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by Karsten Müller
9/13/2022 – In rook endgames, activity is (almost) everything. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. How should he proceed?
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.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.h3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 d5 12.Qe1 Rb8 13.b3 Qe7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Rf2 e4 16.dxe4 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxe4 18.Rd1 Rb5 19.Rd4 Qe7 20.Rc4 Bd7 21.e4 h6 22.a4 Rbb8 23.e5 Rbd8 24.Rd2 h5 25.Qb4 Qxb4 26.Rxb4 Be6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rb7 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rc1 30.c4 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Rb2 32.Ng5 Kf8 33.Nxe6+ fxe6 34.h4 a5 35.Kf3 Ke8 36.Rxc7 Rxb3+ 37.Kf4 Rb4 Let's go! In rook endgames, activity is (almost) everything. In the diagrammed position it is White to move. How should he proceed?
White to move and win
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Efimenko,Z2597Anton Guijarro,D26911–02022C77German Bundesliga 2021-2210.3

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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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