 Qg4+ 76.Kf8 Qc8+= 74...Qg2+ 75.Kf7 Ke5 76.Qc5+ Kf4 77.Kf8 Qa8+ 78.Ke7 Qb7+ 79.Ke6 Qe4+ 80.Kd7 Qh7+ 81.Kd6 Qd3+ 82.Qd5 Qa3+ 83.Kd7 Qa7+ 84.Ke6 Qe3+ 85.Kf7 Qa7+ 86.Kg8 Qb8+ 87.Kg7 Qb2 88.Kf7 Qa1 89.Qc4+ Kg5 90.Qc5+ Kh6 91.Qe3+ Kh5 92.Ke7? Now Black's king can come too close. 92.Qg3 cuts it off and wins, e.g. Qa7+ 93.Kf8 Qa8+ 94.Kg7 Qa1 95.Qg6+ Kh4 96.Kh7 Qa7+ 97.f7 Qd7 98.Qg7 Qd3+ 99.Kh8+- 92...Kg6! 93.Qe4+ Kh6! 94.Qe3+ 94.Kf7 Qa2+ 95.Kf8 Qa3+ 96.Kg8 Qg3+ 97.Kf7 Qb3+ 98.Qe6 Qb7+ 99.Kf8 Qa8+ 100.Qe8 Qa3+ 101.Kg8 Qg3+ 102.Kh8 Qd6= 94...Kg6 95.Qe4+ Kh6 96.Qh4+ Kg6 97.Qg4+ Kh6 98.Qh3+ Kg6 99.Qg2+ Kh6 100.Qh2+ Kg6 101.Qg3+ Kh6 102.f7 Qa7+ 103.Ke6 Qa2+! 104.Kf6 Qa6+ 105.Ke5 Qa5+ 106.Ke4 Qa8+ 107.Kf5 Qc8+ 108.Kf6 Qa6+ 109.Ke7 Qa7+ 110.Ke8 Qa8+ 111.Kd7 Qa7+ 112.Ke6 Qa2+! 112...Qb6+?? 113.Qd6+- 113.Kf6 Qa6+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Duda,J2750Praggnanandhaa R2648½–½2022D416.2
Aronian,L2775Firouzja,A2793½–½2022A287.1
Duda,J2750Giri,A27601–02022C67FTX Crypto Cup MCCT 20227.1
Duda,J2750Carlsen,M28640–12022E715.3

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.

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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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