Getting in

by Karsten Müller
3/7/2023 – Pawns often open the way for their king - what should White do in the diagram position?
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.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.f3 Bg6 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Bb5 Be7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qa4 Kd7 16.Ba5 Qd6 17.a3 Rac8 18.Bb4 Qb8 19.Bxc6+ Rxc6 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Kf2 Bxb4 22.axb4 Rc8 23.h4 Rc7 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Qxb5 cxb5 26.Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.Kg3 Kd6 28.Kg4 f6 Getting in Pawns often open the way for their king - what should White do here?
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Tabatabaei,M2686Beerdsen,T25151–02023D1285th Tata Steel Challengers 202310.5

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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