Going round and coming back

by Karsten Müller
11/30/2021 – Pawn endings must be calculated precisely. In the diagram position it is Black to move and win - if he finds the right square(s) for his king. What should Black do?
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 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nge2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.a3 Bd6 11.Re1 Qh4 12.g3 Qh5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.Qd2 Bg4 16.h4 Bxe2 17.Bxe2 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Qg6 19.Bf3 Kf8 20.Rad1 Qd6 21.Qg5 h6 22.Qh5 Rac8 23.Bg2 Rc7 24.Qf3 Re7 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.h5 Qg5 27.Bh3 Kg8 28.Bg2 a6 29.Bh3 Qe7 30.Bg2 Qg5 31.Bh3 Re8 32.Bf5 Qf6 33.Qxd5 Rd8 34.Qe4 Nxd4 35.Bg4 b6 36.Rd3 a5 37.Bd7 Ne6 38.Bxe6 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 Qxe6 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qd3+ g6 42.hxg6+ fxg6 43.Kg2 h5 44.f4 Kg7 45.Kf3 Qc6+ 46.Qe4 Qxe4+ 47.Kxe4 a4 48.Kf3 Going round and coming back Pawn endings must be calculated precisely:
Black to move and win
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Bluebaum,M2641Kovalenko,I26470–12021E48Bundesliga 2019-2010.6

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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