Keymer's queens

by Karsten Müller
2/4/2025 – A queen is usually much stronger than pawns. But against far advanced passed pawns she has to be careful. In the diagram position, which is from a game between Vincent Keymer and Georg Meier, it is White to move and win. What would you 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 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Qf4 Qd7 12.Nc3 h6 13.Rd1 g5 14.Qg3 0-0-0 15.Be3 Nb4 16.Nd2 h5 17.Nxc4 g4 18.Nxb6+ axb6 19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qf4 Rdf8 22.d5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rac1 Qb7 25.Qf5+ Kb8 26.Qd7 c5 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Rd8 29.Rdd1 Kc7 30.Kf1 Kc6 31.Ke2 Rhe8 32.f4 f6 33.exf6 Bxf6 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.b3 Re8 36.Kd3 Rd8+ 37.Kc2 Re8 38.Re1 Kd5 39.a4 Re4 40.Bd2 Rxe1 41.Bxe1 Ke4 42.f5 h4 43.Bc3 Bxc3 44.Kxc3 Kxf5 45.Kc4 Kf4 46.Kb5 Ke3 47.Kxb6 Kf2 48.a5 Kxg2 49.a6 Kxh2 50.a7 g3 51.a8Q g2 52.Qb8+ Kh3 53.Qc8+ Kh2 54.Qc7+ Kh3 55.Qd7+ Kh2 56.Qd6+ Kh3 57.Qe6+ Kh2 58.Qe5+ Kh3 59.Qe1 c4 Keymer's queens A queen is usually much stronger than pawns. But against far advanced passed pawns she has to be careful. In the diagram position, which is from a game between Vincent Keymer and Georg Meier, it is White to move and win. What would you do?
White to move and win
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