Endgames from the Global Chess League (women’s edition)

by Karsten Müller
7/23/2023 – The inaugural edition of the Global Chess League took place last month in Dubai. The Triveni Continental Kings, led by Levon Aronian, emerged victorious, with Jonas Buhl Bjerre scoring the deciding win in an exciting tiebreaker. GM Karsten Müller followed the games closely, looking for interesting positions to analyse. Find here five instructive endings, all featuring women players! | Pictured: Nino Batsaishvili. | Photo: Maria Emelianova
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Batsiashvili vs. Harika (round 7)

The precise move order

Kosteniuk vs. Hou (round 6)

Activity is not always the answer

Krush vs. Tan (round 3)

The breakthrough

Harika vs. Paehtz (round 5)

The power of an active rook

Shuvalova vs. Batsiashvili (round 10)

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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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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Karsten Müller Karsten Müller 7/25/2023 06:27
Good news for me by Wolfram Schön:
"Dear Karsten,

very interesting position and good findings!

However, according to what I can see Charles' comment and your / Zoran's notes in the game are in agreement about 43.g4 ...

One move before, the breakthrough 42.g4 actually wins, as you show.
Nevertheless, the simple 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Rh1 also works. 43...Rc2 (43...Rh7 44.f4 and White wins with his e- and f- connectors) 44.Rxh5 Bc5 45.Rxg5 Rxf2+ 46.Kh3 Bb4 47.Kg4 Be1 48.Rd5 +- White needs some time with his two isolated passers, but it should be a safe win.
Best wishes,
Wolfram"
Karsten Müller Karsten Müller 7/24/2023 02:20
Unfortunately Charles Sullivan disagrees with my conclusion in the first example:
"Dear Karsten,

My computer says that after 43.g4, Black can defend with 43...Ke7 44.Bf5 Rxd5 45.exd5 Kd6 46.gxh5 Kxd5 47.h6 Bf8, etc. I will let the computer run for a another couple of hours to see if it changes its "mind."

Best wishes,
Charles"
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