Good knight vs bad bishop

by Karsten Müller
11/23/2021 – In the diagram position White has a good knight against a bad bishop. But can he win? And if so, how?
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 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Qc2 c5 9.d5 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be3 a6 12.Rad1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Ba6 15.a4 Nhf6 16.Rfe1 Ng4 17.Bf4 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qa5 19.b3 Rfc8 20.Na3 Qc3 21.Qxc3 Bxc3 22.Re2 Rcb8 23.Nb5 Bf6 24.Rc1 Kg7 25.h3 Nge5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Bg5 Ra6 28.g3 Kf8 29.Kg2 Bg7 30.Bf4 Rb7 31.Rec2 f5 32.f3 Kf7 33.Re2 fxe4 34.fxe4 Ne5 35.Bxe5 Bxe5 36.Rf2+ Ke8 37.Rf3 Ra8 38.Rc2 h5 39.Rcf2 Kd7 40.Rf8 Rbb8 41.Rxb8 Rxb8 42.Rf3 g5 43.g4 Rh8 44.gxh5 Rxh5 45.a5 g4 46.Rd3 Kc8 47.Na7+ Kb7 48.Nc6 Bf6 49.hxg4 Rh4 50.Rg3 Bg5 51.Rh3 Rxh3 52.Kxh3 e5 53.Kg2 Ka6 54.Kf3 Kb5 55.Ke2 Bf6 56.Kd3 Bh4 57.a6 Kxa6 58.Kc4 Kb6 59.b4 cxb4 60.Nxb4 Bg5 61.Nc2 Bh4 62.Ne3 Bg5 63.Nf5 Kc7 64.Ng7 Kd7 65.Ne6 Bc1 66.g5 Ke7 67.g6 Kf6 68.g7 Kf7 69.Kb5 Ba3 70.Kc6 Bb4 71.Kd7 Ba3 72.Ng5+ Kxg7
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Nakamura,H2736Aronian,L27821–02021E91Meltwater CCTF 20213.4

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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