Invite everyone to the party

by Karsten Müller
8/22/2023 – This attacking guideline from the middlegame is also valid in the endgame and helped White to win in the diagram position. What did he 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.e41,185,00854%2421---
1.d4959,51055%2434---
1.Nf3286,50356%2441---
1.c4184,83456%2442---
1.g319,89256%2427---
1.b314,60054%2428---
1.f45,95448%2377---
1.Nc33,91150%2384---
1.b41,79148%2379---
1.a31,25054%2406---
1.e31,08149%2409---
1.d396950%2378---
1.g467046%2361---
1.h446654%2382---
1.c343951%2425---
1.h328956%2420---
1.a411860%2461---
1.f310047%2427---
1.Nh39366%2506---
1.Na34762%2476---
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Rg1 h5 9.h3 Be6 10.Qf3 h4 11.0-0-0 Nbd7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.g3 Qc7 16.c3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.g4 Qe4+ 19.Qxe4 Nxe4 20.Na5 Bd8 21.Nb3 Bg5 22.Nd2 Nxd2+ 23.Rxd2 f6 24.Kc2 Kd7 25.Kd3 b5 26.b3 Rc7 27.Rc2 Rhc8 28.Rgc1 g6 29.Rf1 Re8 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Rc5 32.c4 bxc4+ 33.bxc4 Ra5 34.Bxg5 fxg5
White to move and win
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Bjerre,J2535Albornoz Cabrera,C25931–02023B90Capablanca Memorial 2023 | Elite7

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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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